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Colours of Meadow I


Colours of Meadow I
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Copyright: Grzegorz Wieczorek (red45) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2831 W: 75 N: 8025] (26865)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-21
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO DG Macro
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-21 5:48
Viewed: 372
Points: 22
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Today I went to my nearby meadow to try my Sigma lens again. Day wasn't good for macro shots - very cloudy sky and strong wind. I was walking around and looking for insects. Almost no butterflies in sight, just few flies and bees. At the end I founded this small Skipper drinking from flower. I took few shots and surprisingly one of them was quite good.

of the family Hesperiidae (superfamily Hesperioidea), named after their quick, darting flight habits.

Skippers differ in several important ways from the remaining butterflies, which are classified in the superfamily Papilionoidea and the neotropical superfamily Hedyloidea. Collectively, these three groups of butterflies share several characteristics especially in the egg, larval and pupal stage (Ackery et al. 1999). However, skippers have the antennae clubs hooked backward like a crochet hook, whilst butterflies have club-like tips to their antennae and hedylids have feathered or pectinate antennae giving them an even more moth-like appearance than skippers. Skippers also have generally stockier bodies than the other two groups, with stronger wing muscles. Hesperioidea is very likely the sister group of Papilionoidea, and together with Hedyloidea constitute a natural group or clade.

There are about 3500 species of Skippers. They are usually classified in the following subfamilies:

Awls, Awlets and Policemen (Subfamily Coeliadinae, about 75 species)

Grass Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae, over 2000 species)

Skipperlings (Subfamily Heteropterinae, about 150 species)

Giant Skippers (Subfamily Megathyminae, about 100 species)

Spread-winged Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae, about 1000 species)

Firetips (Subfamily Pyrrhopyginae, about 150 species)

Australian Skippers (Subfamily Trapezitinae, about 60 species)

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 353 W: 3 N: 376] (1127)
  • [2008-06-21 6:03]

Hi Grzegorz,
It's an artistic macro shot.Colors,DOF you managed,exposure,POV and composition are perfect.very well done!
Thanks for posting.

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 110 W: 60 N: 217] (1873)
  • [2008-06-21 12:55]

Witaj,
Wlasnie taki okaz kilka dni temu umiescilem na TN. Bardzo dobra ostrosc na glowe i swietny BG.
Pozdrawiam, Pawel

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1697 W: 242 N: 5609] (19923)
  • [2008-06-21 14:21]

Perfect shot of this Skipper, Grzegorz!
The DOF is spot-on!
Very sharp and detailed.
Excellent composition.
Really nice colours.

Superb work!

Joe

Hi Greg,
At least you can go outside ... I'd drown if I set foot outside today.Its absolutely persisting down!The stream in our back garden is up several metres already.Its always a bit of a worry as this house has been flooded before.
Anyway ... lovely shot of this Skipper.
I don't think we have any Skippers at all in New Zealand (except on our fishing boats ;)
We actually don't see many moths or butterflies at all.
Lucky you,huh?
Cheers
Steve

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3453 W: 144 N: 5902] (17490)
  • [2008-06-22 0:48]

Hey MF - I forgot your birthday!! You're now another year older - what a lot has happened in the last year!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG...

Nice pick of the Skipper on the pretty flower - good close-up shot. Colours are good and so is the blurred BG.

TFS and kia ora
Janice

Hi Greg,
A nice capture of this beautiful skipper along with the beautiful flower. Excellent composition and sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Grzegorz, splendid macro with lovely skipper and wonderful flower, fantastic colors, lovely blurry BG and great sharpness, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Good morning Greg!
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
~John Burroughs

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2470 W: 168 N: 7478] (23630)
  • [2008-06-22 7:42]

Hello Greg,
In spite of the dull day you got a very fine capture of a Skipper on a pretty flower! I love the colours and the Skipper is sharply in focus as well as the flower and they look lovely against the beautiful background. Very well framed too!
Many thanks and best wishes, Ulla

Hola Grzegorz,
Preciosa composición de esta mariposa con tan bonito posadero, buena definición en la que se muestran los detalles, la luz y color son muy bellos. Saludos
José Ramón

Witaj, Grzegorzu!
Widze, ze i tobie wystawil sie "na strzal" karlatek ceglasty, nieduze toto, skromne i niepozorne, a jakie mile dla oka! Bardzo ladna fotka z bardzo dobrym tlem, podkreslajacym motyw glowny.
Tadeusz

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