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Speckled Wood


Speckled Wood
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Copyright: Andy Brook (AndyB) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1586 W: 32 N: 1350] (3980)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-08-17
Categories: Insects
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix S7000
Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-08-20 10:17
Viewed: 1104
Points: 37
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This a Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) which I captured resting on the edge of a woodland path.The dark area to the background is the shade of the forest,the butterfly seemed to be taking advantage of the warm sunshine which was catching these leaves.
The Speckled Wood can be found in woodland,shady hedgerows and scrub throughout central and south England and Wales.It is also locally common in parts of Scotland and is found throughout the whole of Ireland.
The Speckled Wood is also unique in that it can overwinter as a caterpiller or pupa.
The females spend most of their time flying and resting in the tree tops and only become evident when searching for suitable couch or cocksfoot plants, on which they lay a single egg.
Photo cropped.
Sharpened with only a little USM 15%
Reduced brightness -10

carper, ellis49, letr, TAZ, RAP, gerhardt, PDP, japie, Robbrown, nwoehnl, Jax, jhm, phlr has marked this note useful
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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2190 W: 124 N: 2597] (8398)
  • [2004-08-20 10:32]

very nice one Andy,
Nice composition, good colours, great note, very good job

Good shot Andy.
Very good colors , nice composition.
Good note.
Well done

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  • letr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 87 W: 50 N: 47] (130)
  • [2004-08-20 11:11]

Good diagonal composition with excellent details and colors.. Great job !

  • Great 
  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3186] (10922)
  • [2004-08-20 12:01]

Beautifull colors, details and composition !

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2004-08-20 12:56]

Hermosa imagen Andy... sobre todo por el contraste del color del insecto con las hojas, es realmente hermoso.
Gran nitidez y perspectiva... excelente DOF.
10 puntos.

Beautiful image Andy... mainly by the contrast of the color of the insect with the leaves, is really lovely.
Great clearness and perspective... excellent DOF.
10 points.

Very nice macro. The details and colours are sharp. Nice compo. Nice note too. Thanx Andy.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2951 W: 366 N: 3779] (11761)
  • [2004-08-20 13:23]

Nice one Andy, funnily enough I got a few shots of these the other day, I don't think my pics improve on yours though, it's vey good - and they are very flighty!. Good lighting, nice and sharp. Well done.

Lovely capture Andy. I dont have the patience to photograph these critters, but I do enjoy the images. Very nice.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2004-08-20 14:24]

Excellent shapness and detail here. I love the vivid grean and the earty brown together. Very well taken.

Very good detailed shot, those cream coloured spots are very difficult to get right with the rest being so dark,they are a little burnt out so loosing some detail within the spots, the rest is spot on right down to the leaf it sitting on.

Andy, Good butterfly shot with nice details. I have the feeling that the shot has a green haze, hasn't it? Was the green like this in reality?
You composition is fine.
Greetings, Jan

  • Great 
  • Callie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1243 W: 106 N: 2606] (7499)
  • [2004-08-20 16:24]

Andy
A very nice brown b'fly with good texture, compo and exposure, well done.

Very nice one, Andy - lovely detail and texture on the butterfly, whose diagonal posing makes for a good composition. Good color contrast with the green leaf. Nice work.

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  • Jax Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 91 W: 0 N: 153] (490)
  • [2004-08-20 17:03]

Lovely shot Andy, lots of details, composition and colour spot on.

Nice and sharp capture, good colours. I saw one last year in the woods, but haven't seen any so far this year.. Paul's right, they're flighty ;-)

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 660 W: 0 N: 178] (624)
  • [2004-08-22 2:33]

Good composition with excellent details and colours, splendid Andy.

Good sharp macro image. Colours are wonderful. You have a good steady hand. Well done, Andy.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2005-06-14 12:31]

Andy, the contrast here is a winner. Besides, great sharpness, composition and pov.

The butterfly is very beautiful, and you did really great.

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 133 N: 874] (2804)
  • [2005-07-12 11:49]

A very comon species in my country too.
It flys till later automm in Portugal.
Very good details!

Hi Andy,

Excellent shot of this butterfly, and a very useful nore. I like the diagonal composition.

DOF , colors ,exposure is spot on

TFS

Goutham R

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