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Painted Lady


Painted Lady
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Copyright: Catherine Dijon (CatherineD) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 431 W: 15 N: 1870] (6743)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-09-26
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO DG MACRO
Exposure: f/8, 1/400 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Valerie's favorite pictures [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-09-26 9:49
Viewed: 412
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Indian Summer and Aster shrub attract a lot of Painted Ladies. We spent a time together this afternoon...

Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family: Nymphalidae

The Painted Lady is a colourful butterfly well known throughout most of the world. It is a large butterfly identified by the black and white corners of its mainly deep orange, black-spotted wings. It has 5 white spots in the black forewing tips and while the orange areas may be pale here and there, there are no clean white dots in them. The hindwings carry 4 small submarginal eyespots on dorsal and ventral sides. Those on the dorsal side are black, but in the summer morph sometimes small blue pupils are present in some. (Wikipedia)
It is a regular migrant in Belgium.
nglen, Ishi, cicindela, Mikolaj, oanaotilia, boreocypriensis, nasokoun, livius, valy67, cknara has marked this note useful
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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2926 W: 34 N: 8678] (32330)
  • [2009-09-26 9:56]

Hi Catherine. This is a head on close up of the Painted Lady . You have sharp focusing and fine detail as it drinks the nector. Bright but natural colours. wel ldone TFS.
Nick.

hello catherine,
lovely capture, i liked the frontal pov very much, the focus is razor sharp and the details look lovely, beautiful colours,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • Ishi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 163 W: 0 N: 978] (3734)
  • [2009-09-26 10:02]

Hi Catherine,

Beautiful and unusual POV. Great composition; a beautiful image, indeed.

TFS,

Ishi

Hello Catherine!
My first reaction was: WOW! :> This is a great photo! And here are some reasons why I think like that:
1. composition - eye contact with butterfly + perfectly added frame

2. colouration - vivid, natural, well saturated

3. sharpness - just like I like to watch :)

4. DOF - flower and insect's head with very nice details, BG delicate and blurred

Nothing more to add :)
TFS and have a nice rest of the weekend! :)
Radomir

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  • horias Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 397 W: 59 N: 867] (4070)
  • [2009-09-26 10:10]

Catherine,
Wonderful portrait!!!
Great colors, sharp details, and the flower is great.
Warm congratulation!
Horia

Hello Catherine! Amazing macro, perfect exposure, ideal contrast and sharpness, nice colours. Well done!

Hy Neighbour!
Again almost neighbours,with butterflies. But you shoot is incredible. Amazing details in the head of the butterfly, excellent colors. Congratuletions.
Kind regards, Oana

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2413 W: 94 N: 5586] (17766)
  • [2009-09-26 10:34]

Hello Catherine,
Exceptional and original photo of this butterfly. The frontal POV is amazing. Superb sharp details and very beautiful colours. Splendid OOF BG and DOF.
Regards,
Peter

Ciao Catherine, amazing portrait of Painted Lady, splendid colors, fantastic details and excellent sharpness, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Hi Catherine,
Perfect capture of a lady from frontal POV with great clarity.
TFS and have a nice sunday!
Cheers,
Bayram

Its going crossed eyed, lol.
Super capture, nice composition and very sharp.
Angi

Hello Catherine,

This one is perfect.
You can even see the eyes of the butterfly.
Different POV makes it a very special picture.

Tino.

Original encuadre, original color y original pose.
Todas esas características convierten este trabajo en un conjunto muy especial y atractivo. Impresionante realmente el acercamiento y la profundidad conseguida. Bello efecto óptico.
Enhorabuena !!!
Abrazo Catherine: Josep Ignasi.

hello Catherine
face to face...!very good POV and impressive result,the details very good and the colours vivid,beautiful and great macro output
TFS thanks for sharing
Nasos

Hello Catherine
impressive sharpness, colours and details on these little Vanessa Cardui from a very interesting POV. Great hand of light and exposure with optimal focusing.
Livio

Bonsoir Catherine
La vue est très amusante, mais surtout très réussie.
Merci pour le mélange de couleurs; et la netteté qui montre bien l'expression intriguée de la 'belle' dans votre "face à face".
Amicalement
Laurent

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2009-09-27 23:14]

Bonjour Catherine !
D'abord, un grand merci pour ton gentil commentaire sur ma marmotte ! Ensuite, je tiens à te dire que cette photo est tout simplement sublime ! J'adore les couleurs gaies et joyeuses, l'insecte qui nous regard droit dans les yeux, la composition, les détails incroyables, et cette longue "langue" qui s'enfonce dans la fleur pour en boire le nectar... Cette photo est un vrai bijou, je ne me lasse pas de la regarder. Félicitations !
Valérie.

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  • cknara (74)
  • [2009-10-26 6:21]

Lovely.Fantastic capture.

Hi Catherine,
Well done! it's perfect.Great POV & splendid sharpness.
I really like this one.
Thanks for sharing
Negar

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