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The Purple Emperor


The Purple Emperor
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Copyright: Mircea Costina (mirceax) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 231 W: 56 N: 1354] (6247)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D50, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG Macro
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-02-06 12:36
Viewed: 889
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in woodlands throughout Central Europe and southern Britain. Adults have dark brown wings with white lines and a small orange ring on each of the hindwings. Males have an iridescent purple-blue sheen which the females lack. The caterpillars are green with white and yellow markings and have two large horns.
Females spend most of their lives in the tree canopy coming down only to lay their eggs. Males also spend much of their time in the tree tops, defending their territory from rivals, though they will sometimes descend in order to drink from puddles or feed. Unlike most butterflies, the purple emperor does not feed from flowers but instead on the honeydew secreted by aphids and on dung, urine and animal carcasses.
Eggs are laid in late summer on the upper side of sallow leaves. After hatching the caterpillars will lie on the midrib of the leaf where they are well camouflaged, and feed only at night. During the winter they hibernate in the forks of sallow branches where they change colour from green to brown in order to match their surroundings. The following June they will form a pale green chrysalis that resembles a leaf shoot. The adult will then usually emerege in mid-July.
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  • clnaef Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 778 W: 67 N: 645] (6814)
  • [2007-02-06 12:44]

Bonjour,
Magnifique papillon dans une belle posture.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

Hi Mircea,
Another wonderful picture to add in your gallery, and this time is a butterfly.
You captured it with a lot of maginificent details, so mastery.
The color saturation is just excellent, not to mention the gorgeous background.
The sharpness is so good, and the same for the soft gradations got with DOF.
This is a remarkable picture!
Congratulations, thanks for share it and my best regards,
JM

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  • lgfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 194 W: 13 N: 279] (1536)
  • [2007-02-06 13:02]

What a beautifull shot Mircea. I like the sharpness of the object and the blur of the rest.TFS

Hi
Beautiful shot. Fantastic colors and superb buckground. Great composition. I like irt very much
Best wishes
Krzysztof

A beauty Mircea!
Really powerful photo what with those colours and great clarity you've achieved here.
f8 has given us nice details in the butterfly but even still not quite to get both antenna focused due to the macro effect I assume.
The BG is just about right though and composition is interesting, a natural angle that the butterfly was in although maybe rotating it a touch might be more aesthetically pleasing.
Well done, thanks for posting
Regards
Simon

Hello Mircea!
This is very good quality of picture with great DOF and nice contrast. I like also the POV of this picture and very informative note.
Best greetings from Poland,
Radomir

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 528 W: 87 N: 697] (6119)
  • [2007-02-06 15:18]

hi mircea,
très bonne image, la composition est très soignée ce qui la rend très esthétique. Belle lumière douce et parfaite mise au point.

tfs

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  • meyerd Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 519 W: 68 N: 1700] (5384)
  • [2007-02-06 15:39]

Dear Mircea,
I like the rare Apatura and you did a very good job on this one: the light, the sharpness, the full colours, the compostion, all is perfect. Thanks for sharing. Why don't you say in your note where you took the pic and (when special) how you took it.
Cheers, Dietrich

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2633] (15577)
  • [2007-02-06 17:48]

Magnífico trabajo, excelente captura y bellos detalles y colores, saludos Mircea

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  • cosmln Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 201 W: 12 N: 493] (1952)
  • [2007-02-06 20:15]

salut mircea,

foarte frumoasa imagine.
o compozitie perfecta.

Detalii excelente, folosire buna a DOF-ului. Culori perfecte.

te mai astept pe mynature, TFS,
cosmln

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2007-02-07 6:49]

Estéticamente y técnicamente una macro de muy buena calidad Mircea, a partir del apropiado punto de vista y encuadre, que brindan un desenfoque posterior muy apropiado para resaltar la silueta de la mariposa con agudeza, colorido y exacto enfoque.
Colores intensos pero bien controlados gracias a la adecuada iluminación brindan detalles bien marcados del insecto.
Gracias y saludos... Ricardo

Aesthetically and technically a macro of very good quality Mircea, starting from the appropriate point of view and framing that offer a very appropriate posterior out of focus to stand out the silhouette of the butterfly with sharpness, coloring and exact focus.
Intense colors but very controlled due to the appropriate illumination they offer very marked details of the insect.
Thank you and greetings... Ricardo

In aceasta imagine, fluturele nu pare deranjat de nimic.
O imagine superba!
Felicitari!
Ella

Hello Mircea
Perfect composition and focusing on head,
Great lighting and BG,Welldone.

Regards
Fartash

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2173 W: 220 N: 4384] (14904)
  • [2007-02-08 3:28]

Salut Mircea

Foarte misto fluturasul asta. E intr-adevar probabil una din cele mai frumoase si aspectuase specii de la noi, iar tu l-ai prins aici foarte misto.
Am reusit si eu sa fac cateva poze unuia, dar tu ai aici un BG mai bun si mai putin deranjant… :)
Culorile sunt superbe si detaliile foarte clare.
Imi place foarte mult de asemenea si compozitia.

Bravo si TFS
Horia

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