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Lycaena dispar.


Lycaena dispar.
Photo Information
Copyright: Peter Stoeckl (peter_stoeckl) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1629 W: 287 N: 3647] (10221)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-25
Categories: Insects
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-H5
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/1000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Lycaenidae Butterflies [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-11-02 3:36
Viewed: 1268
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Lycaena dispar.
The Female.

Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802)
Lycaena dispar rutila (Werneburg, 1864)

Large Copper
Großer Feuerfalter
Manto grande
Grand cuivré

Family: Lycaenidae (Blues)

Wingspan: 32 – 40 mm

First of all, please let me thank you for your friendly and positive responses to my previous presentation of

Lycaena dispar,

showing a male individual. Details on life and distribution of this endangered species may be seen there.

Now here it was another sunny day in Spring, and quite windy, too. Together with my daughter I was heading to the borders of a reservation of primordial deciduous forest in Vienna’s Lainzer Tiergarten nature park. Crossing a meadow, a lonely bright orange little butterfly caught our attention as it was quickly flying in ever changing directions, briefly taking seat in vegetation, and always taking off the moment I approached it. Usually I do not run after a butterfly, but this one made me do so. My daughter had a lot of fun watching me for at least ten minutes. Just before giving up, I finally got a close look and a quick shot of what I expected – a female of the Large Copper.

As stated before, with many Lycaenids sexes look different. At this species, the females' wings are spotted, and their colour is less brightly orange than the males'.

In the Vienna Woods and other well preserved natural forest border habitats of Lower Austria, I have been lucky to see Lycaena dispar repeatedly in the last few years, but always just single individuals in one place.

The location.


The camera: SONY DSC-H5, 3072 x 2304 pixel, sRGB, 18mm macro zoom (equivalent 110mm at full size SLR), F/3.5, 1/1000 sec., ISO-125, exposure bias: -1, hand held, no flash. 25.05.2007, 11:31, at bright sunshine and windy conditions.

Postwork: Photoshop Elements, cropped, resized to web, resharpened, levels slighty adjusted.


Literature:

Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington: Die Tagfalter Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Stuttgart 1998.

Christopher Jonko: Butterflies and Moths of Europe: http://www.lepidoptera.pl/

Walter Schön: Schmetterling - Raupe: http://www.schmetterling-raupe.de

Thank you for looking.
Have a very good day.
Debz, tiklod, JoseMiguel, undoredo, batu, Alex99, uleko, wallhalla15, gracious, anel, phlr, jrobertop, Juyona, nirmalroberts, angybone, jmp, marhowie, Argus has marked this note useful
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To Argus: rutila + snowed underpeter_stoeckl 1 11-16 07:23
To nirmalroberts: - small bud at the bottom.peter_stoeckl 1 11-04 01:40
To anel: Stellung des Falters. Ringelsöckchen.peter_stoeckl 1 11-03 03:19
To wallhalla15: L. phlaeas und L. disparpeter_stoeckl 1 11-02 15:53
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  • Great 
  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1982 W: 6 N: 5529] (19689)
  • [2007-11-02 3:47]

Very interesting side to show,we can see the 2 faces of wings,perfect sharpness and colours,thanks for share,Luciano

Hello Peter,
Very good natural light onto the wings...
Great POV as always...
Well done
TFS
Annick

Hi Peter,
Very nice POV. Excellent focus and details. Beautiful colours. Great composition, I'm short of time...
Bye,

Claude

Hello Peter,

Nice composition. Excellent contrast with the surrounding and very good sharpness. Colours are natural.
Cheers,

Mariki

Hello Peter,
This is an original POV and composition showing us this little one in a usual angle. The picture shows great details, beautiful colors and very good exposure. Your notes are also very interesting and thanks for this complementary picture in WS. Thanks,
Claudine

Hi Peter,
Your gallery of butterflies are not only amazing but also growing every day!
This one is so clear in terms of the characteristics of the specia, besides the artistic quality of it.
Love the side lighting and the transparecnies it produces.
My compliments and thanks to post it.
Best regards,
JM

Hello Peter,
Very beautiful little butterfly you've taken!!
Lovely colours and excellent details, personally, this focusing is wonderful to me with the interesting POV.
Well done and TFS!
Best wishes, Kevin

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1062 W: 290 N: 3967] (13400)
  • [2007-11-02 8:34]

Guten Tag Peter,
faltermäßig hatten wir beide offensichtlich ein feuriges Jahr. Lycaena dispar würde ich auch gerne einmal in natura erleben. Licht und Blickwinkel bringen die Schönheit dieses Falterjuwels richtig zum Ausdruck. Die Zeichungsdetails sind für Flügel-Oberseite und Unterseite hervorragend gleichzeitig dargestellt. Weitere schöne Details sind die Flügelrandfranse, die ringelsöckchen und die Fühler.
Einen schönen Abend, Peter

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3604 W: 143 N: 5699] (18633)
  • [2007-11-02 8:46]

