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JUNONIA HIERTA


JUNONIA HIERTA
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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: 2008-06-29
Categories: Insects
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-H2
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/320 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-09-07 4:45
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today I present another image of this beautiful Yellow Pansy. I still remember that morning when I had specifically gone to Satyabrata's office premises for getting a shot of this lovely butterfly. It wasn't easy catching this one but I am not one to give up, specially to something as beautiful as this. Shot taken hand-held in the morning sunlight. Hope everyone like it.

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The Yellow Pansy (Junonia hierta) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. It is usually seen in open scrub and grassland habitats.

Male upperside bright yellow. Forewing: the costa with a broad triangular projection downwards at the discocellulars, the apex broadly, the terminal margin, and the dorsum with a triangular projection upwards near the tornus, jet-black ; this black margin narrows near the middle of the termen and bears on the apex two short transverse preapical white streaks crossed by the black veins, below these an obscure ocellus sometimes absent. Hind wing : the anterior half and the terminal margin black, the dorsum broadly shaded with ochraceous brown, the anterior black area with a large brilliant blue central spot. Cilia of both fore and hind wings white alternated with brown. Underside: fore wing pale yellow; cell crossed by three laterally black-margined orange-yellow bars ; beyond the cell a short, broad, irregular jet-black oblique band from costa to base of vein 4; apex and dorsal margin broadly, termen in the middle narrowly, dusky brownish black with some obscure paler markings ; a round jet-black discal spot in interspace 2 and another smaller one in interspace 5. Hind wing greyish yellow; in the dry-season form strongly irrorated with dusky scales; a prominent transverse brown discal fascia, its margins highly sinuous ; a brownish broad shade on the middle of the termen; some obscure lunular marks on the basal area, a postdiscal line of minute dots, and subterminal and terminal zigzag slender lines pale brown. Antennae pale, head, thorax and abdomen dark brownish black : beneath dull ochraceous white.

Female similar, the colours duller. Upperside fore wing: cell with a more or less complete transverse black fascia and another at the discocellulars; blue-centred well-marked ocelli in interspaces 2 and 5 on the disc of the fore wing, and smaller ocelli in interspaces 2 and 5 on the disc of the hind wing. Fore and hind wings with a fairly well-defined pale subterminal line, the blue spot on the anterior black area on the hind wing small and ill-defined or entirely wanting; the rest as in the male. Underside as in the male, but generally with the markings heavier and more clearly defined.

Scientific classification -
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Genus: Junonia
Species: J. hierta

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Hi Sumon
Another beauty, beautiful saturated colors, great OOF green background, nice field guide POV. Sharpness is good but I think that you could do a little unsharp mask on wings to make it perfect.
Best wishes
Krzysztof

Hi Sumon.
Great shot with wonderful colour, sharpness and detail. Colours look great against the soft green background.
Does look a little like the colour of the pansey flowers, lots of pattern in the wings.

Kathleen

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3821 W: 190 N: 11376] (35063)
  • [2008-09-07 5:06]

Hello Sumon,
You have the knack of making your subject stand out so well against the BG, partly because of the sharpness and partly because you wait until they rest on the right place, like this fine shot of a Yellow Pansy. Excellent open wing pose and great dorsal POV.
TFS this beauty,
Ivan

Your yellow pansy is no pansy! I say that with a "play on words". Your image is a Sumon Special..but one which has taken the eye and put it on guard for the non-mundane. Very sharp image of this specimen. Nicely framed. It almost fits the entire frame by itself. well done Sumon.
Bob

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2632] (15573)
  • [2008-09-07 6:25]

Hola Sumon,
estupenda captura,
bella macro y excelente pov. y color
hermosos encuadre,
saludos

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1060 W: 290 N: 3952] (13358)
  • [2008-09-07 6:32]

Namaste Sumon,
you show a nice and sharp picture of hierta. It's a pity that it does not show its impressive
blue hinswing spots in full size. Nice smooth background and outstanding clarity and contrast.
Note: The species is also widely distributed in Africa!
Best wishes, Peter

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2997 W: 162 N: 968] (2839)
  • [2008-09-07 6:45]

Hello Sumon,
Lovely capture of this Yellow Pansy that nearly pops out of my screen! All nicely in focus and wonderful details and colours of the wing pattern that stand out against the green background. Excellent work!
TFS and cheers, Ulla

Hi Sumon
beautiful image with excellent sharpness and lighting..
u r really lucky to get such action with yellow pancy
great deed
regards
vihang

Hello Sumon!
What a lovely mosaic of colours occurs in this species. You prsented it in very good way, keeping good sharpness and DOF. Thanks for showing another beautiful species from India!
Greetings,
Radomr

Hi Sumon,
This is a lovely butterfly
and you have captured it perfectly.
Nice details and colors.
TFS.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2008-09-07 9:17]

Hi Sumon,

Beautiful shot of a beautiful Yellow Pansy. Perfect position to show off the elaborate wing markings. The touches of blue make it something special. Excellent colors, details and composition.

