Pink Rose Swallowtail

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• ddg (5111)
• [2006-03-17 11:44]

Hello Jaap, splendid shot with a great sharpness and beautiful purpel reflects on the wings. Great DOF and composition. TFS, Didier.

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• wishnugaruda (16776)
• [2006-03-17 12:24]

Hi Jaap,
this is such a beautiful butterfly, purpur velvet, I love the glittering wings.
Very interesting, I have neve seen such a kind.
Thanks and have a beautiful weekend
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2006-03-17 12:26]

Hi Jaap,

Beautiful capture and well done on the composition.

Mike

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• wuta (2142)
• [2006-03-17 12:48]

Een schitterende vlinder jaap ,prachtige paarse en rode kleuren ,pov dof sharpnes en compositie , zijn perfect ,
groeten Teunie .

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• ramthakur (32204)
• [2006-03-17 12:50]

This is a lovely shot, Jaap. Such varied colours on it.

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• coasties (27718)
• [2006-03-17 13:35]

Hi Jaap

Nicely composed shot. Good colours and POV. :-)

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• thor68 (5642)
• [2006-03-17 14:16]
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what a beautiful butterfly, jaap! :-)
i´ve never one like this before,
maybe we´re just to far north of the alps.
the red and the deep purple are really nice
and somehow the wings look bitten.
was it flying "free" or in a butterfly-"park"?
well seen & captured, thor.

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• AndyB (3982)
• [2006-03-17 15:11]

Hello Jaap,
A very nice capture.
Good sharp detail,a very good POV and DOF.
Lovely colours on this exotic butterfly.
Great shot.

TFS

Have a good weekend.

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• Janice (18648)
• [2006-03-17 16:02]

I saw some of these at our Butterfly Zoo this week, but they were so hard to catch - they kept fluttering their wings so fast all the time. So my photos were no good!
This is good Jaap, you show her so clearly and her colours are beautiful. TFS
Janice

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• ArcapA (247)
• [2006-03-17 16:19]

Hello Jaap,
Wow. What a wonderful bfly. Excellent colors, compo and DoF. Only the body is in the shade because of the big wings so it is a bit dark. It would have been nicer if you took the shot when the sun was setting. Of course you couldn't make an appointment. TFS.
Alp

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• honza (4191)
• [2006-03-17 16:36]

Very nice butterfly Jaap. I like composition, sharpness and colors. Have a nice weekend. Jan

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• jchemas (3390)
• [2006-03-17 16:41]

What a beautiful butterfly Jaap.
Great color and composition.
Love the POV and BG.
TFS!!!!
Regards
JC

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• chiliu (6494)
• [2006-03-17 20:47]

Hi Jaap,
Very nice capture!
Great detail, nice colour and well composition.
Thanks for sharing!

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• SkyF (8127)
• [2006-03-17 23:01]

Hi Jaap,
this is incredible. Excellent sharpness wonderful colors. POV is just right and the DOF lets this butterfly stand out very well. The perfect shot.
TFS..Sky

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2006-03-18 3:52]
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Hello Jaap,
this is a nice butterfly shot, I think you can be do better. Very nice colours, good sharpness and nice POV. Thank you for posting my friend. Have a great weekend.
Greetings to you and Teunie
Heinz

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• fiyo (10618)
• [2006-03-18 5:19]

Hello Jaap,
Superb macro; very well composed, and the details, sharpness and lighting are excellent TFS.

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• phlr (2814)
• [2006-03-18 5:24]

Very good Jaap!
Wonderful Papilionidae!
Very good POV!
Beautiful colours!
Very good on details too!
TFS!

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• red45 (30243)
• [2006-03-18 8:47]

Hello Jaap!

Great shot of very interesting butterfly. This one is rather strange - looks like its outer surface of wings is more colorfull then inner one. Good composition and pose, excellent colours and details on insect's body.

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-03-18 9:02]

Hello Jaap,
Graet DOF, composition, Graet colors, shapness, Well done photo,TFS Kyle

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• thistle (9272)
• [2006-03-18 11:06]
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Hello Jaap,
I will honestly say that I think you could done much better on this one.
The exposure really isn't good because you have here some burned out areas as well as some underexposed one (the details on the some black parts of wings seem to be lost). I'm not very sure about composition too, it could've been much stronger.
Anyway, it was a good try. I hope you don't mind my comment, but I really think this is less than you could achieve.

