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Icarus For Marx


Icarus For Marx
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Copyright: Grzegorz Wieczorek (red45) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2703 W: 74 N: 8857] (30219)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-23
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Tokina AT-X M100 Pro D 1:1
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-05-27 11:47
Viewed: 439
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I would like to dedicate this picture for Marx Kol [Marx44] who gave me very good tips how to hunt and photograph small butterflies.

My Lycaenidae family list:

1) Polyommatus icarus - Common Blue
2) Plebeius agestis - Brown Argus

Male uppersides are an iridescent lilac blue with a thin black border. Females are brown with a row of red spots along the edges. They usually have some blue at the base of the wings and, especially in Ireland and Scotland, are mostly blue but always have the red spots. Undersides have a greyish ground colour in the males and more brownish in the females. Both sexes have a row of red spots along the edge of the hindwings (extending onto the forewings though generally fainter, particularly in the males where they are sometimes missing altogether). There are about a dozen black centered white spots on the hind wings, nine on the forwings. The white fringe on the outer edge of the wings is not crossed with black lines as it is in the Chalkhill and Adonis Blues, an important difference when separating these species, particularly the females.

It is Britain's (and probably Europe's) most common and most widespread blue, found as far north as Orkney and on most of the Outer Hebrides. Males are often very obvious as they defend territories against rivals and search out the more reclusive females. A range of grassland habitats are used: meadows, coastal dunes, woodland clearings and also many man made habitats, anywhere where their food plants are found.

It is widespread in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.

Recently, Polyommatus icarus was discovered in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada by Ara Sarafian. An amateur entomologist, he had been observing the butterfly from 2005 to 2008. He contacted the Canadian National Collection of Insects in Ottawa where the butterfly was identified as P. icarus, a new alien butterfly to Canada and North America. The butterfly seems to be well established and is extending its range from year to year.

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  • Great 
  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2865 W: 34 N: 8488] (31708)
  • [2009-05-27 11:50]

Hi Greg. A bnice dediation i am sure he will like it. Its a fine close up of this beauty. I like your side POV and DOF. You have sharp focusing and fine detail. I like the poseon the grass head with its red colours. Stands out well from the BG. well done TFS.
Nick..

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1101 W: 23 N: 3605] (12949)
  • [2009-05-27 11:50]

Hi Greg,
as always superb details, DOF and framing. The markings in this Butterfly are wonderful and shown here very well, great shot.
Paul

Hello Greg!
tres belle photot avec beaucoups de details les couleurs sont magnifiques ainsi que la composition !
merci pour ton partage
a tres bientot
amicalement
Joffrey

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  • Marx44 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 173 W: 95 N: 593] (2100)
  • [2009-05-27 13:08]

Witam serdecznie!
Widzę że 100mm jednak nie odstrasza motylków :D
Dziękuję za dedykację,
Bardzo ładny modraszek, bardzo dobra kompozycja i kolory.
Życzę więcej udanych łowów, zwłaszcza że w czerwcu będzie wysyp różnych modraszków, czerwończyków itp... itd...

Serdeczności
Marx

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  • cirano Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 639 W: 0 N: 228] (4776)
  • [2009-05-27 14:20]

Hi Grzegorz,
Wonderful capture with very beautiful butterfly.Very nice,light, colours and composition.
Dűrzan

Hi Greg,
Good shot of this little blue.
We get them here in NZ (or ones like them) but I can never get near them.
What tips did you learn from Marx ?
I'm interested to know the technique.
Cheers
Steve

Hi MF Greg,
An awesome capture of this pretty b-fly with excellent details, nice POV/DOF and fine composition.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

  • Great 
  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 753] (4624)
  • [2009-05-28 1:04]

Witaj Grzegorzu,
Ladna kompozycja, czysty Bg, dobra ostrosc szczegolow.
Pozdrawiam, Pawel

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2167 W: 218 N: 4377] (14870)
  • [2009-05-28 1:52]

Hi Greg

I see you have yourself a new challenge this year :) I can only wish you good luck and i'm a bit curious if you'll get more butterflies this year than your did d-flies last year...we'll see :)
This is a gorgeous macro and i like seeing you posting photos with your new Tokina lens. I'm sure it takes a little bit of getting used to, but i'm sure you'll get much better results with it.
Needless o say here, i congratulate you for your perfectly parallel POV that enabled you to get the entire subject in full focus.
Good work with the exposure and DOF, too.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

I like the diffused lighting and the colors here. The diffused BG also works wonders. Don't you think a tradition aspect ration of 4/3 would have produced a better impact?

Hi Grzegorz
Nice image.
Wonderfuls colors and wonderfuls details.
Congratulations!

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