Jane

Hello Sumon,

Excellent capture of this wonderful butterfly. Excellent sharpness. Wonderful colours and excellent contrast against the green background.
Cheers,
Mariki

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2008-09-07 10:22]

Hello Sumon, another perfect post, great details, lovely light, perfect exposure and a beautiful composition, thanks my friend,

Mario

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2912 W: 34 N: 8640] (32202)
  • [2008-09-07 12:29]

Hi Sumon. A fine close up of the Yellow pansy Butterfly. Which you have captured with fine detail and bright colours. A nice top POV showing the markings so well. TFS.
Nick..

Hi Sumon,
you captured this butterfly extremely sharp and so you can see the beautiful patterns of its wings very good.
TFS Tatjana

Hello Sumon. Splendid close-up capture of this pansy. Perfect!
TFS and regards,
Deniz

Hi Sumon,
Excellent capture of this beautiful butterfly with nice POV and composition, sharp details and bright natural colours.
TFS
Pekka

Hello Sumon,
thank you once again for sharing this great image of Yellow Pansy!
as usual the subject is in perfect sharpness, true colour and lovely details always
my compliment!
cheers
Tony

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16522)
  • [2008-09-07 23:10]

Hi Sumon

A lovely shot - very good detaail and colours here, plus informative note.

JAmes

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
  • [2008-09-07 23:59]

Hi Sumon,
Your POV, focus, sharpness, patterns on the wings, composition and lighting are very good. TFS
All the best,
Selen

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  • vral Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 64 W: 1 N: 218] (1049)
  • [2008-09-08 0:15]

Hello Sumon,

Awesome macro of this Yellow Pansy with immaculate sharpness. It stands out from the green BG so well, with 3D effect.
Composition and POV are superb.
Thanks a lot for ssharing
vral

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 94 N: 5542] (17634)
  • [2008-09-08 0:18]

Hello Sumon,
What a beauty! In one word: superb! in every aspect.
Kind regards,
Peter

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1725 W: 0 N: 3924] (15760)
  • [2008-09-08 0:26]

Hello Sumon,
In Asia you really have so beautiful butterflies. This one is so striking with this amazing colour-combination, yellow, brown and blue. Excellent focus on the wings. It was worth not to give up!
Thanks and best regards
Anne

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2008-09-08 2:12]

Brilliant macro once again.
The shallow DOF makes this butterfly "pop" out of the frame.
Very sharp and crisp.
Excellent composition.
I love the vibrent colours too.

Well done, Sumon!

Joe

Hi Sumon,
This is a wonderful picture. I love the clarity and the sharpness , with f5.0 your lens has given out wonderful DOF.
TFS
Goutham R

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2008-09-08 3:56]

Hi Sumon,the butterflie's lovers as me must to say thanks to show us this another fanatstic Nymphalidae...perfect colors,sharpness and details,the green background is perfect to show the colors of this butterfly!! My best compliments,have a nice week,Luciano

Hi Sumon, a perfectly focused and superb sharp macro capture of this this beautiful Yellow Pansy. Great details on the wings and nice colours.
Many thanks for sharing this beauty my friend!
Cheers,

Bayram

Hi Sumon Da,
A nice capture of this yellow pansy. Very well composed with sharp details. Last year I saw a lot of them but this year there is none. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2008-09-08 5:36]

Sumon Da, Is it flying or standing? Simply superb and awesome. I am certainly buying the camera. Ganesh

Hi Sumon.
Splendid picture! Marvellous butterfly!
Excellent coloration, sharpness and details.
Very good POV, luminosity and composition.
Thanks for sharing this marvel!
Regards,
José Roberto

Hi Mana!

Let me by this occasion thank you for your endorsement for my way to see nature and to take pictures...

Our ways to penetrate in the world of the fascinating nature are similar: we want to share our emotions, to show the beauty of nature and to reveal what makes live worth to be liven... Your butterfly pictures like this one are a very precious contribution to this.

Thanks a lot...!

Kind regards

Markus

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 1399 W: 3 N: 30] (504)
  • [2008-09-08 6:59]

merhaba sumon
beautiful butterfly and wonderful capture
composition, POV, light, colours, sharpness and details are great
TFS
regards
izler

Hello Sumon,
Excellent !
TFS.
- Nirmal

hi Sumon,
the great master of details gives us another excellent catch in a country full of wonderful creatures..compliments

greetings sERGIO

Hola Sumon,
Es un placer visitar tu bella y magnífica colección de mariposas. Esta foto como tu galería está realizada con elegante composición, gran nitidez con una luz y fondo de lujo, saludos
José Ramón

Ciao Sumon, elegant butterfly with fantastic colors, wonderful details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hello Sumon. I have yet to have one of this pansy in my collection. I don't think I have seen one around my place. This is really excellent in full spreading wings. Stunning markings on the full spreading wings. I like the color contrast against the green. well done and best regards. Jusni

Hello Suman,
Perfect macro with very good details, colours and clarity. TFS.
Best Regards,
Gamze:)

Nice picture.

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2575] (9085)
  • [2009-02-09 3:47]

Hi Sumon,
lovely spread of wings in excellent clarity and sharpness.
the colours are so attractive and you have skillfully shown its brilliance.
Nicely composed with light well utilised.

regards,
foozi

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