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Little Tiger Blue


Little Tiger Blue
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Copyright: Oz Ben Yehuda (OzBY) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 182 W: 2 N: 310] (1069)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-27
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/4, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-29 14:21
Viewed: 486
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
As I wrote earlier in
http://www.treknature.com/viewphotos.php?l=3&p=60412

This Little Tiger Blue (Tarucus balkanicus) is a small butterfly belong to the Lycaenidae family. Its distribution is from Coastal regions of North Africa, the Balkans, Middle East, Minor Asia until North India. In Israel it can be found during most of the year locally in the Coastal regions and the Jordan Vally.
The male is blue-gray and the the female in the wings center is blue-gray but most of the wing is black-grey.
The caterpillar secretes a sweet liquid that attract ants. The ants protect the caterpillar from its enemies and milk him for its sweet liquid.
Wing span: about 20 m"m.
Host plants: Ziziphus species and Paliurus spina-christi from Rhamnaceae family
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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1005 W: 64 N: 1242] (5082)
  • [2008-06-29 14:56]

Hello Oz
What a marvellous picture!! How interesting and beautiful this little Tiger Blue and how perfectly captured!! The flowers are also nice and very curious, I had never seen that kind.
I really love it.
Thank you very much for sharing.
Greetings
Maite

Hello Oz,

Excellent capture of this beautiful butterfly on amazing flowers. Great composition. Very good sharpness. Very nice light and colours. And a very good blurry background too.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hi Oz,
Very nice capture of a butterfly on a equally interesting plant. TFS
Ali

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1107 W: 6 N: 3063] (11326)
  • [2008-06-30 4:00]

Hi Oz,very beautifull butterfly,never seen like that,she same a sister of my last..eheheh...great sharpness and details and beautifull colors,my best compliments and thanks to show us this beauty,have a nice week,Luciano

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2108 W: 6 N: 2116] (13589)
  • [2008-06-30 6:59]

Dear friend,
your photos are beautiful...
perfect focus, color and atmosphere.
greetings Oz

Hola Oz, excelente nitidez y textura, buenos tonos de color. La composición partcularmente me gusta mas descentrado el motivo. Un saludo

Hello Oz one more time! :)
And more more time - lovely capture with warm colours and very nice DOF/sharpness.
All the best!
Radomir

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 486 W: 0 N: 887] (2804)
  • [2008-08-28 21:54]

Hi Oz.

Very nice macro with excellent details sharpness,light,colors, contrast, composition and presentation,good note.

Thanks....RICARDO.

Hello Oz,
Nicely done. Very good natural light. The butterfly is razor sharp. And the highlights are technically well done.
TFS
Annick

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