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Minois dryas


Minois dryas
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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: 2007-07
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D50, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG Macro
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-06 9:30
Viewed: 728
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Distribution: Coastal in NW Spain, most of France and eastwards including N Italy, S Germany, Slovakia, Balkans and N Greece.

Identification: Distinctive with large forewing eyespots centred with pale blue, not the more typical white of the Satyridae. Females are considerably larger than the males. The males are dark brown and lack the dusty white bands on the underside hindwing of the female.

Flight time: July to early September.

Habitat: Hot, grasslands with plenty of flowers, often close to scrub or woodland

Behaviour: Flies just above the long grasses of high summer where its large dark form is visible from a distance. Frequently feeds on taller flowers such as Scabious and Hemp Agrimony.

Source:http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_pages/dryas.htm

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  • Great 
  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1060 W: 290 N: 3952] (13358)
  • [2007-09-06 9:34]

Hello Mircea,
a beautiful natural image of dryas showing nicely the blue scales of the eye-spots. Background design, colours, focus and sharpness are perfect.
Best wishes, Peter

Fabulosos detalles y hermosos colores.
Buenos contrastes y nitidez.
Una nota útil.
Saludos, JL.

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  • Arjun Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 359 W: 7 N: 1112] (5412)
  • [2007-09-06 9:44]

hi mircea,
a superb butterfly with nice pov,
congrats,
TFS

Hello Mircea!

The colors and the light are fantastic!
Very good sharpness.I just have the white...too white ;-)but it comes probably from my pc.
TFS

Servane

Preciosos tonos con la dificultad que conllevan esos marrones y un excelente fondo. Gran profundidad. Preciosa toma.
Saludos Mircea.

Hi Mircea,
Splendid shot! Exuberant butterfly!
Excellent colors, very good sharpness and contrast.
Congratulations for the wealth of details.
Perfect composition.
Well done!
Best regards,
José Roberto

Hi Mircea,
Excellent picture technically, and I love those blue spots. Unusual indeed for a European satyrid. Thanks
Alan

Beautiful composition Mircea.
Good focus detail and color as well as POV..
Fine use of DOF to blur BG.
TFS

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2912 W: 34 N: 8640] (32202)
  • [2007-09-06 12:47]

Hi Marcea. This dryas has got very nice markings which you have captured so well. showing use the detail in the wings. good true colours, and a nice pov. well done TFS. good notes too.
Nick..

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2007-09-06 12:48]

Hi Mircea,
an outstanding shot.
Great colours.
Decent DOF and composition.
Well done,
Joe

Hi Mircea
Nicely composed photo of this beautiful species. Pretty good sharpness, great composition and perfect homogenous buckground There is nothing more to say :-) Good job
Best wishes
Krzysztof

  • Great 
  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2632] (15573)
  • [2007-09-06 17:58]

Hola Mircea,
un bello trabajo,
color y preciosa composición,
presentación y encuadre sobresalientes,
saludos

hello mircea,
very nice capture of the butterfly and the flower, excellent pov, sharp image with good details, nice dof, lovely colours,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

  • Great 
  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3067 W: 231 N: 6165] (21068)
  • [2007-09-06 20:38]

I really like the way you were able to bring out the gold from the browns and the neon from the blues in those beautiful wings.
Great POV to show the fine details on this butterfly, Mircea.
TFS. : )

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2007-09-07 1:32]

Hi Mircea!

Another flawless image. Really detailed one - I love two blue spots on wing. Perfect composition, colours, quality. I also like your frames very much. Great work!

bonjour mircea
extraordinaire,le POV est excellent comme la netteté d'ailleur!
les couleurs sont belles et le BG bien fait.
laurent

Salut Mircea,

Inca o compozitie de exceptie de la tine! Imi place cum ai surprins fluturele din profil. Fundalul este excelentpentru a scoate in evidenta subiectul. Spatiul liber este bine alocat. Culorile sunt naturale si bine saturate iar contrastul foarte bun. O singura obiectie: floarea este un pic mai deschisa la culoare decat in realitate. Am constatat si la camera mea acelasi lucru. Nu intotdeauna imi reda movul acesta corect. De obicei imi iese mai deschis la culoare si daca as expune floarea corect restul ar fi subexpus. Nu stiu cum as putea sa rezolv problema asta decat in PP. Merci!

Numai bine,
Eddie

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