First butterflies 2008!

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2008-03-31 6:03]

Hello Ulla,
a wonderful shot, not only did you capture one, but you manged two in an excellent pose ;-).
Great close up work, DOF is excellent, both butterfly are very well in focus.
A lovely light highlights their wings and the details are perfectly sharp.
TFS>.Sky

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• keanhoon (1143)
• [2008-03-31 6:07]

Interesting POV. Nice color presented.
TFS
Best regards,
Kean

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• Heaven (2541)
• [2008-03-31 6:07]

Hi Ulla!

You have your spring messengers, we still have snow. They are beautiful, and the fact that there are two adds to the value of the picture. It changes from the usual single butterflies. The fact that they aren't on a flower but on stones makes this picture definitely an outstanding one.

Kind regards

Markus

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• goldyrs (4108)
• [2008-03-31 6:33]

Ulla,
What a beautiful shot!And an amazing composition, overall!
Thank you!
Cheers!
Goldy

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• pekkavalo1 (2657)
• [2008-03-31 6:33]

Hello Ulla,

These look very nice against those grey stones. Very good composition, natural colours and sharp details.

TFS

Pekka

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• eqshannon (17144)
• [2008-03-31 7:37]

A very nice offset perch, the rock makes. And of course th signature "duo" of focal points...by the way i was telling Silvio that we miss Pankaj and Sumon...although your images tend to differ quite dramatically, theirs add the whole concept when put together with all... A very nice spring posting Ulla.!
Bob

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• albert (669)
• [2008-03-31 7:49]

Hello Ulla,
It seems that spring is back in Sweden!
Very nice composition under good light
Well done
Albert

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• PaulH (9450)
• [2008-03-31 7:58]

Hi Ulla,
very nice setting on these rounded rocks, a true sign of Spring on it's way! Lovely composition and great lighting, well done!
Paul

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• lawbert (0)
• [2008-03-31 8:00]

Hello Ulla
Congratulations on your first Butterfly capture of the year..And what a superbly sharp capture of the TWO!! of them..Superb work and I look forward to more as spring unfolds.
Tfs and Best Regards
Paul

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• rousettus (6933)
• [2008-03-31 8:14]

hello Ulla,
firstly congratulations for your first butterflies with wonderful macro of Aglais urticae. I have not seen them for this year. A. urticae is very beautiful species. I saw it in several time in 2007. You and Ivan are lucky having such a nice garden. I remember many species from there.
thanks for sharing this beautiful shot and information. best regards
Ahmet

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• mariki (6903)
• [2008-03-31 8:40]

Hello Ulla,

Superb shot of this two butterflies. Excellent composition. Very good POV, DOF and sharpness. Beautiful light and colours. You are lucky, I have still not seen one this year.
Cheers,
Mariki

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• XOTAELE (8)
• [2008-03-31 8:55]

Hola Ulla.
Hermosas y brillantes mariposas. Genial colorido y como siempre un comentario bastante completo.
Cordiales saludos, JL.

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• jaycee (13255)
• [2008-03-31 9:39]

Hi Ulla,

And you caught both of them! They look wonderful on that rock. Great positions to show off their wing patterns. Beautiful colors and the good details allow us to see the slight variations between the two.

Jane

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• Necipp (12392)
• [2008-03-31 10:12]

Hello Ulla, its good to see some new butterflies for the spring and not just 1, but 2 here. Very nicely composed and they look they're sunning themselves and warming up on the rocks. tfs rgds Necip

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• zulfu (472)
• [2008-03-31 11:29]

Hello Ulla,
Splendid shot of these beautiful butterflies wilh lovely details. TFS. Regards,
Mehmet

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• nglen (18250)
• [2008-03-31 11:32]

Hi Ulla. Spring has arrved with you . It may not have been a hard winter but it seems a long one. how nice to capture two at the same time basking in the warm sun. you have good detail and colours . with a nice POV. well done TFS.
Nick..

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• matatur (2386)
• [2008-03-31 11:41]

Merhaba Ulla,
I'm glad you are beginning to experience spring up there my friend, This is a pictorially perfect double-take from a good, slightly side-tracked POV and with enough DOF zone to capture both of the b.flies and the stone they perched on sharply in focus with great detail. A fine tableau indeed!
Cheers,
Mehmet

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• gerbilratz (2938)
• [2008-03-31 11:57]

Hello Ulla, a perfect pair!! just a great composition and showing such detail. excellent work

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• PeterZ (7179)
• [2008-03-31 12:03]

Hello Ulla,
Very beautiful photo of this Butterflies. Excellent sharp details, DOF, POV and pose. Beautiful natural colours.
Regards,
Peter

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• Hil (4759)
• [2008-03-31 12:04]

Hi Ulla,

Great shot of the Small Tortoiseshells and you got two for the price of one, nicely composed with a fine pose and agreat POV, I really like the BG the grey stones really make the colours of the Butterflies stand out wonderfully, good detail too.

Hil

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• Gert-Paassen (4015)
• [2008-03-31 13:39]

Hello ulla,

nice composition with natural beautiful colors.
Good of sharpness too.
Wwell done.

