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The Map


The Map
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Copyright: Gert Paassen (Gert-Paassen) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1213 W: 2 N: 4583] (13856)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-14
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/16, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-11 21:05
Viewed: 200
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Dutch]
Today a butterfly I have been placed with the wings wide spred so tths are the same specie with closed wings.
TTaken on the Veluwe from my second vacation.
I hope you like it.
Thanks for my critiques on my previous image.
So the last few days I was to busy and I hope to go on with posting of pictures.

Latin name - Araschnia levana

The Map is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is common throughout the lowlands of central and eastern Europe, and is expanding its range in western Europe.
In the UK this species is a very rare vagrant, but there have also been several unsuccessful – and now illegal – attempts at introducing this species over the past 100 years or so: in the Wye Valley in 1912, the Wyre Forest in the 1920s, South Devon 1942, Worcester 1960s, Cheshire 1970s, South Midlands 1990s. All these introductions failed and eggs or larvae have never been recorded in the wild in the UK. (Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is now illegal to release a non-native species into the wild.)

The Map is unusual in that its two annual broods look very different. The summer brood are black with white markings, looking like a miniature version of the White Admiral and lacking most of the orange of the pictured spring brood.

The eggs are laid in long strings, one on top of the other, on the underside of stinging nettles, the larval foodplant. It is thought that these strings of eggs mimic the flowers of the nettles, thereby evading predators. The larvae feed gregariously and hibernate as pupae.
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Hi Gert,
Very good combinations of grren colors, beautiful butterfly in leaf. Excellent compo.
TFS. Ferran

Hi Gert,
Good picture of the map butterfly, there seems be an hint of harshness in the light, but you have managed a decent picture.

TFS,
Goutham R
www.gouthamramesh.com

Hej, Gert,
I like this shot. Interesting pose of butterfly, superb sharpness, nice colors. Good note! TFS!
Serghei

good morning Gert
this is also present in European part of Turkiye. I visited this region in many times, I have not seen it. I hope I can see it in future. you are lucky to see and capture it with a gret macro, with sharp focus, great POV/DOF, composition. colors superb. thanks for sharing, best wishes
Ahmet

Gert
I like this butterfly map, and your is great!
Lovely colored, very sharp details.
Horia

beautiful butterfly. it looks similar to daniad here. congrats and thank you for sharing.

Hi Big Brother Gert,

A great close-up capture of this beautiful Map b-fly from nicePOV with excellent clarity and fine composition.
TFS and have a nice week MF!
Cheers,

Bayram

Hi Gert,
Yet I do not see a butterfly, "Map butterfly" ...
The details of the butterfly is perfect.Very beautiful colors.
Best wishes,
Seyfi

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1380 W: 56 N: 4759] (16364)
  • [2009-10-12 3:21]

Hello Gert.
Excellent picture of map butterfly. Markings on wings are clearly seen and colors are well saturated. Great pov and composition. Nice blurred background.Best regards Siggi

Hi Gert,
Wonderful macro, extraordinary details and colors, good sharpness also.

Congratulation!

Alina

Hello Gert, beautiful close-up of this map butterfly with nice composition.
TFS and regards,
Deniz

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2398 W: 94 N: 5543] (17640)
  • [2009-10-12 4:34]

Hallo Gert,
Schitterende foto met een geweldige dieptewerking door de vorm van het blad waarop de vlinder zit. Erg mooie kleuren, uitstekende scherpte en erg goede compositie.
Groet,
Peter

Hi Gert,

Beautiful macro capture of a lovely butterfly with great details!
The light green blurry BG works well here, as the leaf gives wonderful contrast to this dark colored butterfly. The sharpness and POV are perfect. The DOF is well controlled.
Fabulous composition!

best regards,
Paras

A lovely shot, my friend Gert!The exposure is perfect, the details and the POV superb!
Bravo!
goldy

Hello Gert,
Very nice photo, good sharpness and composition.
Marius.

hello Gert
very good light and his management, beautiful colours in a very good composition!
TFS
Nasos

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  • cirano Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 656 W: 0 N: 228] (4950)
  • [2009-10-12 15:13]

Slav Gert,
This is a first class macro shot.Excellent sharp details and colors.Very well composed.TFS.

Dûrzan

hello Gert

WOW ! it is the very fine POV & DOF and the great eye-contact
of the butterfly that i love most of the photo, shot with
superb focus excellent sharpness and details
and a beautiful luminosity, TFS

Asbed

Hello Gert
excellent capture of this very beautiful butterfly, i like the green color tones, the greatly focused Map, the fine POV and the whole compostion
Have a good night
Jacqueline

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