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Perfect camouflage!


Perfect camouflage!
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Copyright: Michel Pilon (pilonm) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 552 W: 99 N: 836] (2719)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-01-31
Categories: Insects
Camera: Panasonic DMC FZ - 20 LUMIX
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Mimicry, Camouflage [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-05-02 9:39
Viewed: 1669
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello,

I photographed that Pale Cracker last year in Dominican Republic. Around 20 of these butterflies were standing upside down (like this one) on a tree trunk. The camouflage cannot be better.

Crackers are named for the sound they make. Male flying crackers make a cracking sound in flight that can be heard 30 yards away; they're especially noisy when engaging in aerial disputes with other males for territory or females. Typical male behavior across the animal kingdom.

Ciao!

Michel
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sily, christophe, peter_stoeckl, ramthakur, Luc, marhowie, jcoowanitwong has marked this note useful
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  • Great 
  • sily Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 252 W: 6 N: 392] (1887)
  • [2006-05-02 10:07]

Beautiful details, and very realistic mimicry on this butterfly, you really did an outstanding job only by seeing it, well done!

  • Great 
  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3091 W: 234 N: 5896] (19880)
  • [2006-05-02 10:30]

Fantastic capture, Michel.
Well seen and well presented.
Excellent focus and exposure.
Interesting subject. TFS. : )

Hi Michel

Felicitation pour ta photo, beaucoup de gens seraient passés à côté sans l'apercevoir ( moi y compris )

In a friendly way Christophe

Hi Michel,
excellent colours and details, perfect demonstration of a stunning kind of camouflage shown by a day active butterfly on its upper wings. That species seems to have decided to show signals of presence and attractivity by the sounds it produces, rather than by a conspicuous marking. Very well chosen point of view. Thank you!
Best regards,
Peter

This specimen surely meges well with the background, Michel.
Very good capture with natural colors and sharpness. The patterns and designs on the wings are interesting but not loud.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2058 W: 315 N: 4404] (14713)
  • [2006-05-02 11:53]

Very good photo.
Excellent note.
Thank you 'beaucoup' Michel.

J'ai vu un petit papillon bleu hier matin à l'Île Notre-Dame. À chaque année la même joie m'envahit.

Hi Michel
is the subject of my last two post, what we usally do is take bright subjects which stad out in the BG, but to take such sujects you need skills and lot of trail and error :-) you have done extremely well to show the subject. Great composition!!
TFS
Goutham R

Hi Michel,
Great example of camouflage, done very well. Very nice detail and a good POV. Interesting note about the "cracking" sound they make. I'd never heard of it before..
Well done & TFS!

Hi Michel,
Excellent example of this master of camouflage. It almost blend in with tree trunk. Very good capture with lots of detail to see. Interesting note about this Pale Cracker. TFS
JC

This is an excellent example of camouflage, and you captured it well. Well done Michel. :)

Hi Michel,

I really like this picture. The moth is just camouflaged so well. Really nice. TFS.

Jan-Hendrik

Hello
excellent and amazing capture.
congrats

Fantastic macro and a perfect camouflage indeed!
DOF , sharpness and POV make this a outstanding nature document.
TFS!

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