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Catopsilia pyranthe


Catopsilia pyranthe
Photo Information
Copyright: Haraprasan Nayak (haraprasan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1242 W: 96 N: 3273] (12189)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-14
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Tamron 18-200mm F3,5-6,3 XR DiII LD Asp, MacroCloseUp +1,+2,+4,+10
Exposure: f/18.0, 1/200 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Nature with Canon EOS400D [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-14 2:20
Viewed: 332
Points: 48
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Mottled Emigrant , Catopsilia pyranthe is a medium sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia.

Upperside: chalky-white, slightly tinted in some specimens with green. Fore wing: with or without a discocellular black spot, that varies in size; costa and termen sometimes without a black margin; occasionally the costa has its apical third narrowly black, broadened slightly at the apex with black spots between the anterior veins; or again, the costa may be narrowly black, the apex very broadly so, and this colour continued down the termen but narrowed posteriorly. Hind wing: sometimes immaculate, but generally with narrow terminal black spots at the apices of the veins, these often reduced to mere dots, or again so broadened as to coalesce into a narrow terminal black margin. Underside: ground-colour similar, suffused on the anterior half of the fore and over the whole surface of the hind wing with a greenish tint that varies to an ochraceous yellow, and, except in the very palest specimens, is evenly irrorated over the greenish or ochraceous-tinted areas with transverse, short, reddish-brown strigae; both fore and hind wings with generally an obscure discocellular reddish-brown spot or indication thereof.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Catopsilia
Species: pyranthe

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Hi Haraprasan, My dear friend,
Perfectly focused and detailed close-up capture of this beauty with wonderful POV and clarity. TFS.
Cheers,

Bayram

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 479 W: 0 N: 70] (491)
  • [2008-07-14 2:35]

Superb macro of this beutiful butterfly Haraprasan. TFS.
Regards, Mehmet

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 198 W: 2 N: 514] (1936)
  • [2008-07-14 3:16]

Hi Haraprasan,
another beautiful butterfly photo.
Good composition and POV.
Well done,
Siggi

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3414 W: 144 N: 5803] (17197)
  • [2008-07-14 3:19]

Hi Haraprasan,
You show the butterfly really well. It is quite a plain butterfly but the wings have a silver glow to them. The patterns on the wings show up well too. . .
TFS
Janice

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  • vral Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 55 W: 0 N: 151] (652)
  • [2008-07-14 3:26]

Hello Haraprasan,

lovely capture of this Emigrant, with flash. Details are well recorded in this pale coloured butterfly. POV, DOF and composition are very good.

Thanks for sharing

vral

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2806 W: 75 N: 7857] (26309)
  • [2008-07-14 3:36]

Hello Haraprasan!

Very clear macro. Detailed, sharp, with simply but very nice composition. Every vein on insect's wing is well visible. Good work!

Hello Haraprasan
great shot in all aspects. TFS. Regards,
Bahadır

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2000 W: 6 N: 1953] (13047)
  • [2008-07-14 5:23]

Hola amigo,
preciosa textura, bg magnífico,
interesante foco y color...
saludos

Preciosa tomadadas las condiciones de luz. Siento no comentar hoy más.
Abrazo.

Hello Haraprasan, wonderful close-up shot of this beautiful butterfly with superb BG, ligthing and framing. TFS.
Regards,
Deniz

Hello Haraprasan,
Nice closeup shot of emigrant with perfect sharpness,good composition,
well done,
tfs

Good handling capability with the white and high contrast dark background. When they come out this way they either work or they don't. There is no middle ground in this type of image. Too hard to work with if they don't come out. Your shot fortunately came out very well..it sparkles HP!
Bob

Love the dark background here. Really works well. Great sharpness and composition.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1687 W: 8 N: 4335] (14097)
  • [2008-07-14 9:01]

HI Haraprasan,

This white butterfly jumps out of the dark background. Beautiful position, excellent shadings of his wing, and fine details.

Jane

Hi HP,
This a picture of very good quality picture, the dark bg makes this butterfly stand out! The details on this white butterfly implies that the exposure was excellent.
Kudos,
Goutham R

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2496 W: 132 N: 7098] (22175)
  • [2008-07-14 9:40]

Hello Hara,
This capture of a Mottled Immigrant is sharp and well composed from a fine POV and though the use of flash has given it more than adequate illumination it has also created a 'night-time' effect for a species that is day-flying.
Thanks for sharing this one,
Ivan

Hi Haraprasan,

Exellent macro shot, it's butterfly time on TN.

haraprasan,
nice sharp shot!!!
I see you have used a flash after keeping an aperture of f18...Since you were so nicely parallel to the butt, i think, an aperture of something like f 5/ 6 would have done the job for you and you would have rendered the bg much better...maybe a shade of green.
I feel in nature shots, the bg is important and a natural looking one is so much nicer.
Also the on cam flash gives a very flat lighting which may not enhance the textures.
Just my two cents.
would love to get your views.

rgds
pushpinder
PS: by any chance, was this shot at night/ late evening

Hi Haraprasan, fascinating white butterfly, fantastic details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 844 W: 4 N: 2088] (9792)
  • [2008-07-15 3:56]

Hello HP, Just superb BG with the butterfly in the color standing out. Great sharpness good POV. Ganesh

Hi HP,
Excellent exposure of the white, nice detail/textures seen.
Dramatic black BG really makes em' stand out well also.
Great POV & comp too :)
Howard

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1584 W: 242 N: 5304] (18669)
  • [2008-07-15 8:22]

Hi Haraprasan,
excellent photo of this butterfly.
The black BG contrasts very well with the white butterfly, thus making it stand out.
Sharp with good detail.
Very well composed.

Great work!

Joe

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-07-15 8:34]

Hello Haraprasan

Excellent lighting and contrast.
The butterfly is well illuminated against the dark background.
Very good pov and dof.
TFS

Rob

An amazing shot, HP!The dark BG really brings out this insect very beautifully!
Very well done, my friend!
Cheers!
Goldy

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