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Small Heath Butterfly.


Small Heath Butterfly.
Photo Information
Copyright: NICHOLAS GLEN (nglen) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2916 W: 34 N: 8651] (32250)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-06-17
Categories: Insects
Camera: Konica-Minolta Dynax 5D, 70mm.300.mm apo sigma
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Pankaj Bajpai's Favourite, Beautiful Butterflies [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-06-24 8:58
Viewed: 1106
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 126
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This Small Heath was one of many enjoying the clover down by the river.

Small Heath ( Coenonympha pamphilus ) Wingspan 30mm.
Widespread in Britain and Ireland but only common in central and southern England. Caterpillars feeds mainly on grasses and adults invariably found in meadows and on downs. Double brooded. Seen flying mainly May-june and August-September.

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Hello Nicholas,
Beautiful picture of the Small Heath. Very sharp and good details. Nice colours and composition. TFS,
Smitha.

Great focus and dof. Beautiful details and colors. Isn't it strange how their little bodies are furry?

Hi Nicholas,
Beautiful butterfly. You photographed it beautifully; great sharpness and details are present. Well composed.
TFS
Annick

hi nicholas,
beautiful shot, very nice colours, sharp image with excellent details, well composed shot,
nice bg, lovely contrast,
very well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2007-06-24 9:17]

Hi Nicholas,
Splendid shot of the beautiful Small Heath. Amazing sharpness and such vivid colours. The OOF green BG and the white flower sets up a nice tone to the shot and the butterfly stands out admirably. Great POV and DOF and a Superb composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon.

Fantastic color and exposure...Excellent detail...Well done...TFS
Jim

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 162 N: 984] (2877)
  • [2007-06-24 9:27]

Hello Nicholas,
Lovely capture of the Small Heath. Great sharpness and lovely colours. Looks great against the dark green background. Excellent composition too.
TFS and regards, Ulla

Hello Nicholas
What a great shot of this Small Heath,
Perfect details,BG and compo,
Fantastic colors and POV,Superb shot,friend.

Good Luck
Fartash

Hi Nicholas,
I like your shot so much, very good sharpness and brilliant colours.
Are you sure it's a Small Heath? I'm not an expert in Butterflies but I would say it's Maniola jurtina - Meadow Brown. Perhaps you like to check it out.
Anyway it's wonderful, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Hi Nicholas, lovely butterfly with splendid details, great sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Beautiful...

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  • Bufo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 422 W: 73 N: 984] (4241)
  • [2007-06-24 10:20]
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Hello Nicholas,
truly a fine capture of this butterfly. The green background, the white flower and the brown tones of the butter fly match really well. Only remark: it's a Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina).
Regards, Jacob

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  • trinko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 593 W: 79 N: 323] (4314)
  • [2007-06-24 10:42]

great focus good colors nice DOF nice flower

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2007-06-24 11:26]

Hi Nick,

Pretty picture of this butterfly and the lovely flower. Colors and details are excellent with a nice background.

Jane

Witaj Nicholas!
well taken, pretty and well composed composition.
Focus on spot on the body, with beautiful fine details.
Well balanced, naturalistic colours.
Very good contribution.
Pozdrawiam - Roma

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2633] (15577)
  • [2007-06-24 12:11]

Hola amigo,
preciosa macro,
colores maravillosos,
la iluminación es excelente,
buen pov, y bg.
saludos Nicholas.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3824 W: 190 N: 11393] (35107)
  • [2007-06-24 12:44]

Hello Nick,
Fine capture of a fresh female Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), sharply presented against a pleasing contrasting OOF BG and set in a good composition with the White Clover flower.
Very nice image!
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

Hello Nicholas!
This is a great profile picture of Coenonympha pamphilus. I like it a lot. Great DOF, sharpness and colours.
TFS and have a nice evening,
Radomir

good focus, great details
excellent macro
well done
regards
jo

bonjour nick
bravo car la texture de ailes ressort vraiment bien,il est net et avec une bonne profondeur de champ.
le BG est aussi tres bien realisé.
laurent

wow!this one is so sharp!and very good BG with a big contrast.i like the composition too.
beautiful!
thanks nicholas
caroline

Hello Nick,
absolutely stunning captured of this beauty!
sharpness with vivid colour and details
perfect shot with great pov
greeting
Tony

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  • Nilson Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 442 W: 0 N: 427] (3110)
  • [2007-06-24 16:42]

Bela foto e bela borboleta gosto de fotografar estes insetos mais como estamos no inverno elas não aparecem muito,voce fez uma grande foto meus parabéns.
Nilson

Hello Nick, superb detail good focus and nice dof great viewpoint and composition great work tfs rgds Necip.

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  • Isu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 313 W: 0 N: 21] (1663)
  • [2007-06-24 18:43]

Hola Nicholas, preciosa toma, una captura brillante, excelentes detalles, iluminación perfecta. Unas bellas alas de terciopelo. Enhorabuena por tu trabajo. Saludos Sira

Enfoque casi perfecto al insecto y da la impresión de ser unos colores muy reales. Buen fondo y composición. Saludos Nicholas.

Preciosa mariposa de oro.
Buenos tonos y fantástico PoV.
Bellísima escena con un bg ideal.
Saludos y tfs, JL.

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  • ridvan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 555 W: 0 N: 1134] (5196)
  • [2007-06-24 20:01]

selam : well captured and presented pose with splendid colours. nice BG and POV TFS
best wishes
ridvan

Hi Nicholas,
Great close up vivid colors, sharp focus
well composed with nice POV. TFS.
Best reagrds/Lawhill

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2007-06-25 2:46]

Hello Nicholas,
Beautiful close up of this butterfly.I liked POV,clear details,blurred BG,colors,sharpness and framing a lot.Excellent work!
TFS..:-)

Hi Nicholas,
Excellent POV. Beautiful specimen. Very good colors. Technically a well captured shot. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2007-06-25 4:19]

Nicholas, The picture is great and lovely. The frame is too beautiful. The picture is sharp and clear. ganesh

Hi Ncholas,
Wonderful sharpnes and great detail and colours captured on the wing.
regards
Matt.

