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Parnassius mnemosyne 2


Parnassius mnemosyne 2
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Copyright: Maurizio Dalla Via (maurydv) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 610 W: 0 N: 1020] (4206)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-01
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D70, Nikkor 300mm AF-S f/4
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/640 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Bayram's Favorites-1 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-18 8:26
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus 1758)
Clouded Apollo (inglese)
Semi-apollon (francese)

Ordine Lepidoptera
Famiglia Papilonidae
Sottofamiglia Parnassiinae
Genere Parnassius

Riporto le note della precedente immagine
La Parnassius mnemosyne è una farfalla diurna della famiglia dei Papilionidi.
È una delle tre specie del genere Parnassius presenti in Italia
La Parnassius mnemosyne è rara e localizzata in radure umide di collina o di media montagna, sia a ridosso delle Alpi che degli Appennini. Caratterizzata da un colore di fondo bianco con venature nere e da alcune macchie nere, ha estremità delle ali quasi trasparenti. Le ali stesse sono ampie, arrotondate e spesso presentano un aspetto ceroso, soprattutto negli esemplari vecchi. La livrea del dorso delle ali posteriori è simile a quella del rovescio
Il Parnassius mnemosyne è il Parnassius europeo con l'areale di diffusione più vasto: è presente in Europa del sud e in Europa centrale, spingendosi fino alla Turchia, solitamente in aree collinari o montane.
E' anche l'unico papilionide europeo privo di macchie rosse, ma può essere difficilmente confuso con la pieride Aporia crataegi, anch'essa bianca con venature nere e ali trasparenti ai bordi, ma priva di macchie nere. Le due specie, infatti, differiscono sia a livello morfologico che per il tipo di volo, nel Parnassius piuttosto fiacco e ondivago.
Il Parnassius mnemosyne, se il cielo è anche leggermente velato, rimane posato sugli steli di piante erbacee, e si rianima, riprendendo il volo, solo all'apparire dei primi raggi solari.

L'adulto compare in maggio-luglio a seconda dell'altitudine e delle condizioni climatiche.
Negli ultimi decenni la specie appare in declino in tutto il suo areale, principalmente a causa dei rimboschimenti e dell'espansione edilizia.
La larva si ciba di piante del genere Corydalis.
Come tutte le specie del suo genere, è un superstite dell'era glaciale.
La fotografia
E’ stata scattata con teleobiettivo 300 mm. a mano libera, con criteri quindi più da caccia fotografica che da macrofotografia, a circa 1200 metri d’altitudine sulle Prealpi vicentine. Questa farfalla con il sole era molto vivave e avvicinabile con difficoltà (vedi sopra), ma con il cielo nuvoloso restava praticamente ferma anche se si toccavano gli steli d’erba su cui era posata.
In questo caso la ripresa è stata fatta con luce naturale.
Nella zona in cui è stata scattata la fotografia erano presenti più esemplari di Parnassius mnemosyne, poiché pur essendo abbastanza rara localmente può essere comune.

Per maggiori informazioni su tale specie vedi recenti immagini di
argus
peter stoeckl

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Hello Maurizio, superb macro of this beautiful bıutterfly. TFS. Regards,
Bahadır

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 527 W: 0 N: 95] (583)
  • [2008-06-18 8:31]

Hi Maurizio
A superb detailed macro shot of this beauty with wonderful lighting and framing! Great shoot indeed. TFS. Regards,
Mehmet

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 353 W: 3 N: 376] (1127)
  • [2008-06-18 8:31]

Hi Maurizio,
Very nice close up.Details,POV,cross framing and composition are wonderful.Very well done!
Thanks for posting.

Hi,
great view on this nice looking species, excellent details and composition, fine colours, good light.
cheers
Adrian

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1780 W: 8 N: 4611] (14907)
  • [2008-06-18 8:57]

Hi Maurizio,

I love the open winged view of this beautiful butterfly that you have shown us before. Stunning wing markings in black and white ahown in great detail. So lovely against the green background.

Jane

Hello Maurizio,

A great presentation of this beautiful butterfly again. Very good sharpness. Excellent exposure and colours. Very good contrast against the background.
Cheers,
Mariki

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2339 W: 59 N: 3779] (12124)
  • [2008-06-18 9:05]

Ciao Maurizio,
Focus,sharpness, details, lighting, POV and composition are very good. Grazie e complimenti,
Selen

Ciao Maurizio,complimenti per questo grande scoop,la farfalla e' davvero rara e riuscire a beccarla da sopra con le ali aperte e' ancora un evento piu' eccezionale.Non sto a commentare la qualita' della foto che e' davvero perfetta,ottimo lavoro,buona serata,Luciano

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1008 W: 285 N: 3323] (10980)
  • [2008-06-18 9:55]

Hello Maurizio,
you present a further beautiful picture of mnemosyne in a series posted in the last days to TN.
The characters of the spesies are well shown. Wings and antennae are placed in the same plane
so that the entire butterfly appears very sharp.
Best wishes, Peter

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2463 W: 168 N: 7435] (23482)
  • [2008-06-18 10:14]

Hello Maurizio,
This is a splendid view of this wonderful butterfly in a fine pose with open wings. Excellent sharpness that shows the details and the transparent tips of the wings very nicely. Lovely background and very well composed.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1202 W: 68 N: 2489] (8215)
  • [2008-06-18 10:30]

Hello Maurizio,
Another amazing photo in excellent sharpness, details and colours. Wonderful light. Fantastic composition, POV and BG.
Regards,
Peter

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1990 W: 5 N: 5539] (20936)
  • [2008-06-18 10:30]

Hi maurizio. A very fine close up of the Butterfly which you have captured with fine detail and sharp focusing. and natutal colours. a nice POV/DOF. well done tFS.
Nick..

