Papilio machaon at 2100m

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2006-09-11 14:21]

Hello Christian,
this is an excellent butterfly shot! Excellent sharpness, POV and brilliant colours. I like this shot very much. This is an excellent composition. Thank you for posting my friend. Have a great week.
Gr.
Heinz

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• batu (11590)
• [2006-09-11 14:29]

Hallo Christian,
you show us a nice specimen of machaon in natural colours. Good contrast against the background.
Best wishes, Peter

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• Hil (4981)
• [2006-09-11 14:36]

Hi Christian,

Great shot, lovely POV and good composition, the pose is excellent and I think it looks like a kite. The detail is lovely and sharp, the colours are lovely and complimented by the blurred BG.

TFS Hilary :)

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• RAP (7405)
• [2006-09-11 14:49]

Attractive composition in diagonal Christian...

+ composition, POV, DOF, sharpness, focus, color, framing, notes.

= background, lighting (perhaps both for the visualization in your new notebook that you comment in your notes).

Congratulations and greetings... Ricardo

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• dew77 (13131)
• [2006-09-11 14:50]

Hello Christian,
Wonderful swallowtail capture.Exposure is spot on,details are crisp clear.Lighting,POV,colors,cross framing and composition are excellent.
TFS...:-)

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• marmottelolo (14541)
• [2006-09-11 14:51]

salut christian
alors la je dit bravo,moi celui-ci m'a fait courrir a 10metres d'altitude et j'ai laissé tombé mais la a 2100m,chapeau avec l'oxygene rarefiée.
pour la photo,bein... very good.
laurent

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• uleko (26185)
• [2006-09-11 15:02]

That's a beautiful shot! Really sharp and great colours. I normally get a glimpse of this here every year but not this summer and I do miss seeing this beauty. So thanks for showing it!
Regards, Ulla

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• valy67 (5768)
• [2006-09-11 15:37]

Bonsoir Christina !
Wwo, quel magnifique photo de mon papillon préféré ! En Alsace ils sont tous en mauvais état, avec les ailes abîmées, mais le vôtre à l'air resplendissant ! :-) Tout est parfait sur cette photo : la netteté, les couleurs, la composition, le POV, l'arrière-plan flou... J'aime bien ce petit brin d'herbe qui part du côté gauche de la photo, et sur lequel le papillon est posé. Félicitations !
Valérie.

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-09-11 15:52]

Bonjour Christian,
lovely composition, the OOF in the BG show off this butterfly so nicely. POV, sharpness and details are wonderful. This closup is geourgeous and very well presented.
TFS..Sky

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• Argus (26168)
• [2006-09-11 16:15]

Hello Christian,
You were lucky to be able to take such a fine shot, as most swallowtails never hold their wings steady: they usually flutter them. Perhaps the temperature at that altitude made it hold its wings open to receive the warmth of the sun. I agree with your thoughtds about the aperture in order to have a more blurred background, but it's a fine shot anyway.
TFS, regards, Ivan

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• horia (13483)
• [2006-09-11 16:21]

Hi Ricardo

This truely is a superb shot!
Excellent POV, crispy clear details and great exposure. I'm not probably the best man to say it, but to me the colors look fine...more than fine, actually :)
You really captured it in a nice pose as well and the F-stop, although you say it a bit too big, did leave room for too many details, so the BG isn't distracting.
Very well done, my friend!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• Hay_kes (3475)
• [2006-09-11 16:36]

Hi Chrıstian,
Superb macro.Exellent details, colours and lights.Very well composed.
Best regards.

hAyAti

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• Janice (17924)
• [2006-09-11 17:22]

Superb shot Taz, my friend. It looks so exquisite, so beautiful and sharp. Well done,
Janice

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• coasties (27584)
• [2006-09-12 1:46]

Hello Christian

Beautiful work. Nicely composed with all the technical stuff looking spot on. :-)

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• scottevers7 (12259)
• [2006-09-12 7:43]

Hi Christian,
A perfect specimen! You have captured it in such fine detail. The colors are perfect. Great frame filling composition. Well seperated from the OOF backround. This looks superb!
Scott

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• ddg (5061)
• [2006-09-12 8:51]

Bonjour Christian, magnifique Machaon avec un BG super. Les couleurs sont bien rendues et la composition superbe, bonne journée, Didier.

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• EOSF1 (23315)
• [2006-09-13 18:07]

Très belle réussite Christian, bien vue, bien cadrée et bien réalisé. Bravo pour ce beau travail.