Hi Nicholas,
good portrait with great pose of this Small Heath. You have done a excellent job!
TFS
Angelo

Hello Nicholas,
This is fantastic picture of Small Heath. The butterfly looks great at this pov. Colors are vivid and natural. Sharp focus and perfect exposure. Very well done.
JC

Hi Nicholas,
Great capture of the splendid coloured butterfly. You presented it with great sharpness, colouration, and details. Composition and frame very nice.
TFS, well done
Ahmet

magnifique macro
belles couleurs et bon cadrage aussi
bravo
Nad

Marvellous. You managed to get a good shot even with f/5,6 - not easy at all. Great colors and detail, the only "error" is the grass on the right.

Very beautyful.
Samuele

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 640 W: 98 N: 1241] (4189)
  • [2007-06-25 16:48]

WOW. Over 70 points in one day! I can see why. This is an outstanding butterfly photo. The detail is incredible with nice texture on wings. Beautiful colors and outstanding angle of butterfly and POV.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2173 W: 220 N: 4384] (14904)
  • [2007-06-25 16:58]

Hi Nick

A very beautiful macro from you!
The side POV here really puts the beauty of this butterfly in a great light and shows its details wonderfully.
Charming colors and DOF, too.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Hi,
This is one of the most crystal clear picture of a butterfly i have Nick. You have done wonderfully well with exposure , colors , sharpness and POV.
TFS
Goutham

Hello Nicholas.

Excellent picture, nice composition and colors.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

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  • Adam73 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 5 N: 522] (2251)
  • [2007-06-25 20:02]

Very beautiful, great composition and nice saturated colors. I also like the frame you made for it, works real well.

-Adam

AH! Une réussite, comme toujous, macro superbe, les détails sont fantastiques.
Bravo
Marie

Bonjour,
De joli détail bien net. Bravo.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16524)
  • [2007-06-26 11:37]

Hi Nick

A truly great shot. The POV is wonderful and the BG perfect for the subjecy and colours. The focus is great also.

TFS

James

Good presentation in natural habitat...looks nice Nick, best, Brat.

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2007-06-26 21:57]

Hola Nicholas. Exelente y fino Macro. Hermosos colores y gran nitidez. El fondo y la flor lucen de sobremanera. Saludos Luis52.

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-06-26 22:43]

Hello Nicholas

A beautiful sharp image of this small heath butterfly.The warm lighting glows.Excellent POV and DOF.The textures,details and sharpness are superb.The clarity is exceptional.Very nice colour saturation.TFS.


Rob

Hello Nicholas,

Wow! What a wondeful picture with warm colors! Great composition and excellent mastering of the exposition... I'm just wandering if with a smaller aperture like f/8.0 you were able to get both antennas in focus...

Anyway, your picture is delightful and I like it alot!


Great job and TFS,

Michel

This is just beautiful, Nicholas! Everything that makes a good shot is present! I can say no more!
kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 840 W: 67 N: 1311] (5269)
  • [2007-06-28 8:21]

Hi Nicholas.
Wonderful picture!I I think as though it is not Small Heath(he looks like Meadow brown).
However you've captured this butterfly excellently.Razor sharp details,perfect pose and POV,beautiful composition,superb natural colors and pretty blurred BG.Excellent macro,my compliments and thank you for sharing.
Best greetings Milos.

Hi Nicholas,
I am not a butterfly person but I do like this photo of the Small Heath. Excellent focus and DOF is spot on.
Very well done.
Regards,
Peter

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  • Kaszek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 246 W: 58 N: 390] (1451)
  • [2007-06-28 14:09]

Hello Nicholas,
Fantastic macro-shot!
Sharpness is outstanding here. Great composition, nice BG and colours.
Very well done!
Kaszek

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  • dkaved Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 266 W: 18 N: 433] (2106)
  • [2007-06-28 15:27]

Hi Nicholas,
This truly is a lovely one.The light and colours are just great....the detail is crystal clear (you can even see its eye is closed).Well done in catching this chap so well....take care.
Regards, David

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 528 W: 87 N: 697] (6119)
  • [2007-06-28 15:53]

salut Nicholas,
très belle image, elle mérite son succès. La couleur est éclatante, la netteté maîtrisée subtilement.

gl

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  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 604 W: 11 N: 1631] (5995)
  • [2007-06-28 16:25]

Hello Nick, wonderful portrait of this beautiful butterfly, the wings details are amazing, lovely colors and composition, great POV and BG..well done

Great pic of a meadow brown. Well taken
Julian

Very nice presentation, with beautifully saturated colours and great details. Lights are strong but still elegant. Good work, MF, my compliments.
PD: I would clone out the grass at the right not in the one for TN, but in the one for my personal gallery :)
Regards, Felipe.

Hello Nick,
I'll tell the same you did: how could I miss this one! This is a real beauty and this capture is perfect IMHO! Details, exposure and compo are amazing. Thanks!
Claudine

Hello Nicholas,
what a beautiful photo, sharp vibrant colors and a great dof. TFS
Donna:o)



Thanks for your comments on my butterfly photo..:o)

Hello Nicholas,
Impressive textures are captured in the wings, resulting in pin sharp details!
Effective point of view, and the fine light results in great colours...
Image is well composed, fine macro work!
Greetings,
Pablo -

wonderfull capture, nice color very nice macro photo

Beautiful butterfly.

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