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Orange Tip


Orange Tip
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Copyright: Emmanuel Boitier (emmari) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 105 W: 0 N: 387] (3105)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-30
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D70, Nikkor AF Micro 60mm f/2.8 D
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-04-30 15:34
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Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 44
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Anthocaris cardamines
L'Aurore in French
Orange Tip in English

The Orange Tip is a butterfly in the Pieridae family.

Appearance, behaviour and distribution: So named because of the males bright orange tips to his forwings. The males are a common sight in May flighing along hedgrows and damp meadows in search of the more reclusive female which lacks the orange and is often mistaken for one of the other 'White' butterflies. The undersides are mottled green and white and create a superb camaflage when settled on flowerheads such as Cow Parsley and Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata. The male is able to hide his orange tips by tucking the forwings behind the hinwings at rest. If you look closely at the mottling you will see that the green colour is in fact made up of a mixture of black and yellow scales. It is found across Europe, and eastwards into temperate Asia as far as Japan. The past 30 years has seen a rapid increase in the range of the Orange Tip in the UK particularly in Scotland and Ireland.

Lifecycle and foodplants: The female lays her eggs on the flowerheads of Cuckooflower Cardimine pratensis and Garlic Mustard and occasionally other species of wild Crucifers. The eggs are white to begin with but change to a bright orange after a few days before darkening off just before hatching. Because the larvae feed exclusively on the deveoping seeds there is rarely enough to support more than one larvae per plant. If two larvae meet one will normally be eaten by the other so ensuring that at least one of them survives. Newly hatched larvae will also eat unhatched eggs for the same reason. To stop eggs from being laid on plants already laid on the female leaves a pheromone to deter future females from laying. Pupation occurs in June or July in scrubby vegetation near the foodplant, where they stay to emerge the following spring. Recent research suggests that the emergence of the butterfly may be delayed for as much as two years, thus ensuring the species against unfavourable conditions in a given season.

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

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Perfect! No need of words!

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 856 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2006-04-30 15:46]

Hello Emanuel , A Beautiful photo from the buttrefly , good colours pov compositie the bg , very good job ,tfs Greetings Teunie .

Hi Emmanuel,
A superb macro shot of this beautiful butterfly, excellent clarity of detail, DoF just right, saturated colours and nice perspective. Thanks for sharing.

Regards
Terry.

Excellent capture the colors in this picture are beautiful and the DOF is well selected. :)

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  • eleana Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 207 W: 80 N: 75] (2233)
  • [2006-04-30 16:56]

Wow, Emmanuel,
so beautiful photo, perfect compo and colours, BRAVO!!!
Best wishes,
Elena

Hi Emmanuel,
Very colorful shot.Excellent macro. Point of view, details, framing and composition are very nice. Congratulations...
Ali Rıza

Salut Emmanuel.
Très belle photo.Les couleurs de ce papillon sont superbe et les détails très interessants.
Bravo
Bruno (cooper)

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  • chiliu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1494 W: 0 N: 1175] (6494)
  • [2006-04-30 17:20]

Hi Emanuel,
Beautiful butterfly well captured, excellent sharpness and details,
very nice colours and great composition.
Thanks for sharing!

Bonjour Emmanuel,
Superbe! La composition, les couleurs, la mise au point + p.d.c., la note, ..., tout est au top.
En un mot : bravo!
gb

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  • shal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 259 W: 65 N: 476] (2124)
  • [2006-04-30 18:15]

Hi Emmanuel,
great detailed post, lovely sharpness and colours of this butterfly,
Thanks for the informative note,
much appreciated,
Cheers TFS,
Vishal Sabharwal

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  • sgo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 137 W: 32 N: 239] (718)
  • [2006-04-30 23:33]

Hello Emmanuel and congratulations to a first class picture of the Orange Tip - certainly one of the best ones on any lepidoptera-site on the net!
Thank you very much for this perfect and attractive shot!
/Göran

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2006-05-01 0:27]

I remeber this b'fly from last year. It has such outstanding colours and patterns, who could forget it? Beautiful capture, nice and sharp, well done,
Janice

Great capture of this small attractive butterfly. Good compositin and sharpness. Good background. Well done.

Waouuuuhhhh Emmanuel !
Mais quelle magnifique macro !! Les couleurs sont tout simplement fantastiques ; détails excellents, superbe compostion ... It's perfect !! :)
Bravooooo et Merci du partage.
Fred.

Hi Emmanuel

A beautiful shot! Nicely composed. Excellent POV, super OOF BG to compliment the shot. All the technical bits are spot on! Thanks.

Beautiful capture. Looks like corrosion on the wings. Excellent colours, DOF, POV and detail. Background is perfect. Makes the butterfly really pop at you.

Great work.

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2006-05-01 6:22]

May be one of the most beautiful Pieridae!
A perfect photo as you usually show us Emmanuel!
This year I only see it twice!
Another above scale photo!
TFS!

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  • Aramok Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 886 W: 101 N: 1425] (4931)
  • [2006-05-01 14:40]

wonderful.

What a wonderful orange tip butterfly. the capture is stunning. the lighting is excellent.

TFS

Emma

Wonderfull capture! Excellent colours and sharpness. Also composition is great!

Chris

Hi Emmanuel,
brilliant shot of l'Aurore!
Excellent details, striking colours.
Beautiful eyes!
Interesting up to date notes.
Top ranking of recent Orange Tip contest!
Thanks, and best regards,
Peter

Wow,
I simply love this picture!! great details and colors, the BG is superb :-)
I think F16 would have given a better DOF
TFS
Goutham R

This is a really splendid shot of a beautiful and colorful butterfly! The composition is great, colors are brilliant and warm and the details are sharp! The BG is very nicely defocused which makes the subject stand out perfectly! Congratulations and TFS!

Greetings,
Eddie

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