Hi, dear Peter.
I am amazed with your POV again. It is simply fantastic as well as the close distance and magnification ratio. You have managed with exposure parameters perfectly considering the wind weather. Despite the wind you managed to get extremely sharp image. Pictured scene is wonderful by own green colour palette, nice combination of the sharp and blurred leaves. I also like square cropping too. All is perfect. Bravo and my warm greetings.
Alexei.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3012 W: 162 N: 1012] (2959)
  • [2007-11-02 9:23]

Hello Peter,
I love the way the light is hitting the wings here and bringing out the lovely colour. Excellent POV, sharp details and a very beautiful composition.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2007-11-02 11:29]

Hi Peter,
Just marking this wonderful post from you for now and will come back later with a proper critique. Sorry tied up with an urgent assignment.
Regards.
Sumon

Hallo Peter,
hier zeigst Du uns aber wirklich einen Leckerbissen. "Dieser" kommt hier nicht vor. Den kleinen Feuerfalter stelle ich gleich ein. Andere Feuerfalter habe ich dieses Jahr nicht gesehen. Technisch ist Dein Foto wieder super und Deine Bemerkungen zu Deinem Bild runden Deine Präsentation erstklassig ab. Nur eine Frage an Dich: wie unterschiede ich das Weibchen vom Großen und Kleinen Feuerfalter?
Danke Dir.
Lieben Gruß nach Wien.
Heinz

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1735 W: 0 N: 3954] (15862)
  • [2007-11-02 12:38]
  • [+]

Hallo Peter,
Stelle mir gern diese Schmetterlingsjagd auf einer Frühlingswiese vor:-).Wäre eine schöne Szene für einen Film! Interessant auch das Weibchen des Grossen Feuerfalters zu sehen. Ich hab beide noch nie gesichtet. Mit der Stellung des Falters hab ich ein wenig Müh, aber es ist die beste Art Unter-und Oberseite zu zeigen. Und die schönen Ringelsöcken wirken so charmant. Einen herzlichen Dank für Bilder und Text.
Herzliche Grüsse
Anne

hi Peter
beauty Lycaena well focused
i like the lighting and the vivid colors

best regards sERGIO

Hello Peter.
Magnificent shot!
Excellent coloration of this exuberant butterfly.
Very well composed.
Congratulations for the wealth of details!
Best wishes,
José Roberto

Hello Peter,
I loved the pose you captured on this shot with the awesome light from one angle!
perfect sharpness, vivid colour and so much details always
well done and well composed
cheers
have a wonderful weekend, Peter!
Tony

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2273 W: 10 N: 2661] (15669)
  • [2007-11-03 1:47]

Hola Peter,
preciosa perspectiva y pov,
color y textura,
buen trabajo,
saludos

Hallo Peter,
für den einen Schuss hast Du Dein ganzes Können eingesetzt, Komposition und Lichtführung sind einfach genial. Und wunderbar der detaillierte Kommentar, wo man etwas über die Art und Weise erfährt, wo und wie Du den Tieren begegnest. Wieder ein hoher Genuss, bei Dir reinzusehen.
Beste Grüsse
Dieter

Hi Peter,
Beautiful picture of the butterfly. The back-lighting is showing very nicely the delicate design of the wing.
What is that small bud in the bottom. You could have probably cropped it out.
Thanks a lot for sharing.
- Nirmal

Great sharpness and wonderful composition. Excellent angles and lines. Makes for a very interesting portrait of this lovely specimen.

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2007-11-03 15:24]

Hi Peter,
A great approach and a really beautiful colours and light. Natural, non distracting suits right with the butterfly.
TFS and best regards mf, José M.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2175 W: 221 N: 4385] (14914)
  • [2007-11-04 6:19]

Hi Peter

It's nice to see the female of the species, too, not only the gorgeous male sometimes :)
I see you have found quite a nice and big population of this unfortunate species, that i've read doesn't do so well all across Europe.
Anyway, this is a great macro, with again impressive details on the wings, head and (one of the) antennae :)
The exposure settings here are once more very well balanced and mentain a good light on both sides of the wings of the butterfly.
Splendid colors and nice composition, too.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • Debz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 516 W: 0 N: 846] (3307)
  • [2007-11-05 8:49]

Hello Peter, this caught eye my straight away. It has a wonderful pov and excellent light on the Butterfly. It is so nice to see both sides on the wing, the markings and colour are crisp and sharp. Perfect focus and dof. A truly excellent shot.
tfs
debz
:) later.

Hello Peter,
Excellent plane of focus and the lights direction here works well. Sharp details and your POV shows both the inner and outer wings very well. Color is great, as is the blurred BG isolating the copper nicely in the frame.
Very well done.
Howard

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3840 W: 190 N: 11430] (35227)
  • [2007-11-16 6:39]
  • [+]

Hello Peter,
I missed this fine macro of a female L. dispar. great POV, sharpness, lighting composition and details.
It is interesting to know that this ssp rutilus has a drier habitat than ssp dispar.
I hear that you are snowed under in your area. I hope you didn't get caught in the traffic chaos.
Thanks for sharing this one and have a nice weekend,
Ivan

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