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Cabbage White


Cabbage White
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Copyright: Ram Thakur (ramthakur) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3298 W: 167 N: 9919] (32178)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-10
Categories: Insects
Camera: Sony DSC-P200
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/80 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): In Tandem With My Muses: Photography [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-04-14 4:36
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Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 56
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CABBAGE WHITE

The Large White or Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. The butterfly is called the Large Cabbage White in India.

Appearance, Behaviour and Distribution
The Large White is common throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia to the Himalayas often in agricultural areas, meadows and parkland. It is a strong flyer and the British population is reinforced in most years by migrations from the continent. Its wingspan is 5 to 6.5 cm.
The wings are white, with black tips on the forewings of both males and females, the female also has two black spots on each forewing. The underside is a pale greenish and serves as excellent camouflage when at rest. The black markings are generally darker in the summer brood.

Lifecycle and Foodplants
The female lays batches of 20 to 100 yellow eggs on plants in the cabbage family and can be a pest on food crops. They seem to have a preference for cultivated varieties of Brassica oleracea such as cabbage and brussel sprouts. The caterpillars are yellowish green with yellow lines and black spots and feed in groups in plain view on the leaf surface. They gain protection from predators by obtaining distastful mustard oils from their foodplants although large numbers are sometimes lost to the parasitic wasp Apanteles glomeratus. The chrysalis is also yellowish green with black spots. The species over-winters as a chrysalis. It has two broods in a year, the first is on the wing in May and June and the second in August.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_White

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2007-04-14 4:37]

Hi Ram,
Perfect pov, pose, exposure, details, background and composition. A really nice image!
TFS, José M.

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2007-04-14 5:07]

Hi Ram,
Wonderful shot of the Cabbage White. Sharp details and a classical butterfly pose. Perfect lighting and the control on white & yellow colour is immaculate. The green BG acts as a fine contrast. Very nicely composed and framed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hi Ram, wonderful butterfly, great focus, lovely details and splendid colors, very well done, have a nice week end, ciao Silvio

Hi Ram ,
nice macro with great composed.
sharpness and colours are excellent.
backgroun has beautiful colour.
well captured.
Regards
Saeed

hi ram; nice shot of this butterfly nice com. PoV and BG with nice colours TFS Well done
regards
ridvan

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  • Debz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 516 W: 0 N: 846] (3307)
  • [2007-04-14 6:58]
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Hello Ram, you are catching the wildlife in India now! This is a lovely sharp shot of this very pretty Butterfly, great close up, I can see every fine detail, light and colour range is also very good.
tfs
debz

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5208] (17609)
  • [2007-04-14 7:31]

Hello Ram,
Excellent camera work on this macro as always giving us a well detailed and colorful view of this butterfly, thanks Ram.
Rick

Hello Ram,
Beautiful shot, great Macro, details of the butterfly are incrediable. TFS
Donna:o)

Hi Ram,
Wonderful point of view and clarity on its wings.
Sharpness,details and colors are marvellous.
Great job.
TFS

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2007-04-14 10:52]

Hi Ram,

Lovely butterfly. Excellent details and colors. Shows up so well against the green leaf.

Jane

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  • star74 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 212 W: 3 N: 598] (2474)
  • [2007-04-14 11:02]

Hi Ram,
Another beautiful shot from you,
Colors and details are perfect,
I like framing alot,
Well done

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2762] (10618)
  • [2007-04-14 13:09]

Very nice shot,Ram!
Colors,sharpness and details are great! TFS

Ram,

a lovely and well composed shot. Exquisite focus work with good clarity.
A shot from home?

gary

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2007-04-14 16:26]

Hello Ram ! What a lovely shot ! Composition is perfect, very sharp and well exposed. Thanks !

Mario

Ram,

Perfect focus and exposure. Very well captured.

Regards,
Murali Santhanam

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-04-14 21:52]

Hello Ram

A very nicely composed shot of this cabbage white.The focus is very good with sharp details.The DOF and POV are excellent.Very good details and natural colours.TFS

Rob

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  • edal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 376 W: 50 N: 412] (1849)
  • [2007-04-14 22:39]

Hello Ram!
This is a very beautiful and technically perfect shot of this common butterfly. We can see that it is not just white but has many other colours.
Anton

Bonsoir Ram
Une merveilleuse photo que ce Joli papillon,Très belle composition, les couleurs et le cadrage et les détails sont tous très bons comme toutes tes autres prises d'ailleur..Très beau BG
Bravo et merci...JP

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 64 N: 1266] (5195)
  • [2007-04-15 6:03]

Excellent capture of this Cabbage White!! I like very much the composition and the point of view upon the butterfly and the yellow flower. Excellent colors and very beautiful presentation.
Congratulations!
Maite

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 840 W: 67 N: 1311] (5269)
  • [2007-04-15 6:16]

Hi Ram.
This is amazing picture with perfect your macro work. Composition,POV,DOF,sharpness.....all is perfect.I like pose this butterfly and beautiful sharp details on wing.Colors as well as light are very pleasant.Bravo,this is high quality picture.Thank you for sharing.
Great weekend,with greeting Milos.

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2007-04-15 6:31]

Hi Sir,
Nice colors and nice positioning of the buttefly.

Hi Ram,
The picture is good in all respects but i feel the POV could have been improved by giving more space in the front of the butterfly.Ganesh told me that you will be back by next month, please do get in touch once you are back.
TFS
Goutham R

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2007-04-15 16:15]

Hello Ram,
The details are very nice and sharp and the POV is excellent. Very well composed shot, I like how the color of the flower is repeated in the butterflies wing.
TFS..Sky

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  • Hil Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 705 W: 13 N: 1405] (5027)
  • [2007-04-15 17:34]

Hi Ram

Superb macro of the Cabbage White, very good POV and I like the pose with the B/Fly feeding with it proboscis, very nice details and excellent colours too.

TFS Hil :o)

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  • OzBY Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 182 W: 2 N: 312] (1085)
  • [2007-04-16 4:48]

Hello Ram,
Great picture of this butterfly.
Great color, position, sharpness and lighting.

Oz

Hello Ram,
This seems to be a very delicate butterfly, and captured with skill since you manage to convey that feeling!
Great details and presented in an attractive composition!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3586 W: 143 N: 5690] (18601)
  • [2007-04-16 10:34]

Hi Ram.
I like you perfect butterfly shot so much. Delicateness and beautifulness of the reproduction of this cute insect are great. Soft lighting and perfect details/sharpness of the butterfly and flowers, nice colourful and well blurred BG create a strong esthetical impression. Bravo and TFS. Superb done.
Alexei.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 162 N: 984] (2877)
  • [2007-04-17 13:24]

Hello Ram,
What a wonderful shot of this common butterfly. The details are razor sharp and the colours lovely. You've captured it in a beautiful pose too. A really brilliant macro!
Many thanks and regards, Ulla

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  • sgo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 137 W: 32 N: 239] (718)
  • [2007-04-19 12:01]

Hello Ram,
Thank you very much for sharing this model shot of the P. brassicae with us! You've presented this true "globetrotting" species in a very favourable light to us through an attractive composition.
With best regards,
Goran

Great photo.

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