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GREAT EGGFLY


GREAT EGGFLY
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Copyright: Sumon Sinha (Mana) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-10-08
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-10-20 1:15
Viewed: 843
Points: 72
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I have been keeping a bit busy and hence cannot upload with the regularity as I should be. Nevertheless I take out some time everyday to see the great photos being uploaded daily and 'am so happy to see many newcomers doing great work and putting so much effort. All the more reason to work harder but it is such a frustrating feeling that I am not able to. Anyway.......hope things will take a better turn sooner.

Today I present this beautiful Great Eggfly. We have seen so many postings of this but their size and colours never fail to amaze me. Shot taken hand held in the late afternoon light. Hope everyone like it.

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The Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also called Blue Moon Butterfly in New Zealand or Common Eggfly, is a species of nymphalid butterfly.

The Great Eggfly is a black-bodied butterfly with a wingspan of about 7–8˝ cm. The species has a high degree of sexual dimorphism. The female is mimetic with multiple morphs. In the male the upper side of the wings are jet black, offset with three pairs of white spots – two on the forewing and one on the hind. These white spots are surrounded by purple iridescence. In addition, the upper side of the hind wing bears a series of small white dots. The upper side of the wings of the female is a brownish black and does not have any spots like those of the male. The edges bear white markings which are similar to those of the Common Indian Crow.

This is a fairly common butterfly found in lightly wooded country, deciduous forests, thick and moist scrub and the greener parts of human habitation.
They are found in Madagascar in the west, through to South and Southeast Asia, South Pacific islands (French Polynesia, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu) and occurs in parts of Australia, Japan and New Zealand.

Great Eggflies are known for maternal care, with the females guarding leaves where eggs have been laid. Males are also very territorial and site fidelity increases with age. Territories that enhance the detection of females are preferred. The female hovers over a plant to check for ants which will eat her eggs. After selecting a plant which has no ants on it, she lays at least one but often two to five eggs on the undersides of the leaves. The eggs are a pale, glassy green with longitudinal ridges except on the top.

Scientific classification -
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species: H. bolina

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3840 W: 190 N: 11430] (35227)
  • [2008-10-20 1:23]

Hello Sumon,
An excellent closed-wing capture of the Great Egg-fly taken from a fine POV with your usual high technical standard. It shows well against the OOF natural green BG and the composition on the leaf is very pleasing.
Thanks for sharing this fine image of this very variable species,
Kind regards,
Ivan

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1392 W: 56 N: 4802] (16520)
  • [2008-10-20 1:24]

Hello Sumon,
A beautiful capture of this eggfly. Nice details and with a excellent background. With superb lighting and POV. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Best regards Siggi

hi sumon,
very beautiful image, very neat. liked the soft green and details of the eggfly which is good speciment too. tfs.
nagraj.v

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1735 W: 0 N: 3954] (15862)
  • [2008-10-20 1:56]

Hello Sumon,
Very beautiful color-combination to show this very fine species of butterfly. I'm not tired to see Eggflies, because they have so subtle patterns and coloration of the wings. Happy for you that you still find some time to post!
Have a nice day
Anne

Ciao Sumon,
bellissima ed accurata composizione per questa elegante farfalla, eccellenti POV e DOF, straordinaria la definizione del primo piano e stupendo OOF BG, splendidi i colori con meravigliose sfumature di tonalitŕ.
TFS.
Maurizio

Hi Sumon

Yes its been on TN a few times but this is a superb shot of this species. Stunning sharpness and details.
Great composition, POV and DOF.

Don't work too hard my friend!!:)

Chris

Hi Summon,

This neat and crisp image of the great eggfly,quite sharp and I like the colour contrast here,in my view if there is little more space, the composition would have bettered.TFS.

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2419 W: 94 N: 5591] (17778)
  • [2008-10-20 4:08]

Hello Sumon,
Another photo of high quality standard. Everything in this photo is excellent. Sharpness, light, colours, composition, POV, BG and DOF is fantastic. Superb!
Regards,
Peter

Hola Sumon, un excelente macro, con buena definición y detalle, muy buena luz y tonos de color.
Fondo con un desenfoque muy bonito. Un saludo

Hello Sumon,

Great capture of this butterfly. Perfect focus and sharpness. Very good natural colours and an excellent contrasting background.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hi Sumon
Brown on green. Great contrast, perfect sharpness, great OOF background. Perfect composition with butterfly on the right side
Nothing to critique
TFS
Krzysztof

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  • jesst Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 172] (2411)
  • [2008-10-20 5:14]

Nice composition, very good colors

Excelente macro para esta atractiva mariposa.....

Hello Sumon,
An exceptional capture of a beautiful individual from a low, lateral POV in fine exposure and sharp focus my friend, the perfect BG enhances the image greatly without breaking the contrasty green thema. TFS this fine image indeed!
Mehmet

You have also made the green perch a good question since it too is in focus...it looks like some berry but I could be way off base..natural colours and framed to perfection.
Bob

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 920] (3543)
  • [2008-10-20 8:57]

Hello Sumon,

What a fine image you have made with this butterfly. The excelent sharpness shows so well the structure of the wings. As you have used well the light many color tones can be seen. There is a very good contrast between the insect and the background.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

hello sumon,
fine capture of the great eggfly, i loved the contrast between the lush greens and the dark colored butterfly, the image is sharp with good details, precise dof and pleasing composition,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

  • Great 
  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3604 W: 143 N: 5699] (18633)
  • [2008-10-20 9:07]

Hi Sumon, great butterfly (and not only butterfly) photographer. Simply amazing, outstanding image of the beauty. All is the best: POV and composition, DOF, details of the insect and leaf and smoothness of the BG, lighting and colours. Bravo and best wishes.
Alexei.

