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Beautiful Eyebrows
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Copyright: Ivan Kruys (Argus) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2613 W: 133 N: 7504] (23403)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-14
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 400D, Canon EF 300 f4L + Canon 1.4 converter
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-05-23 23:24
Viewed: 484
Points: 62
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Though the Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) is the most widespread hairstreak in Sweden and Europe, it is nowhere abundant and occurs in restricted colonies. It occurs mostly in sheltered parts of heaths and the edges of woodlands where the larval host plant occurs.

The sharply contrasting bands of black and white round the eye has given rise to the Greek ‘Callophrys’, which means ‘beautiful eyebrow’. The species name ‘rubi’ refers to Rubus, the generic name for blackberry and raspberry, which are only two of the many larval host plants of the Green hairstreak. A more common host plant is Bilberry and other species of Vaccinium.

The males are very territorial and fly swiftly to drive intruders away from the favourite perch, often a green leaf, where it becomes camouflaged.

This is one of the few species European butterflies that have a true green colouring, while others have green nuances produced by combinations of yellow and black. The green colour is produced by the way the wing scales reflect the green parts of the spectrum. This means that in collections the green does not fade away. The upper side of the wings is dark brown, but is never shown at rest and gives the butterfly a dark appearance during flight.

The English name ‘hairstreak’ refers to the fine rows of dots found on the undersides of the wings of this and related species. In this species this row varies considerably from an almost complete absence to a well defined row of dots. See WORKSHOP for comparison. The Swedish name Grön Snabbvinge means ‘green fast wing’, ‘Snabbvinge’ being the Swedish way of naming hairstreaks as all hairstreaks have a fast flight that is difficult to follow.

This was taken with the camera hand-held at a distance of about 1.8 meters. After moderate cropping and size reduction the image was selectively sharpened.
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  • rcrick Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 629 W: 42 N: 1156] (3736)
  • [2008-05-23 23:49]

Hi Ivan,

Many thanks for the feedback its greatly appreciated, this is a stunning shot, the detail is amazing, as are the colours, POV and framing all perfect, and a prefect OOF background that makes this image just stand out, lovely work.

Cheers Rick :)

Bellissima macro, molto bella la composizione con la farfalla aggrappata alla foglia, ottima nitidezza, bellissima luminosità, stupendi i colori. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

Hello Ivan,
What a splendid capture!
Perfect exposure with minute detail and true colour .... and taken hand held at 1.8m ... Wow !
You've done a great job here!
Well done.
Steve

Great shot of this camouflaged butterfly Ivan. TFS. Regards,
Nazım

Hello Ivan,
Fantastic capture of this small green buterfly. What a beautiful colour! Excellent POV and DOF . Superb sharpness and exposure.The compositin is very attractive.
Thanks for the share,
Smitha.
P.S.: Am I commenting before you have uploading the WS, because I couldn't find it. I will come by later to look for it.:)

Hello Ivan,

Beautiful picture of this green butterfly. Excellent POV, DOF and sharpness. Good light and superb colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hi Ivan,
A lovely capture of this beautiful butterfly in a nice pose. Excellent composition and sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Ivan, splendid butterfly with great colors and superb details, excelent sharpness, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Your note throws ample light on this species of butterflies I have seen for the first time, Ivan.
The green colour on the outer wings is quite amazing and obviously helps immensely in camouflage among green leaves.
Fine sharpness and clarity in the image.
TFS and all the best.
Ram

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1252 W: 0 N: 4842] (14380)
  • [2008-05-24 3:07]

Hi Ivan

An excellent capture. Good detail and exposure. Expertly done.

James

I am in Vancouver - middle of the night - jetlag!! Will be in touch later.

Hola Ivan, buen macro, con una luz adecuada, color natural y un buen fondo. Un saludo

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1174 W: 0 N: 1980] (8393)
  • [2008-05-24 4:29]

Hello Ivan,
Striking picture of this beautiful little butterfly. Not easy to take a good picture of it.Excellent framing and very sharp view on the wonderful green underwings. I have already seen one a few days ago, but the picture isn't good enough for TN.
Thanks and have a nice weekend
Anne

Hi Ivan

Its interesting that your this species prefers blackberry and raspberry. Many of our hairsteaks prefer a particular species of Acacia and similarly are only locally numerous but widely distributed.
This is a green beauty and very well captured too.
Excellent POV, great sharpness and DOF.