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• jhm (628)
• [2006-03-19 1:52]

Goedenmorgen Jaap,
Volgens ik kan zien is deze nog gefotografeerd met uw vorige camera, een bezoekje van verledenjaar! U zal er vermoedelijk veel in uw archief hebben, daar twijfel ik geen minuut aan. Dit is natuurlijk een van uw specialiteiten waar ik u zeer groot in zie, altijd prachtig, goed geplaatst met de nodige scherpte en goede kleuren.
Groeten uit Vlaanderen met -0,6° Celsius
John.

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• peter_stoeckl (10221)
• [2006-03-19 4:39]
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• dew77 (13209)
• [2006-03-19 14:29]

Hello Jaap!
Excellent capture.3D effect is amazing.POV,details,colors,contrast and framing are wonderful.TFS...:-)

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• marhowie (302)
• [2006-03-20 12:04]

Hi Jaap,
Nice job here, very good detail, sharpness and colors..Beautiful b-fly! Thank You mf.

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• Comandante (1408)
• [2006-03-20 13:33]

Hello Jaap!
Very nice macro.Colors,sharpness,details and composition are perfect.Thanks for sharing.

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• loot (10075)
• [2006-03-20 20:37]
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Hello Jaap
Maybe a spade by a different name is still a spade, but on a scale from 1-10 this one is probably a 5, compared with the quality, impact and beauty of your previous work. I must say, I think Monika, in her straight forward way, was quite right, but for an archive shot you probably knew that when you uploaded.
At least the DOF, colour, and sharpness are good.
Regards
Loot

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• PDP (11769)
• [2006-03-21 6:47]

Hi Jaap, nice shot. Lovely looking butterfly. Very nice commposition and good POV. I feel a little more room in front and slightly less behind would have been good. There are also some bright areas and maybe a little overexposed. Well done.

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• scottevers7 (12267)
• [2006-03-21 6:53]

Hi Jaap,
Beautiful colors! The overall composition and framing look great. Nice sharp detail. This looks excellent!
Scott

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• RII (2812)
• [2006-03-22 2:22]

Hi Jaap.
Wonderful scarlet color butterfly, very nice capture, excellent color and contrast,good details and composition.

Saludos...RICARDO,

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• ellis49 (30813)
• [2006-03-25 22:32]

Hi Jaap,
a nice picture but this is not your best.
It was not easy with a dark butterfly and bright lights,
maybe a fill-in flash had helped.
Nice colours and I like POV and the DOF.
Well done, my friend.

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• livios (16906)
• [2006-03-26 13:49]

Jaap, this is indeed a colorful and beautiful butterfly.

I do enjoy sharpness and the blurred bg.

Very nice contrast too.

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• Signal-Womb (11044)
• [2006-04-03 17:11]

Hi Jaap, very nice capture. Interesting side profile with good detail of this showy specimen. Good job.

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• osse (7801)
• [2006-05-05 5:57]

Hi Jap
beautiful shot. Great colours, details, sharpnes, light, POV and composition.
Well done

osse

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• marmottelolo (14691)
• [2006-06-07 7:16]

hi jaap
encore un tres beau papillon alors que moi a chaque fois il s'enfuit.belles couleurs et lumiere.good DOF
laurent

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• Graal (5032)
• [2006-08-05 3:16]

Hi Jaap,
interesting species of b-fly, nice colours, good details and DOF. I like it. Well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

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• Pentaxfriend (6339)
• [2006-11-12 19:40]
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Hallo Jaap,

Dit is een prachtshot van een schitterende vlinder
alleen de ID is niet Papilio rumanzovia maar moet zijn (Pachliopta kotzebuea) Pink Rose Swallowtail
http://www.hmns.org/eventDetail.asp?id=9&xml=butterflies.xml&o=/see_do/butterfly_center/butterflies.asp

Hier ben ik ook pas achter gekomen, de Rumanzovia heeft namelijk geen staart en het lijf is zwart

TFS Thijs