Le sacaste partido a esta Parnassius que yo todavía no he conseguido fotografiar. Naturalidad en los colores, bien encuadrada y
un excelente enfoque.
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Hace ya 80 años que España no gana en fútbol a Italia en una competición oficial ... :-)

magnifica nitidezza e bella presa in
diagonale....una gran bella macro Maurizio

ciao sERGIO

Hi my dear friend Maurizio,
What a brillant and perfect capture of this wonderful butterfly. Superb details, perfect DOF and lighting. The green OFF BG also superb. TFS my friend!
Cheeers,

Bayram

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  • Nilson Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 349 W: 0 N: 293] (2220)
  • [2008-06-18 17:57]

Ola Murizio
Bonita foto desta diferente borboleta sua cor é realmente muito bela, a luminosidade nas asas ficarão muito boa e a nitidez esta excelente.
Parabens
Nilson

Hi Maurizio,
Great image, I like the diagonal comp here..
Very good DOF, detail, exposure, and colors.
Nice work!
Howard

Ciao Maurizio,
Thank you for another fine and beautiful posting of butterfly!
I loved the soft and gentle lighting here with great sharpness, good colour and details
well done
ciao
Tony

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2599 W: 133 N: 7452] (23229)
  • [2008-06-19 0:28]

Hello Maurizio,
An excellent capture of P. mnemosyne, this time a male with its wings open. The sharpness and the exposure of the white are perfect and the diagonal composition against the natural green BG superb.
TFS this rare beauty,
Grazie e complimenti,
Ciao,
Ivan

Hi dear Maurizio ,
Very nice macro with great details.Nice sharpness.
A perfect macro.
Kind regards
Saeed

Hi Maurizio

Beautiful capture of this attractive butterfly.
Excellent sharpness and pattern details
Good diagonal composition.

Chris

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1685 W: 242 N: 5567] (19717)
  • [2008-06-19 11:21]

Hi Maurizio,
what a superbly detailed capture!!
We can see every scale on the wing!
Very sharp and clear.
Superb composition.
Excellent DOF.

Very well done,
Joe

hello Maurizio

excellent shot of this beautiful butterfly, fine POV and DOF,
i love the way the butterfly is diagonnaly framed on the image,
beautiful luminosity of the image, excellent sharpness and details,

TFS

Asbed

Hello Maurizio. Excellent sharp detail with beautiful markings on the wings. The full spreading wings in white contrasting well with the green background. Well done. Jusni

Ciao Maurizio,
Eccellenti composizione.
Bellissimo!
Grazie:-)
Annick

Ciao Mauricio
Great macro with excellent details. I like how you framed it. Fine colours and good light
TFS and greetings
Aires

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  • clnaef Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 763 W: 58 N: 630] (6462)
  • [2008-06-19 23:15]

Bonjour,
Que voilà un papillon particulièrement bien mis en évidence.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

Hi Maurizo,
A lovely capture of this beautiful butterfly. Superb details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

hi Maurizio!
a very fine butterflie!
sharp with fine exposure
good work!

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2039 W: 6 N: 2020] (13261)
  • [2008-06-21 8:35]

Hola Maurizio,
fino trabajo,
composición y color,
ambiente y encuadre excelente.
saludos

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-06-21 20:46]

Hello Maurizio

Wonderful composition.
The details are sharp and well focused.
Excellent use of lighting ,the colours are vibrant.
The pov and dof are very good.
Great job.
TFS
Rob

Bonsoir Maurizio
Je n'ai jamais rencontré ce papillon, et je te remercie de nous le montrer, par cette très belle prise de vue
amicalement
Laurent

Ciao Maurizio, splendida Parnassus, non l'ho mai vista dal vivo, grande nitidezza ed ottimi detagli, magnifica macro, bravo, ciao Silvio

Hello Maurizio,
a very clear and precise, plesantly well composed presentation of this rare speciality of mopuntain butterflies. A pleasure to see it presented from your country, so nicely complementing some recent postings from northern countries. Thank you!
With best regards,
Peter

Hola Maurizio, muy bonito macro, con buena luz y color, el detalle del cuerpo es muy bueno. Un encuadre acertado y una composición adecuada. Una buena toma en la que destacaria principalmente la buena luz. Un saludo

Hello Maurizio!
This is one of the rarest butterfly species in Poland, I have never seen it in the wild. Beautiful capture with great DOF and details. And the note ininteresting too :)
Best regards,
Radomir

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1714 W: 24 N: 4988] (16346)
  • [2008-06-27 8:31]

Hi Maurizio,
Outstanding shot of this beautiful butterfly with open wings. Immaculate sharpness and lovely colours and you have handled the lighting and exposure levels very skillfully. Among the green leaves it stands out nicely and looks majestic. Excellent POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hello again my Friend,
Beautiful close-up of the insect called in Hungarian 'Small Apollon Butterfly'. Not a frequent specie here, but I met it a few times on my trips. Sharp image, showing the habitat of the little animal well, great pose, just the way I like it. A professional shot. Bravo.
Ciao e grazie, László

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 478 W: 0 N: 872] (2752)
  • [2008-07-03 20:59]

Hi Maurizio.

Excellent capture of this beauty butterfly,nice composition colors details and contrast.Good note.


Thanks....RICARDO.

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