Chris

Yes! It has that lovely green sheen to it Ivan...Almost a pastel shade of green with some glimmer to it... A fine specimen..and now looking again..I see a hint of blue as well..so blue green then it shall be...A good combination...it makes the perch overwhelmed! Wonderful.
Bob

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1788 W: 8 N: 4639] (15001)
  • [2008-05-24 9:48]

Hi Ivan,

From the thumbnail I expected to find 3 or 4 leaves. How did you even spot this beautiful butterfly which is a new one to me? The shades of green are magnificent. Wonderful details on the butterfly. Background is superb.

Jane

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1213 W: 68 N: 2512] (8287)
  • [2008-05-24 10:22]

Hello Ivan,
Very beautiful presentation in lovely greens. Superb details and a great OOF BG. Excellent composition and POV.
Regards,
Peter

Hi My dear Friend Ivan,
A splendid macro capture of a camouflaged butterfly with excellent details including your other capture in WS and wonderfully prepared notes on the species. TFS my friend!
Regards,

Bayram

Ivan,
I do wonder how you've brought out the difference in similar shades...very well done!
cheers!
Goldy

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1696 W: 242 N: 5596] (19883)
  • [2008-05-24 13:56]

Woooowww! What a beautiful butterfly! I've never ever seen one of these even though they're not uncommon here.
Exceptional clarity and sharpness.
Very good parallel POV and a great composition.
Excellent lighting and stunning colours.
That 300mm and the converter produce some fabulous macros!

Very, very well done, Ivan!!

Cheers,
Joe

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  • Hil Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 744 W: 11 N: 1408] (4839)
  • [2008-05-24 14:19]

Hi Ivan

Wonderful capture of the Green Hairstreak.
Superbly composed with a great POV and a great pose.
Its an excellent DOF with lovely sharp details.
I love the colours with the greens contrasting nicely with the black BG.

Hil

Hello Ivan,
I loved this beautiful butterfly with it's special green colouration indeed! much appreciated for the posting!
very nice pose captured also in total sharpness and superb details in the shot!
very precise notes and useful
my respect!
Tony

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3452 W: 144 N: 5902] (17486)
  • [2008-05-25 0:03]

The butterfly looks like it could camourflage itself well on these green leaves. Such a pretty green colour, nice and sharp, strong details too,
TFS
JAnice

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 927 W: 4 N: 2317] (10792)
  • [2008-05-25 2:54]

Hello Ivan, Oh so beautiful and great lovely shot. The color of the butterfly is so beautiful and so amazing. Well done. Ganesh

Hi Ivan,
Sharness and details so good that it is very hard te belive that you take it with a tele objective. Great work. TFS. Regards,
Mustafa

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  • rdfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 747] (3202)
  • [2008-05-25 13:29]

Bonjour Ivan
Très belle macro, excellente netteté et lumière,
très belle attitude du sujet.
Amicalement Robi

Dear Ivan
Very nice shot of this Green Hairstreak,
Great exposure,composition and POV.Superb shot my friend.

Regards
Fartash

Bonjour Argus
Il est très réussi ce Callophrys rubi.
Merci pour cette photo de grande qualité.
Amicalement
Laurent

This is really very beautiful butterfly and its great capture, Ivan. Even if I have not enough time, I cant give up to write several words since excellent macro work with dark BG and sharp details. superb coloration and POV. thanks for sharing us, my friend
best regards
Ahmet

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1714 W: 24 N: 4988] (16346)
  • [2008-05-27 7:25]

Hi Ivan,
Wonderful shot of this beautiful butterfly with such lovely colours and details. Nice pose captured with perfect lighting and exposure. Excellent DOF, POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hello Ivan,
a very naturalistic and well composed report. These butterflies always seem to present one side exactly flat to the sun, making it hard to find a position with appropriate shadows, and hard to avoid overexposing their iridescent wings. I like the green in green simple and powerful composition with a nice placement of shadows. Thank you!
With best regards,
Peter

Hi Ivan
A green on green. Beautiful shot. Two types of green color. Great OOF background, perfect sharpness and very nice composition.
Nothing to critique
TFS
Krzysztof

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