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Polygonia c-album


Polygonia c-album
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Copyright: Siegfried Potrykus (siggi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1373 W: 56 N: 4716] (16222)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08
Categories: Insects
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-26 1:11
Viewed: 229
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Comma (Polygonia c-album) is a species of butterfly, common in the United Kingdom and with a distribution across Europe and temperate Asia to Japan and south to Morocco. Similar species are found in the United States and Canada. It has a white marking on its underwings resembling a comma. The wings have a distinctive ragged edge, apparently a cryptic form as the butterfly resembles a fallen leaf. The caterpillars are also cryptic, resembling a bird dropping.

In the 19th century the British population of comma butterflies crashed, and by 1920 there were only two sightings. The cause for this decline is unknown, and from about 1930 the population recovered and it is now one of the more familiar butterflies in Southern England, and is now resident in Scotland and in North Wales.

The caterpillars will feed up on hops, and they will also eat stinging nettle, elm or currant leaves, and in other parts of its distribution (e.g. in Sweden) also sallow and birch leaves.

The species survives the winter in the adult stage, and adults are of two forms. The form that overwinters before reproducing has dark undersides of the wings, whereas the form that develops directly to sexual maturation has lighter colured wing undersides. Both forms can arise from eggs laid by the same female, depending mainly on the photoperiods experienced by the larvae, but also with an influence of host plants, temperature and sex of individuals.
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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 645 W: 15 N: 1580] (6173)
  • [2009-09-26 1:13]

Hello Siegfried
Excellent work, great sharpness and vivid colors
Regards
Razvan

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 597 W: 0 N: 515] (3068)
  • [2009-09-26 1:15]

Hallo Siggi,
"The show" Your about butterflies continue. Another excellent macro that we offer. We are here and we can not lose this!
Have a pleasant Saturday,
Adrian

Slav Sîggî,
A very good close up of this beautiful butterfly in nice pose.The sharpness,colors and POV are excellent.Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,
Dûrzan

Hello Siegfried,
a very beautiful picture of the Comma, superb sharpness and beautiful saturated colours, a very pleasing composition with a splendid pose and a good contrast of colours against a green BG.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1055 W: 0 N: 162] (866)
  • [2009-09-26 3:48]

Hello Siegfried, a great close-up shot of this beautifully coloured butterfly with nice composition.
TFS and G's,
Mehmet

Ciao Siggi, lovely polygonia with fantastic colora, great sharpness and wonderful details, beautiful blurry BG, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2386 W: 94 N: 5517] (17564)
  • [2009-09-26 4:11]

Hello Siegfried,
What a very beautiful photo. Superb clarity with splendid colours. Excellent composition, sharpness and details. Very pleasant POV, DOF and OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

Ciao Siegfried. Good light here and right DOF. Amazing light's work to ezalt the colours well satured.

Roberto

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2573] (9077)
  • [2009-09-26 6:30]

Hi Siegfried,
another excellent view with splendid colour contrast. I like the sharpness and the details.
Well presented in good light. the hues of the blurry background is pleasant too.

regards,
Foozi

Hello Siggi,

An excellent macro with vibrant coloration patterns, sharpness & fine details. Great POV, pose & BG.

Very nicely done & TFS.

Best wishes

Umar

hello Siegfried
thanks for the comments
this is a great colored picture
good details and good sharpness
greeting lou

Siggi
Wonderful Comma, great colors, lovely details.
Congratulation!
Horia

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3813 W: 190 N: 11346] (34981)
  • [2009-09-26 9:21]

Hello Siggi,
A fine wellcomposed capture of P. c-album taken from a great POV to show its features with excellent sharpness, colours and lighting against a good neutral natural BG.
Thanks and enjoy your weekend,
Ivan

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2908 W: 34 N: 8623] (32138)
  • [2009-09-26 10:43]

Hi Siegfried. Anne has a Comma as well today i have just commented on that one. You have taken a first class close up with fine detail and sharp focusing. I like the rich colours and the bright orange colours. Well done TFS.
Nick..

Hello Siegfried, splendid shot of this butterfly with nice point of view and composition.
TFS and regards,
Deniz

Hello Siegfried, excellent macro shot of this beautiful butterfly. Nice composition, details and POV.
TFS and regards, Bahadır

Hello Siegfried,

what a nice image from these butterfly with good pov and dof.
Fine warm colours.

Gert

Hi My bealoved friend Siggi,

An amazing macro capture of this beautiful comma from nice POV with immaculate sharpness, details and fine composition.
TFS and cheers,

Bayram

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-09-26 16:45]

Hi Siggi,

This view of the Comma shows off it's wonderful shape so well! The colors are vivid and beautiful with excellent details. I don't think I realized before this just how special this butterfly is.

Jane

Hello Siegfried,
Excellent capture of this common coma butterfly. Very well done.
TFS. Ferran

Buen encuadre y fondo, aunque con la luz algo alta.
Saludos y Buen Domingo Siegfried.

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  • sela Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 45 W: 0 N: 39] (704)
  • [2009-09-27 2:44]

Hello Siggi, this is a wonderful portrait of this butterfly, very well composed.Excellent work
Regards Rose

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