"Turkish Meadow Brown beauty" for IVAN

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Copyright: Bayram Gocmen (boreocypriensis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3337 W: 139 N: 3772] (9906)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-10
Categories: Insects
Camera: Olympus C-5060WZ
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Bayram's dedications, Haraprasan's Favs, Arthropods from Turkey & Cyprus [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-14 0:26
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Maniola telmessia (Turkish Meadow Brown) [in Turk. Türk Çayır Esmeri]

Today I would like to dedicate this captures of this beautiful “female” Turkish Meadow Brown to one of my beloved and heartfelt friends in TN, Ivan Kruys (Argus) who is an expert on butterflies and photographing them to thanks to him for his valuable contributions to TN and his kindly correction to me on this species ID which I uploaded a capture before on its ambushing (a “male” one) by a crab spider. I hope you can like this Ivan :)! I wish you all the best my friend and thanks once more for that correction!

Hoping that you like this shot!

Cheers,

Bayram

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Brown Butterflies (Satyridae) is a large family of predominantly Brown butterflies characterised by prominent eye-spots (ocelli) near wing margins. The spots lure bird attacks away from the head to the less vulnerablewing-tips. Several veins are distinctly swollen near base. Sexes similar, but females often larger and somewhat paler: males often dark patch of scent scales – the scent is important in courtship- in middle of forewing. Front legs much reduced and brush-like in both sexes. Larvae all feed on grasses and are generally gren or Brown: 2 prongs at hind end. Pupae either hang upside down like Nymphalidae or lie in flimsy cocoon in the turf.

Turkish Meadow Brown is mainly found in Turkey (W, S & SE Anatolia). However it is also recorded from a few Greek islands, such as Samos, Lesvos & Karpathos. The name of the species is came after the antic name of Fethiye, i.e. “Telmessos”. Males are smaller than the females and their underside hindwing has prominent eye spots. Its larvae feed on grasses (such as Agrostis and Alopecurus).

References:

1. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa. Maniola telmessia (Zeller, 1847).
2. Türkiye’nin Kelebekleri. Maniola telmessia
3. Arnold, N.E. (1978). A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe.Collins, London, UK, 288 pp.
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Hello Bayram,
Excellent shot of this beautifull baterfly.Great sharpness,nice naturale colors and interesting POV.
regards,
Nikos.

Hi Bayram,
A lovely capture of this Turkish Meadow Brown. Very nice composition with a very good POV and sharp details. A nice dedication for Ivan. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hello Bayram,
A beautiful butterfly for our dear Ivan. fantastic capture with excellent sharpness, details and colours.Very apt POV and DOF too.
Thanks for the share,
Smitha.

Hello Bayram!
This is a very nice dedication to Ivan and a very nice capture (and fortunatelly for the butterfly - much more optimiscic that your previous post with spider ;>).
Good details, sharpness and note too :)
Have a nice day!
Radek

Bayram merhaba,
Bu gün ikimiz de börtü böcek işine girmişiz. Senin kelebkte detaylar daha güzel. Ben 100-400 objektifle makro çekmye kalkınca bu kadar net detaylar almak sorun oluyor. Eline sağlık dostum, Sağlıcakla kal.
Mustafa

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 441 W: 0 N: 68] (472)
  • [2008-05-14 1:11]

Hocam bir makro bu kadar nefis olabilir. Kelebek resmen monitörden çıkacak gibi duruyor. Muthiş 3 boyutlu bir kare.
Elleriniz dert görmesin. Gözlüğe rağmen bu kadar detay almak kolay iş değil.
Elinize sağlık.

Mehmet

Hocam bu kadar olur. Sanki 3 boyutlu çekim yapmışsınız. Detaylar mükemmel. Elinize sağlık.
Bahadır

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  • lutya Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 20 W: 0 N: 83] (403)
  • [2008-05-14 1:16]

selam
faydalı bilgilerle birlikte,netlik ve renklerin güzelliği ve detayların rahatça okunması ile harika bir sunum..kutlarım...

Hola Bayram, una toma con buena nitidez y texturas. Un saludo

Ohhhh.... bu ne güzellik hocam. Kesinlikle 3D bir görüntü yakalamışsınız. Arazideyken beğenmediniz bu çekimi ama ben hala daha ısrarlıyım. Mükemmel diyorum. Elinize sağlık.
Deniz

Bayram bu ne guzel kelebek ve harika cekim yapmissin. Turk esmeri olmasi da guzel. :) gercekten cok detayli olmus ve uc boyutlu duruyor. eline saglik kardesim. selamlar Londra'dan

Hi Bayram hocam. What a beautiful butterfly and splendid macro shot like 3-D scene. Stunning shot and great composition. All phtographic criteria are perfect. Many thanks for sharing this beauty.
Greetings from Cyprus.
Regards,

Nazım

Hola Bayram,
Kahverengiler içinde hoş bir kompozisyon, güzel bir çekim sumuşsun, ithafın Ivan'ın hoşuna gidecek, eminim.
Mehmet

Hi Hocam,
Splendid and high detailed macro shot again! I was just looking for the crab spider, I'm sure that it's around and waiting :) TFS.
Regards
Naşit

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2337 W: 59 N: 4094] (13345)
  • [2008-05-14 4:35]

Bayram Bey merhaba,
Netlik, keskinlik, detaylar, renkler ve isik cok iyi. Tebrikler
Selamlar

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1687 W: 20 N: 4738] (15476)
  • [2008-05-14 4:49]

Hi Bayram,
Outstanding shot of this beautiful Turkish Meadow Brown with such lovely colours and details on its wings. A classic pose captured with perfect lighting and exposure. A precise DOF and a well chosen parallel POV to portray it. Very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hello Bayram,

A great presentation of this butterfly. Perfect sharpness. The colours are very well reproduced. The flower is perhaps a little bit overexposed, but it is always the difficulty with white flowers.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hi Bayram
Razor sharp image. My favourite subject ;-) Great composition, perfect OOF background. Great dedication for Ivan. Nothing to critique here ;-)
Best wishes my friend
Krzysztof

This is a superb shot, bro!Very sharp and very finely lit!
Cheers!
Goldy

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 339 W: 3 N: 371] (1095)
  • [2008-05-14 8:02]
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Merhaba Bayram Bey,
Mükemmel bir kelebek makrosu.Detaylar,ışık,kadraj netlik ve kompozisyon kusursuz.Tebrikler,ellerinize sağlık!