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• boreocypriensis (9906)
• [2008-03-31 14:59]

Hello My dear friend Ulla,
Splendid shot of these beautifully coloured butterflies with lovely details and faraming. TFS. Cheers,
Bayram

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• flashpoint (2102)
• [2008-03-31 15:30]

hello Ulla,
two for one....amazing capture
great focus and sharpness for A.urticae

best regards sERGIO

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• lousat (7715)
• [2008-03-31 16:35]

Hi Ulla! You're lucky to see this beauty in this month,ans very great to take and show us this wonderfull couple! The pic is very very perfect,impressive sharpness and colours,i hope to see the same ! Thanks for share,Luciano

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• spalaxtr (4137)
• [2008-03-31 17:31]

Selam Ula,
Great shot with two colorful butterflies. Possible the same species also present here. You captored them very well. Details, POV and DEF very good. TFS. Regards,
Mustafa

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• Adanac (13258)
• [2008-03-31 19:47]

Hello Ulla,
What beauties you display for us. The focus, exposure and depth of field are all spot on Ulla. Thank you for sharing this fine composition.
Rick

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• jcoowanitwong (11459)
• [2008-03-31 20:03]

Hello Ulla,
Wonderful to see 2 Tortoiseshells together. Both butterflies look fresh and enjoying the sunny day of spring. Lovely colors and sunlight. TFS,
JC

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• joey (17959)
• [2008-04-01 1:40]

What a fabulous shot of these two butterflies!
Incredible colours and perfect light to show them off.
Brilliant sharpness and clarity.
Superb composition.
A very nice shot Ulla!

Well done,
Joe

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• JPlumb (2827)
• [2008-04-01 2:40]

Hi Ulla, very nice shot of these two butterflies together. The colour on these guys is great. I really like the background they found. They must be collecting some heat from those stones. The shot is very nicely composed with the two facing to the top right like this. The wide open pose of the two together gives very good visibility of all of their features. Nicely done.

Thanks, John

ohoh, I'll be back

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• angybone (7198)
• [2008-04-01 3:49]

Congratulations on the official arrival of spring! (in my mind it's always when I see those butterflies flitting around that I feel sure spring is here).
A beautiful shot - such amazing color! Well done!!

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• Mana (15476)
• [2008-04-01 5:39]

Hi Ulla,
Outstanding shot of these two beauties sunbathing. Wonderful colours and markings with immaculate sharpness. Superb natural lighting and exposure levels and I like the roundish boulders which give a fine effect. Excellent POV and very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• Silvio2006 (21519)
• [2008-04-01 6:03]

Hi Ulla, congratulations for this splendid couple of Aglais urticae, wonderful colors, superb details and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• MMM (6594)
• [2008-04-01 7:21]

Hello Ulla
Excellent presentation ,Good POV and nice light.Sharp image with beautiful colors.Your image is also well composed.
TFS Michel

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• haraprasan (11593)
• [2008-04-01 8:06]

Hi Ulla,
A nice capture of these duo. Excellent sharp details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• marcellr (3514)
• [2008-04-01 13:52]

Ciao Ulla,
che magnifica prima!
Davvero splendida questa coppia di Aglais.
La tua foto ne esalta ancor più la bellezza e lo sfondo di roccia è perfetto.
Complimenti,
Marcello

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• Luis52 (9914)
• [2008-04-01 17:50]

Hola Sra. Ulla.
No una, si no dos. Bella foto, gran calidad y alta nitidez de estas coloridas Mariposas. Yo espero ver muchas durante este año.
Un Saludo.
Luis52.

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• cicindela (6080)
• [2008-04-02 3:20]

Hello Ulla!
This time a rather short comment :)
very nice photo of butterflies! My best congratulations because of the first in this year! :)
For me especially composition is interesting and the poses of insects - it is really interesting why the distance between them is so small.
Best greetings from Lodz and see you after 20 April! :)
Radomir

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• John_F_Kennedy (2485)
• [2008-04-02 4:19]

Nice capture of the pair, sharp image with good details. Very nice shot. Well captured.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• cataclysta (4092)
• [2008-04-02 6:42]

Hi Ulla
Fantastic early spring shot. I have seen Gonepteryx rhamni yesterday. Unfortunately I have no time for photographic excursions ;-(
Very nice compo I like square crop. Great moment and nice natural colors. Sharpness is good but I think that you could use little unsharp mask on wings here
Best wishes
Krzysztof

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• parthasarathi (975)
• [2008-04-02 11:52]

Please tell me which power helped you to click such a great shot.

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-04-03 9:31]

Hello Ulla

This is beautiful.The colours are rich and vivid.
The textures of the wings show well.
Sharp details and focus.
Excellent POV.
TFS

Rob

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• jmp (8394)
• [2008-04-06 10:52]

Hola Ulla:
What a wonderful capture! Light, colours, details, composition... even the stones look great here!!
TFS, José M.

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• Alex99 (13775)
• [2008-04-07 9:51]

Hi Ulla.
I see first 2008 butterflies feel and are looked greatly. You managed to use them for creating a wonderful piece of art. Superb scenery. Amazing all components of the picture. Bravo.
Alexei.

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• horia (11790)
• [2008-04-13 8:16]

Hi Ulla

Sorry to have missed so many beautiful captures from you, my friend, but spare time came in very short amounts lately for me. However, i'm happy i found a bit of extra time this nice Sunday afternoon and it gave me a great pleasure to browse through your gallery again :)

I'm sure finding and shooting the first butterflies of the year made you happy so i chose this one to tell you that i understand your joy about this subject :)

This is a lovely capture of these two Small Tortoiseshells in this great spring light. The colors are gorgeous and the close-up on them gave you some very nice and sharp details for their wings and antennae.
Well exposed and composed.

Bravo, TFS and best regards to you and Ivan, too! Take care my friends!
Horia