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butterfly composition
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Copyright: jaap polak (carper) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-08
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon Powershot Pro1
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): my best 25 photos [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-06-19 5:33
Viewed: 2157
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 62
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Polyommatus icarus.

It’s a small butterfly with gleaming blue upper part, narrow black line near the edges and white tassel. The lower part is grey brown with black, wit rim spot and a range orange spots along the edges of the behind wings. Females are of above brown, with some blue and orange spots. The span of the wings is about 25 mm. In the Netherlands they live everywhere in the country. You must seek them, but if you do, you will find them. In one year comes 1 till 3 new generations out of the eggs.

The butterflies and the caterpillars suck nectar. They get it from flowers from difference sorts of spice. Some of the caterpillars try to over live the winter, and comes in spring out of the cocoons. The further development goes afterwards very fast, of generation on generation. There very many blue ones exist and it is often a laborious work, distinguish them of each other. A lake or less clear blue colour to the upper part, and small spots around the eyes, is to base is all types own. The caterpillars of some types become by fiddle visited, because the sweet juice which they break away.


This one is my favorite butterfly, that is a fact for me. I shoot it in Belgium, and in this one I did go for composition, something what was not easy because the butterfly was not sitteng still, I hope you like the shot.
Janice, coasties, sAner, phlr, marhowie, Fisher, liquidsunshine, hummingbird24, htremblay, red45, dew77, jhm, PDP, gerhardt, Comandante, TAZ, ddg, Luc, snowfalken has marked this note useful
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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2005-06-19 5:42]

Very well composed Jaap with wonderful colours and details, especially looking up under the wing and showing the legs and feeler. I love the colours of the wings with the shining parts and the tiny hairs. Well done.

Hello Jaap

I like this composition. Good POV. Nice details. Lovely colours on the wings. Nice work. Thanks.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-06-19 6:15]

Jaja, Jaap is back! :) Wonderful macro Jaap. Details are excellent and colors are superb. Exposure is spot on and I like the composition a lot. What I like best is the metallic shine on the wings; in Dutch I would call it "parelmoer". Excellent shot Jaap! Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

An original POV, this is a beautiful specimen. A lot of detail are available on it's wing, this is a nice job Jaap

Regards,
Vincent

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2005-06-19 7:06]

Great shot indeed!

Hello Jaap! This is well composed with a unique POV. You've shown the metallic sheen of the inner wing very nicely here..Great details and colors, Very well done!

Jaap, excellent POV of the Butterfly. Beautiful capture with fine details. Excellent work.

Mike

Great capture Jaap,
Excellent detail, sharpness, colours and composition. BG and DOF are spot on.
Thanks for posting

This is a wonderful capture Jaap.
I especially like the way you have managed the POV with such interesting details.
Great colors, metallics are well hightlighted, and one could almost count each hair on this creature.
Well done and thank you for sharing it with us.

Bonne composition, les couleurs sont magnifiques. Ce papillon est de toute beauté. J'aime beaucoup. Bravo.
Good composition, colors are magnificent. This butterfly is beautiful. I like very much. Bravo.

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  • Ina Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 111 W: 6 N: 101] (767)
  • [2005-06-19 12:11]

WAW... This is great... colors and composition is so fantastic as well as the light... Rigtht to my favorites... TFS...Ina...

Composition: ****
Sharpness: ***
Color: ***
DOF: ****
POV: **
Note: ****
Well done.
TFS.

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  • Midi Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 150 W: 24 N: 183] (2417)
  • [2005-06-19 13:05]

C'est vraiment un beau papillon, que de belles couleurs, et ses poils!! félicitations pour cette belle photo.

Great shot, Jaap.
Yes I like it. Good POV , nice colours and well composed.
Very well done, my friend.

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2005-06-19 15:09]

Hi Jaap!
Unusual pose and beautiful butterfly. Good capture. I like it very much. Well done.
Regards,
Aleksander

Hello Jaap!
This is pure beauty!!
Thanks!

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-06-19 16:26]

Wow, Jaap, great close-up! Full of colours, detailed, with great POV and DOF. I like softness and great ligh. TFS!

The light is beautiful on wings and shows a beautiful definition. Excellent composition, really very good shot.

La lumière est belle sur les ailes et montre une belle définition. Composition excellente, vraiment très bien fait.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-06-19 21:13]

Jaap, a beautiful photo indeed.

Very nice colors and great contrast.

The butterfly is very beautiful; your photo depicts this well.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-06-20 2:14]

Hello Jaap!
Very nice capture.It looks like a painting picture.Lighting,pastel colors,framing and composition are perfect.TFS...:-)

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 0 N: 178] (628)
  • [2005-06-20 2:15]

Dag Jaap,
Het is een vlinder dat ik niet onmiddellijk herken maar weer staat hij er prachtig op, nu eens uit een totaal andere hoek maar ook dit valt schitterend mee, het kleuren palet van deze vlinder tegen de groene achtergrond is schitterend. Hier weer de grootte Jaap!
Groeten,
John.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-06-20 14:49]

Hi Jaap, interesting POV but a good one. I like the light on the wings and coming through it. I think a little more DOF would have been good but I guess you are at yout limit here. Good shot.

You get this one very good Jaap. Its an unusual POV but interesting. Lovely colors. Very well done, MF.

Hello Jaap!
Wonderful close up.Lighting,details,colors and composition are perfect.Thanks for sharing.

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
  • [2005-06-27 11:20]

Bonjour Jaap, cette composition est excellente et l'harmonie des teintes est trés douce, mes félicitations pour ce shot. Didier.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1873 W: 304 N: 4300] (14729)
  • [2005-06-27 22:55]

Hello Jaap!
Personal assessment of the photo: very good. Great colors, PoV and DoF.
Strong visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Thank you very much for sharing.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-06-28 3:32]

Wow ! I like this beautiful and interesting composition for this hairy butterfly ! Good pose, colors, DOF and details ! Thanks for sharing Jaap.

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  • optic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 322 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-07-02 8:04]

Good morning Jaap!
You did a great photo of butterfly, i like the composition the colours & clear details very well done.

Regards,
Christian

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  • ukasz (9)
  • [2005-10-15 14:25]

hi:) great shot, it is a beautiful butterfly, I like your composition and the colours of the photo :) greetings

Words can't explain how much this photo impresses me. I wish you could have seen the look on my face when I first laid eyes on this beauty.
Thanks so much for sharing this result of sheer talent.
Take care,
Kelley

Excellent capture of this magnificent butterfly! Very good composition and POV! The colors look bright and natural and contrast is nice! Details are good too! Great use of DOF! Congratulations and TFS!

Regards,
Eddie

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