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1675 W: 8 N: 4022] (13255)
  • [2008-05-14 9:02]

Hi Bayram,

Ivan has to love this dedication to him. He is not only and expert on butterflies - he has also identified many birds for me. You captured this beautiful Meadow Brown perfectly. I love the pose on the flower showing both sides of the wings. Excellent colors and details of the entire butterfly. Background is wonderful too.

Jane

Hi Bayram,

this beautiful butterfly are good captured.
Very sharp and lots of details.

Gert

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1864 W: 2 N: 4738] (18250)
  • [2008-05-14 12:33]

Hi Bayram. Your pictures get better each day. This is a fine close up of this butterfly.The focusing id spot on with fine detail. natural colours. well done TFs. good notes too.A fine dedication to Ivan. well done TFs.
Nick..

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1555 W: 233 N: 5091] (17959)
  • [2008-05-14 13:44]

Hello Geckoman!
Exceptionally detailed macro of this Meadow Brown!
We can see all the scales on its wing even from this far out!
Great parallel POV and a decent composition.
Brilliant lighting too.
Perfect dedication to Ivan!

Cheers Bayram!

Joe

Stupenda macro, eccellenti POV e DOF, bellissima composizione con la farfalla che sembra sospesa su questa macchia di fiori bianchi, straordinaria nitidezza e perfetta "texture" della farfalla, splendidi i colori e BG. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

Merhaba Dr.Bayram,
Selam!
delighted to see your beautiful posting of butterfly!
good pose with total sharpness, wonderful colouration and details in the shot
well done
many thanks
greeting
Tony

hello Bayram

one of your best shots, WOW !, very fine POV and DOF,
beautiful luminosity of the image, great sharpness and details,

TFS

Asbed

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1223 W: 0 N: 4449] (13290)
  • [2008-05-14 23:06]

Hi Bayram

Greetings from A Dhabi

A very worthy dedication. Great detail and exposure on the butterfly. An excellent note as usual.

James

Hi Bayram, lovely dedication to our friend Ivan, superb butterfly with fantastic details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 729 W: 4 N: 1811] (8608)
  • [2008-05-15 5:58]

Hello Bayram,
This is just simply awesome. Beautiful shot and well presented with superb composition. Lovely view and great focus and sharp quality. Ganesh

Hi Bayram,

A beautiful image, very attractive butterfly, and photographed very well.

Thanks for sharing,
John

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1086 W: 58 N: 2152] (7179)
  • [2008-05-15 10:35]

Hello Bayram,
Wonderful sharp-detailed photo. Great harmonious colours and a very good POV, DOF and composition.
Kind regards,
Peter

hacı, artık hızına yetişemiyoruz. hergün birbirinden güzel çekimler. eline sağlık, bu da çok çok güzel olmuş. renkler, netlik hepsi çok güzel. selamlar.

Hi Bayram, again,

expertly done, this sideways portrait of a butterfly species I've never seen before. You let the light com from the side which makes all veins and scales stand out, great! Perfect, your dedication to Argus who inspires us all.

Any white flower is a bother, here it turned out somewhat overexposed. I had a series on the "damned white flowers" problem. One way around is to expose for the flower, underexpose for the animal, then correct the picture in PS. There are other solutions, none perfect. I'm sure you tried with "Shadow/Highlight" in PS, but this helps only for small increments.

Thanks again for the detailed note, carefully written as usual with our friend Bayram!

Best regards
Dietrich

Hallo Bayram
A lovely and most deserved dedication. A most enjoyable sight. The soft looking colours the butterfly is just stunning. The surface of the wings looks very soft and in a way fluffly. Good focus and sharp details, especially with the butterfly nearly filling the entire frame. A sunny and bright photo, with lots of details to appreciate, and very pleasing to the eye. It is actually difficult to describe the beauty of this butterfly. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your weekend.
Kind regards
Anna
It is really a pleasure going through your wonderful gallery.

Merhaba Bayram Bey,
Çok harika bir makro. Yazacak yorum bile bulamıyorum. Ellerinize sağlık.
Gamze:)

Not only Ivan, Byram, every one will like your pic. Very sharp and beautiful photograph. Congratulations.

Hi Bayram,this shot is fantastic! As you know i like a lot the butterflies,this is simply wonderfull,a best quality possible!!My best compliments for this 1st class work and for your know-how about the animal world,thanks for share,Luciano

here is another great macro picture of a beautiful butterfly, really a beautiful image my friend Bayram
kind regards
franco

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2416 W: 132 N: 6653] (20877)
  • [2008-05-20 8:56]

Superb, Bayram!
I love the photo and the dedication!
Many thanks!
The technical quality is perfect! The compostion and BG excellent and the POV shows as much of the underside of the wings as one could wish for of a shot of M. telmessia.
This is an obvious image for my favorites and I thank you for that my friend!
Best wishes, Ivan

Excellent colourful picture of this butterfly. Excellent POV and framing. Very good sharpness. Great colours. Kind regards... Cypturk

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