Brimstone male

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• CeltickRanger (6223)
• [2008-04-15 6:43]

hello Ivan

when first i saw the thumbnail of your image
(without reading the title), i said to myself Ivan is posting
2 colored flower image, when i opened the image
i was surprised to see a butterfly, i am not very familiar
with flowers and butterflys or other insects

excellent shot of this butterfly with the lovely flowers,
fine POV, framing and DOF, lovely luminosity of the image
and softness of the colours with great details, TFS

Asbed

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• eqshannon (17144)
• [2008-04-15 6:57]

I am happy to be your neighbor today Ivan. I was thinking of you as I wrote last night. How serendipitous it is that we are side by side.

This is another of your fine examples in photography and knowledge of natural beings. Your presentations are for the most part a total lesson plan, including text. The image here is well seen and I thank you or the ones that be above, thqat you are here!
Bob

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• boreocypriensis (9906)
• [2008-04-15 7:06]

Hi my beloved friend Ivan,
Perfect shot of this beautifull butterfly in all aspects-as usual! I think I will upload a Cypriot skink tomorrow my friend! All the best!
Greetings from Cyprus,
Bayram

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• cloud (1359)
• [2008-04-15 7:20]

Hello Ivan,
I also observe this butterfly today. You took very good shot. Sharp details and nice bg.
Best regards, Pawel

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• marhowie (34121)
• [2008-04-15 8:10]

Hi Ivan,
The exposure and color here could not be better.
Excellent detail/clarity and I really like the composition/POV also.
I'm starting to see a few b-flies now, but the flowers need a bit more time..
Well done!
Howard

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• saeedabbasi (3920)
• [2008-04-15 8:20]

Hi dear Ivan ,
Very nice and perfect shot.Sharp details and nice BG.
Lovely composition.

Kind regards
Saeed

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• Amadeo (2154)
• [2008-04-15 9:04]

Hola Ivan, atractiva composición con buen contraste de colores, nitidez y buena luz. Un saludo

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• rousettus (6933)
• [2008-04-15 9:34]

merhaba Ivan
this is great macro shot for not only Gonepteryx rhamni, but also great for purple flowers, I think it belongs to the genus Primula. Splendid coloration, POV and composition great as like sharpness and details. Also lighting very nice. Thanks for sharing, best wishes my friend
Ahmet

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• matatur (2386)
• [2008-04-15 10:11]

Excellent colours and a b.fly captured in fine focus and exposure from a nice viewpoint Ivan, the fine details of the underwings and that feeding proboscis getting lost probably in one of the nectariums, all make this a beautiful composition in nature. A fine way indeed to share your love of nature with your friends in TN!
Mehmet

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• Arjun (3136)
• [2008-04-15 10:30]

hello sir,
beautiful picture.lovely butterfly.
compo is good and even the details
tfs

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• Luis52 (9914)
• [2008-04-15 10:41]

Hola Sr. Ivan.
Muy hermoso Macro. Muy bellos colores de la Mariposa y la Flor. Siempre es muy agradable para mi poder ver Sus fotos y leer las notas escritas. Gracias por compartir.
Un Saludo Y un fuerte Abrazo.
Luis52.

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• mariki (6903)
• [2008-04-15 11:25]

Hello Ivan,

Great picture of this butterfly. Wonderful composition. Great POV and sharpness. Splendid colours. You are lucky to have butterflies yet in your garden. Sweden is warmer than the Netherlands?
Cheers,
Mariki

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• jaycee (13255)
• [2008-04-15 11:57]

Hi Ivan,

This butterfly looks so nice on the pretty flowers. Beautiful colors and your usual fine details. I'm afraid I will never get all these butterflies straight.

Jane

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• Silvio2006 (21519)
• [2008-04-15 12:09]

Hi again Ivan, splendid composition with elegant butterfly and beutiful flowers, splendid colors, great details and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• Hil (4759)
• [2008-04-15 12:18]

Hi Ivan,

Superb shot of the pretty Brimstone.
Nicely composed shot with a great POV and a lovely pose of the Butterfly feeding with its proboscis and isn't it nice when they rest on a pretty flower rather than an old bucket or some such thing.
Really nice details, excellent colours and light.

Hil

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• lorendubois (3181)
• [2008-04-15 12:24]
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Bonsoir Ivan
Très belle prise de ce papillon appelé : "Citron", en France.
Merci
Laurent

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• nglen (18250)
• [2008-04-15 13:07]

Hi Ivan. It must have been nice to have found a Brimstone in the garden. You have captured good detail with sharp focusing . It has the look of a leaf about it. well done TFS.
Nick..

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• Juyona (12716)
• [2008-04-15 13:52]

Hola Ivan,
perfecta realización y bello pov,
color y foco magnífico...
saludos amigo.

