The blue one

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• tjasa (647)
• [2006-05-31 5:32]
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Hey Emmanuel!
Beautiful catch of this butterfly!
Excellent details and blue collour! Great macro!

Well done and TFS!
Tjaša

Mabey this is Sooty copper - Lycaena tityrus ? ;)

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• gelor (523)
• [2006-05-31 6:32]

Bonjour Emmanuel,
Une belle prise de vue : netteté, composition et couleurs superbes. Bravo
Gérard

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• ellis49 (30813)
• [2006-05-31 8:41]

Hi Emmanuel,
this a beauty you have captured. Sorry can't help wiht the ID.
The low POV is excellent. Exposure and details are spot on.
Great work.

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• sandpiper2 (14183)
• [2006-05-31 8:44]

For a ground shot this is about as perfect as you can get. Great POV. Excellent sharp details and well exposed.

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• sgo (718)
• [2006-05-31 9:11]
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Hi Emmanuel,
I'm fairly sure you've captured a Polyommatus semiargus (Mazarine Blue). And you have done it extremely well like so many other attractive butter- and dragonfly pictures from you! Thank you very much for this and for all your other beautiful contributions to TN!
Goran

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• batu (13384)
• [2006-05-31 13:04]

Hallo Emmanuel, it's not easy to identify the species. Several proposals have been made and I do not want to add another one. The only thing I would like to say: it as an excellent picture and presentation of this blue.
Peter

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• ramthakur (32204)
• [2006-05-31 13:59]

Excellent capture with great POV, DOF and colours, Emmanuel.
Well done!

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• liziafa (1231)
• [2006-05-31 14:59]

Hi Emmanuel,
Excellent close-up.
Lovely detail, colors and composition.
Well done!
TFS Malgosia

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• Christopher_PL (2615)
• [2006-05-31 15:58]

Perfect shot!
Very good colours and composition. Nice background.
TFS

Chris

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• manyee (21076)
• [2006-06-01 3:31]

Exquisite little butterfly you have captured here, Emmanuel.
The details and light are excellent, bringing out the fragile texture of this dainty beauty. The colors are gorgeous.
TFS. : )

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• phlr (2814)
• [2006-06-01 4:10]
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Perfect Emmanuel!
It's a Lycaenidae for sure. Could be a Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) or a Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829), but I'm not sure.
Perfect on colours, DOF, details and POV!
Above scale photo!
Keep on going and TFS!

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• Harm-digitaal (7037)
• [2006-06-01 6:05]
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This is Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761) or Green-underside Blue in English. In French L'Argus Bleu Violet / L'Azuré des cytises. Good DOF and POV and colours.

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• peter_stoeckl (10221)
• [2006-06-02 3:42]
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Emmanuel,
brilliant shot with razor sharp details and excellent colours. I very much admire the "flat on the ground" point of view creating an action shot of great directness and intensity. Did you have to strech on the ground flat on your belly to make that shot - or what kind of viewfinder do you use on your dSLR?
With thanks and best regards,
Peter

As for the ID:
I vote for "Celastrina argiolus L.", the Holly Blue, as Paulo recommended.

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• honza (4191)
• [2006-06-27 1:04]

Very nice detail of the little butterfly. Excellent POV, sharpness and colors.