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Brimstone butterfly


Brimstone butterfly
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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3649 W: 354 N: 8903] (28941)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-08-15
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS10D, Digital RAW 100
Exposure: f/16, 1/160 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): 40-49 Points (Chapter 2) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-02-02 13:10
Viewed: 981
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Brimstone butterfly, Swe Citronfjäril.
I have done some digging in my archive again and I found this beauty.
This is a very common butterfly in Sweden and one of the earliest in spring,
It’s wintering as an adult.

From www.butterfly-conservation.org
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The sulphur-yellow uppersides of the wings of the male Brimstone make this species easy to identify in flight. There is a view that the word 'butterfly' originates from the yellow colour of male Brimstones. By contrast, the wings of the female are very pale green, almost white. When the butterflies roost among foliage, the angular shape and the strong veining of their wings closely resemble leaves.
Widespread through Europe as far as 64ºN in Scandinavia, extending to Mongolia and North Africa. The European range is stable.
The Brimstone occurs in scrubby grassland, woodland (especially damp carr woodland), hedgerows, and open ground wherever foodplants are available in sunny positions. The butterfly ranges widely and can often be seen flying along roadside verges and tracks with hedgerows, well away from foodplants
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Technique:
Sigma 180 mm Macro EX HSM, Built-in flash for fill-in.
ISO 100 Raw-format .-2/3 ev
Converted , contrast and levels ,crop, resized to 800 pixels , USM save as JPG for the site.
I used Adobe Photoshop elements 3.0

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  • Great 
  • willie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1023 W: 61 N: 648] (2083)
  • [2005-02-02 13:16]

Gert you never fail to amaze me with each new post. Every one portrays your professionalism. Excellent work my friend

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2192 W: 124 N: 2600] (8410)
  • [2005-02-02 13:16]

He is sweet Gert,.
I have chased them, you had to see that, shasing behind a citron butterfly, there, he go's, there, I am almost there and then he flies away,very good composing shot, very good details, very fine colours, and a good note, very good job

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-02-02 13:24]

Very similar to our Sulpher butterflies. Well captured and composed, Gert.
Well done.

Mike

Excellent Gert,
Spectacular detail in this shot
Nice colours and a good note.
Thanks for posting

Very good picture, the colours, background and DOF are perfect, great post.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1648 W: 79 N: 1438] (4742)
  • [2005-02-02 14:12]

Wonderful details and colors! What a great shot!

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  • pompey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 205 W: 4 N: 780] (2762)
  • [2005-02-02 15:31]

Great shot Gert, very clear, nice colours and background.
Good note also.
Well done!

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5943] (17794)
  • [2005-02-02 17:10]

Gert your photos are always so good. This Brimstone butterfly is another "great" from you. I have learnt so much from your's and others' shots. Thankyou for all your sharing.

Gert, Very good details & DOF. I like the composition with the image rotated rt 90 degrees? Clean complimentary BG also, Well Done!

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  • azulu Gold Star Critiquer [C: 111 W: 0 N: 75] (374)
  • [2005-02-02 20:02]

Hey Gert 5000 thousand is coming. Very nice composition with good colors and sharpness. Great details and good note as usual.

Congratulations

Alexandre

A beautiful butterfly post here. Color and detail are great, and the framing and composition are also great. Looks like a page out of National Geographic. Very Well Done.

Gert, I hope I'm the one who will make your total jump over 5000! Anyway, what matters to me is to congratulate you for this beautiful image, again up to your high standard of quality. You're a great example to follow. TFS my friend.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2052 W: 315 N: 4301] (14719)
  • [2005-02-02 23:39]
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Nice frozen butterfly ;-), Gert.
Great sharpness and PoV.
The BG is bizar. I would have blured it a little.
Great post anyway: picture and note.
Thanks

p.s.: congratulations for the 5000 pts. Your constancy and your regularity and the quality of your photos and notes deserve our gratitude.

Very good photo, great details and colours.
Very well done.
TFS.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7977] (26975)
  • [2005-02-03 4:30]

Great close-up Gert. Sharp and detailed. Butterfly looks like very common in Poland Cytrynek [which means Lemon Butterfly]. Good work!

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2951 W: 366 N: 3779] (11763)
  • [2005-02-03 4:42]

Super shot Gert, the detail is amazing. Fantastic macro, very well done.

Points tomorrow.

Astonishing detail Gert. There no doubt thats a dedicated Macro lens your using. This is a very nice looking butterfly. Great post.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2005-02-03 16:14]

Gert, the "archive-digger", another wonderful shot. Amazing sharpness, DOF and composition, as well as nice colors and BG.

this butterfly is so great, the wings is like with leafs... well done

Well, I told you I was only going to choose one, but I could not avoid voting also this one, I find it very original and artistic with the leaves wings over the dark BG. Thanks.

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