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• joey (17959)
• [2008-04-15 13:56]

Wow! What a fine macro of this Brimstone!
I think this is one of the most beautiful butterflies and you show this fellow at its best!
Very nice colours and great contrast between yellow and purple.
Good sharpness and detail.
If you'd got more parallel to the wings then it would have offered a better POV but it also may have made the butterfly startle and fly off!
Great DOF and focusing.
Top work Ivan!!

TFS!!!

Joe

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• maurydv (3312)
• [2008-04-15 14:40]

Bellissima telemacro, ottimi POV e splendida composizione primaverile, ottimi i dettagli della farfalla e molto belli i colori e la luminosità. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

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• Proframe (4048)
• [2008-04-15 17:00]

Hello Ivan,

Wonderful colors and color contrast between the soft green tones of the butterfly and the darker purple tones of the flowers.
Very beautiful details and lovely light.
Sharpness and exposure are as great as ever in your images.
Excellent work. TFS!!!

Best wishes, Harry

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• gracious (10973)
• [2008-04-15 22:39]

Hello Ivan,
Nicely captured of this beautiful Brimstone indeed!
the exposure and focus is always perfect from your shot
the image is sharp with very fine details
always enjoy your posting
best regards
Tony

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• jusninasirun (3578)
• [2008-04-16 0:25]

Hello Ivan. This is excellent with the teleconverter. Stunning image with flawless sharpness. The color of this brimstone is very pleasing and the flower contrasting well in the frame. I like it and very well done. Best regards. Jusni

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• SelenE (13345)
• [2008-04-16 0:49]

Hi Ivan,
Colors, contrast, POV, composition and lighting are very nice.TFS
Greetings,
Selen

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• JPlumb (2827)
• [2008-04-16 1:38]

Very excellent macro of this butterfly Ivan. He may be common to you, but it's my first exposure to him, so thanks for the introduction. The colour and detail you've pulled out in this shot is incredible. I like how you can see the fine structure of those wings, and you caught him feeding yet. Awesome work.

Thanks, John

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• haraprasan (11593)
• [2008-04-16 2:40]

Hi Ivan,
A nice capture of this brimestone butterfly. I have seen some brimestone moths but never seen a butterfly. Perhaps these beauties are not seen here. Excellent composition and details. Pretty unusual POV but f/11 has solved the OOF problem. Excellent photography. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• gannu (8608)
• [2008-04-16 5:01]

Hello Ivan, You have now moved to butterfly from bird. Lovely image and great compo. Great work. TFS Ganesh

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• Alex99 (13775)
• [2008-04-16 5:41]

Hi Ivan.
I like that you have shared this beauty. Both flowers and butterfly are wonderful and reproduced excellently. Especially I am amazed with texture reproduction of all charming details of the insect. Composition of the image is superb. Bravo.
Alexei.

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• Jamesp (13290)
• [2008-04-16 7:35]

Hi Ivan (Sorry - losing my marbles - called you by you screen name Argus)

Great shot - great detail and lovely colours. Yhe light here is superb. We do see these butterflies, but only rarely.

James

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• gerbilratz (2938)
• [2008-04-16 10:07]

hello Ivan, superb capture, superbly done, the contrasting colours are first rate and the details are excellent. Fine work indeed!! regards h

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• fartash (10025)
• [2008-04-16 13:34]

Hello Ivan
Very nice shot of this male Brimstone ,
Great focusing,lighting and BG.Welldone my friend.

Regards
Fartash

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• Adanac (13258)
• [2008-04-16 18:21]

Hello Ivan,
Marvelous image with superb depth of field, colors and details. Outstanding work Ivan, also thank you for the great notes that accompany your images.
Rick

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• Miss_Piggy (2801)
• [2008-04-17 6:58]

Hallo Ivan
What a brilliant shot. A beautiful photo with excellent sharpness, and most delightful view. The details of both the flower and the butterfly are just eye-catching and I cannot really say the one is better than the other. My personal opinion I think the lavender flower wins with a few points. It is just because purple is my most favourite colour, and this flowers colour is so beautiful. The combination of colours of the flower and butterfly is great and it matches well together. A most appealing, bright and sunny sight. Thanks for sharing. I appreciated this one very much.
Kind regards
Anna

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-04-17 7:39]

Hello Ivan

What a beautiful display of colours.
The composition is excellent.
Wonderful detail and textures.
The POV and DOF are very well done.
TFS

Rob

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• ramthakur (23125)
• [2008-04-18 22:55]

Ivan, I am happy to note you found this Brimstone in your garden recently. Looks like it has survived the winter.
It is a lovely capture showing the colours and veins on its wings clearly.
I noticed my first Cabbage White in late March this year and have posted two pictures of it already. Am I right in assuming that Brimstone and Cabbage White belong to the same genus?
My first specimen looked a little worse for the wear and seemed to have come out of hibernation.
I am posting another cabbage White today.
Best regards,
Ram

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• jignasi (7840)
• [2008-05-01 3:43]

Bello conjunto.