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Owl butterfly


Owl butterfly
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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3645 W: 350 N: 8890] (28681)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-10-19
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 180 Macro Ex H, Digital RAW 200
Exposure: f/8, 1/40 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-11-14 10:42
Viewed: 1531
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today's post is a Owl butterfly I took in Haga Butterfly Garden in Solna/Stockholm.
It's a big and beautiful butterfly. I don'r like the plastic flower, but they have "feeding station" hidden in the flower. It's a lot of naturel flower, but the butterflies perfer the plasic ones.

Some info about the Owl butterfly.
From Honduras, Caligo eurilochus is not only interesting because of its giant size and shimmering blue upper wing surfaces, the "owl eyes" on the undersides of the wings are its most striking feature.
Closely related to the Morpho butterflies of South America this very large attractive species is a true butterfly and not a moth. When disturbed, the butterfly exposes its "owl eyes" to the would be predator which are often small insect eating animals that are themselves preyed upon by owls and have a healthy respect for anything that resembles an owl.


Technique:
Sigma 180 maco EX HSM, Tripod. build-in flash for fill in.
ISO 200, Raw-format, One-shot autofocus, AV-mode
Convert, Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels , USM on the B/W channel in lab-colours. I used Adobe Photoshop CS2 for PP
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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-11-14 10:44]

Hello Gert!
Magnificent close up.Crisp clear details and sharpness are amazing.Colors,POV,framing and composition are also wonderful.Excellent work!TFS..:-)

Hi Gert,
wow, it was worth to drive so many kilometers to the butterfly-house. This one is so pretty.
The design is marvelous, the sharpness excellent. Thanks you very much, bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

I hate to hear that insects behaviours are "genetical" and that the do not learn new things at all. Well I dont know how many generations where needed before this butterflies "learnt" that the plastic flowers were more nutritive than the natural ones.
A super shot, congratulations for this clarity.
Regards, Felipe.

Hi Gert,

Excellent shot and well done on the composition and details.
Some minor post pro defects in the background and around the antennae.
Remember, I'm studying to be a photoshop master. ;) :)

Mike

Nice closeup of this big boy Gert!
Sharp detail with very good color, DOF and light. I don't know about the moldie plastic flowers though :-} Well done my friend.
Thank You.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2829 W: 75 N: 8024] (26857)
  • [2005-11-14 13:31]

Superb shot of this beauty Gert! Amazing patterns on wings, clear and sharp. Hypnotic eyes. Plastic flower is really bad thing here, but beauty of butterfly let us forget about flower.

Hello Gert, that´s an excellent butterfly shot. Colourfull with excellent sharpness, very good details and great note too. Very good job. Thanks for posting.

Nice shot Gert!
The framing and lighting are very good, DOF and POV as well. I just find the noise in BG a bit distructing, but that's a minor nit.
WELL DONE & TFS

Great capture Gert,
Stunning detail, colour, sharpness and composition.
I'm not keen on the fake flower though :)
Well captured, thanks for posting.

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  • Athila Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 310 W: 238 N: 421] (1503)
  • [2005-11-14 16:37]

Hi Gert !

Sharp and well exposed butterfly picture. As other said, the flower is the disturbing element here. But you probably didn't have any choice. It was this shot or no shot at all. And I would have done the same because it is really a beautiful insect.
Good work and TFS.

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 133 N: 873] (2804)
  • [2005-11-14 16:51]

What more can we say?
Almost we can touch it!
Even the fine details al visible!
Photo above scale!

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1676 W: 5 N: 2144] (11878)
  • [2005-11-14 22:11]

Superbe, l'exposition, les couleurs, la netteté, le bg et la beautée du papillon.

Félicitations !

What a superb and interesting Owl butterfly that you have well captured !
I try a Workshop for you and clone on background...
Congratulations Gert and thanks for sharing.

Muito boa foto! Está com uma nitidez perfeita!
Belo trabalho!

Francisco Sales

Hi Gert:

It was realy weird to see a butterfly settling on the plastic flower... LOL ...

NIce shot, great contrast and definition.

hugs
alejandro

Flower aside Gert, this is a beautiful butterfly, and you have managed to (almost) fill my screen with it.

The markings on this one very much remind me of an owl.

Well done and TFS.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2005-11-16 10:19]

Hey, man, amazing colors!

Gert, excellent details, sharpness, composition and the rest of the whole techincal stuff.

Congratulations once more.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1654 W: 79 N: 1456] (4742)
  • [2005-11-16 14:09]

Wow, fantastic shot Gert! Very sharp details and excellent colors. Wonderful composition too. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2058 W: 315 N: 4404] (14713)
  • [2005-11-18 4:58]

Personal assessment of the photo: very good.
Capacity of evocation in me: strong.
Very very strong visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Thank you very much brother Gert.
I would currently like to be in the luggage of Paul to be able to live with him his voyage in South Africa. I am not undoubtedly the only one to wish that.

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