Witaj,
zazdroszczę ci, że w Twoim kraju możesz fotografować motyle przez cały rok...
Piękne są te "klejnociki" natury, a zdjęcie, które pokazujesz jest tego przykładem.
Pod każdym względem perfekcyjne: ostrość DOF, POV i kolory.
Dziękuję i pozdrawiam
Alina

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2008-10-20 9:41]

Hi Sumon,

Maybe less quantity but certainly the quality is as high as ever. This Great Eggfly is beautiful. A wonderful pose - crystal clear clarity - deep rich colors. The wing markings, which you have captured perfectly are exquisite. Just marvelous with the nicely shaped leaves and the green background. The composition is superb.

Jane

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2926 W: 34 N: 8678] (32334)
  • [2008-10-20 11:40]

Hi Sumon. Good to see you my friend dont work to hard. This is a first class close up of this beautiful butterfly. whic you have very fine detail and rich colours. with a good POVon the leaves. well done TFS.
Nick..

Hi My friend Sumon,
Excellent shot of this brown beauty with superb details and lighting, framing.
TFS and Greetings from Cyprus,
Cheers,

Bayram.
PS. My last posting (a murex shell which I dedicated to Prof. Atatur (matatur)-disappeared from my gallery without any explanation on this from TN.

hello Sumon,
beautiful butterfly from brown tones captured with good light and details
I want to try Ws

cheers sERGIO

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 926 W: 0 N: 1998] (8963)
  • [2008-10-20 14:43]

Hi Sumon
Beautiful composition.Good pov and razor sharp image.Outstanding colorswith beautiful BG colors.
TFS Michel

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1982 W: 6 N: 5529] (19689)
  • [2008-10-20 15:41]

Waaw Sumon!!This is a great gift to a butterflies lover as me!Fantastic pic,this beauty no need comment about the quality but just my best compliments,have a nice day,Luciano

Hello Sumon

Excellent close up of this Great Eggfly.
The textures and details are wonderful.
Very well illuminated with rich,natural colours.
The POV is terrific.
Well done.
TFS

Wolf

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  • iris Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 469 W: 60 N: 947] (3016)
  • [2008-10-20 21:51]

Hi Sumon,
I realise your work is keeping you really busy.
But i 'm glad tyo see yet another crisp capture excellently placed in your gallery.
The shot is very much your signature stuff.

The sharpness with the details on the wings achieved is simply superb.The afternoon light creates a warm mood and the green environment it is presented in shows a very natural habitat.
Thanks a lot for sharing.
Cheers
Silpa

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  • Pearl Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 85 W: 25 N: 45] (137)
  • [2008-10-21 4:39]

Hello Sumon,
This is a superb shot of the Great Egg-fly. Excellent focus and sharpness. Lovely details, composition, POV and DOF. TFS.

Pearl.

Hello My dear friend Sumon,
Sorry for my delay to appreciate such beautiful posting of the Great Egg-fly well captured and composed always!
perfect dof here in total sharpness in the subject with good colour and details
you take good care and my sincere regards to you and family always
mate Tony

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2008-10-21 20:53]

Hello Sumon, Superb shot and a perfect image. I like the colortones and the pattern. Simply amazing to see the 18-55 lens sharpness. Ganesh

Hi Sumon,
What a beauty! Everything is perfect in this picture with superb composition, natural colors, exposure and great details! This specie is stunning! I have never seen a brown butterfly here. Thanks,
Claudine

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 64 N: 1266] (5195)
  • [2008-10-22 12:56]

Hello Sumon
You did a marvellous portrait to this precious specimen. Focus and DOF are perfect making the subject stand out clearly with lovely details. I love the POV, the composition and presentation.
Congratulations and TFS
Greetings
Maite

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
  • [2008-10-22 13:08]

Hi Sumon,
It's a very well focused and crisp sharp photo of the great eggfly. I like the setting, colors, lighting, composition and the POV.
TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

La excelente luz permite ver con detalle la textura de las alas del insecto y resto del cuerpo. El encuadre es superior. Esa sencilla lente 18-55 te funciona de maravilla. Muy buen trabajo !

Saludos sumon : Josep Ignasi

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3012 W: 162 N: 1012] (2959)
  • [2008-10-22 22:44]

Hello Sumon,
Very beautiful capture of the Great Eggfly showing sharp details and beautiful colours. I like its pose on the leaf and the soft background.
TFS and regards, Ulla

Hi Sumon, elegant butterfly with fantastic details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2008-10-23 12:59]

This butterfly stands out very well against the green surroudings.
Very good sharpness and clarity.
Brilliant composition.
Great lighting.

Well done!
Joe

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 485 W: 0 N: 884] (2812)
  • [2008-11-09 12:00]

Hi Sumon.

Excellent and beautiful capture, great colors ,tones,sharpness and contrast,magnific composition.

Thanks....RICARDO.

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