Merci,

Mario

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• moustique (545)
• [2006-09-15 3:45]

bonjour Christian,
Excellent cliché !
Belle netteté d'image et beau sujet.
Merci du partage

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• wishnugaruda (14971)
• [2006-09-15 16:44]

Hi Christian,
so much luck to see that beautiful butterfly.
I love this shot, excellent captured.
I also saw one in Italy - but only far away and I couldn't make a single shot. So I'm happy to see it so close on your shot, thanks and bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• jcoowanitwong (11473)
• [2006-09-16 7:56]

Hello Christian,
A beautiful swallowtail to admire. Perfect technique to produce this excellent picture. Congratulations.
JC

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• liquidsunshine (11492)
• [2006-09-16 8:42]

Nice capture Christian,
The details are nice, clear and sharp.
superb colours, lighting and exposure. The POV is good.
Well composed and framed.
Thanks for posting, have a great weekend.

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• CTP (3183)
• [2006-09-17 12:58]

Salut Christian,
Excellent Swallowtail close-up my friend.
I like your pov,dof,focus,sharpness,colors,note,blurred bg and frame.Merci:)
Chris

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• nainnain (6257)
• [2006-09-17 15:02]
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BONSOIR CHRISTIAN
je visite ce soir après ma diffusion et que vois-je, ce magnifique MACHAON, vraiment une photo formidable, aux coloris très nets. bon BG.
on voit nettement l' expériance de pro a coté de ce que je fais mais je ne desespère pas d'en faire autant un jour (c'est plutot mal parti !!!!!)
bravo+++ continu a nous faire réver
merci et amitiès d' une débutante
EDITH

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• Christopher_PL (2385)
• [2006-09-18 3:50]
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Hi Christian
Very nice picture. I've just wondering if I should replace my Minolta Dimage A2 with the camera you use. Could you write in few words if you really happy using EOS 350?

Chris

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• osse (7759)
• [2006-09-18 16:38]

Hi Chiristian
Great shot. Excellent colours, sharpnes, details, light and POV.
Well done mf

osse

No Smiles left Will be back :)

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• Alex99 (15933)
• [2006-09-20 10:27]

Hi Christian.
You have captured a very nice specimen of Swallowtail. I like the natural colours of this insect, its pose and composition of the shot. You have selected DOF and POV very well. As a result BG is well blurred and good underline the butterfly. TFS and my best regards,
Alexei.

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• red45 (27431)
• [2006-09-21 16:19]

Hello Christian!

Perfect work. I really like composition - this big butterfly sat down in perfect place. Great colours and details, excellent note. 2100m? Without elevator ;-) ?

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• Nephrotome2 (1852)
• [2006-09-26 5:30]
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Very nice capture.
Very nice reconstructing of the damaged wing. Unfortunately it happens so often that those reprocessing is too obvious. On your pic, it just looks so natural.
(would have been interesting to post a workshop with the original wing-broken butterfly)
TFS
JM

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• mikou (5265)
• [2006-09-26 7:08]

Superb macro,Christian.
Lovely colours, excellent sharpness and mainly perfect composition. Great work!!
TFS and greetings!!

Milos

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• peter_stoeckl (9617)
• [2006-09-27 15:39]

Hello Christian,
well captured swallowtail in iconic resting pose, well composed. Good colours and details indeed!
Interesting to read about the location where you captured this elegant daily migrant.
2006 seems to have been a very good year for P. machaon, and I made similar observations of these pretty and powerful fliers to go unusually high this year in their hilltopping habit.
Thank you! Best regards,
Peter

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• pablominto (15578)
• [2006-10-07 1:25]

Hello Christian,
The butterfly is very well framed!
DOF spot on giving excellent details, and the colours are reproduced in a convincing manner...
The few elements in the composition work well together and creates a dynamic feeling!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• AnimalExplorer (9080)
• [2006-11-11 13:02]

Very nice capture, I love how you filled the frame with this beatiful swallowtail all with a nice soft background. :)

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• gerhardt (11541)
• [2007-01-23 3:32]

Perfect! Lovely details and colors of this colorful critter. Very well done, Christian.

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• vanderschelden (28453)
• [2007-04-15 12:03]

Missed this one, Christian, as it is a well composed image of a beautiful butterfly. The butterfly is depicted very sharp.
TFS
Annick

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• Maite (5132)
• [2007-04-18 6:36]

Wonderful capture, Christian!
A marvellous macro with excellent quality. Sharpness, colors, DOF, light and composition are great. The framing and the note are very good too.
My compliments and TFS.
Best wishes
Maite