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Small Copper for *Siggi*


Small Copper for *Siggi*
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Copyright: Bayram Gocmen (boreocypriensis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5104 W: 178 N: 12503] (34135)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-09-06
Categories: Insects
Camera: Olympus C-5060WZ
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Bayram's Dedications-II, Turkish Butterflies [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-01-06 3:24
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Favorites: 1 [view]
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Lycaena phlaeas (Small Copper) [in Turk. Benekli Bakır Kelebeği]

I would like to dedicate this pretty butterfly's shot to one of our friends on TN, Siegfried Potrykus (siggi) who reached his 200th post two days ago, for his valuable contributions to us and his hertfelt frendship. I wish you all the best my friend! Thanks for all!

Cheers,


Bayram

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A small butterfly with a wingspan of 23-30 mm. The upperside basal ground colour is a bright copper orange on the forewing and dark brown on the hindwing. The forewing has a brown border along the outer margin and scattered black markings. On the hindwing there is a copper coloured submarginal band and a small tail at the hind angle. The underside of the forewing has a deep erange colour with a light brown outline and scattered black marks. The hindwing ground colour is light brown with a thin orange line in the submarginal area and scattered black marks. The female is similar to the male. The butterflies of the summer and early autumn broods have the copper colour on the upperside somewhat subdued and replaced with dark brown.

It has a range extending over the entire northern hemisphere and includes Europe, North Africa, the Middle East including Cyprus, Asia to Japan and North America. The adult butterflies begin to emerge in February and are on the wing until November in at least four broods. In some years it is observed earlier (January) and may still be on the wing until the beginning of December. Overwinters in the larval stage. The larval host-plants are various species of the Polygonaceae (Docks) family.

References:

1. Makris, C. (2003). Butterflies of Cyprus. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. 329 pp.
2. Baytaş, A. (2008). Türkiye’nin Kelebekleri Doğa Rehberi. NTV yayınları, Doğuş Grubu İletişim Yayıncılık ve Ticaret A.Ş., Istanbul, 222 s.
3. Tolman, T.(2008).Collins Butterfly Guide of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., London,. 384 pp.

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Hello Bayram,
I'm sure Siggi will love it - this butterfly is wonderful, so many lovely details like the little tails - and this beautiful colours, thanks, very pretty
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Dayi cok guzel bir kelebek bu. Kibris'ta da olmasi ne guzel. Harika cekmissin. Tesekkurler. KIB!
Merih

Müthiş bir güzellik hocam. Işığın yönünü iyi planladınız belli. Detaylar çok ii. Arka fon da çok güzel. Elinize sağlık.
Saygılar, Nazım

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3001 W: 162 N: 989] (2897)
  • [2009-01-06 3:47]

Hello Bayram,
This is a beautiful capture of the Small Copper. I like the fine details and the little tails. Beautiful colours too.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3825 W: 190 N: 11396] (35111)
  • [2009-01-06 3:49]

Merhaba Bayram,
Nice closed-wing macro of a female Small Copper taken from an ideal POV with good sharpness and well composed on the little white flower against an OOF natural BG.
A fine and suitable tribute to out TN friend Siggi.
TFS dostum,
Cheers,
Ivan

Hi Bayram
Great photo and great dedication. Good sharpness, nice OOF background and great 3-dimensional effect
Good job
TFS
Krzysztof

very nice butterfly close up,
vivid colors,sharpness,crisp clear details and composition are wonderful,
septimiu

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1730 W: 0 N: 3938] (15810)
  • [2009-01-06 4:54]

Hello bayram,
This shot I like a lot. A beautiful Copper, wonderful sunshine and a blue sky in the background. What do we want more? Excellent!
Nice dedication to our friend Siggi.
Thanks a lot
Best regards
Anne

Merhaba Bayram,
bellissima immagine di Lycaena phlaeas, uno dei Licenidi più belli, ottimi POV e composizione per la bella posa e l'armoniosa ambientazione, molto buona la definizione e magnifici i colori e la luce.
TFS.
Maurizio

A fine capture with a pleasant "soft-focus" effect Bayram, surely siggi will love this dedication.
Cheers,
Mehmet

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1158 W: 32 N: 1194] (3660)
  • [2009-01-06 5:24]

Merhaba Bayram Bey,
Güzel bir makro çalışması olmuş.Kanat detayları,doğal renkler ve kompozisyon 4/4 lük.Eminim Siegfried de çok beğenecektir.
Selamlar,ellerinize sağlık!

Hello Bayram !
What a nice dedication to your friend ! Excellent sharpness and details, specially on the b-fly wings, they look so soft, almost makes me want to touch it... I also like the soft and lovely colors od this pictures, as well as the beautiful composition. Very well done !
Valerie.

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1066 W: 0 N: 162] (870)
  • [2009-01-06 6:20]

Bayram hocam muhteşem bir alan derinliği ve netlik. Üç boyutlu duruyor. Elinize sağlık.
Mehmet

hello Bayram

very beautiful colours
and great sharpness

i like the butterfly
greeting lou

another wonderful use of light and depth of field! You remind me of Nagaraj at times...He also uses this same good combination..only lacking his thesis!:-)
Bob

Ciao Bayram, I like this one more than other of same specie that you post yesterday, wonderful composition with fantastic colors, splendid focus, fine details and superb sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi Bayram,
A nice capture of this beautiful copper butterfly. Sharp details and a lovely composition. Very good dedication. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1382 W: 56 N: 4768] (16394)
  • [2009-01-06 10:04]

Hello Bayram,
I thank you very cordially for your attention and dedikation. The picture is very beautiful.
Into this opportunity I thank you for the nice comments.
Wonderfull butterfly with splendid colors, realy nice pose, perfect focus and deeph of field, excellent natural lighting and lovely composition with a ideal point of view,
best wishes my friend.
Siggi

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-01-06 10:36]

Hi Bro,

What a nice dedication to Siggi who has delighted us with his 200 posts. A nice macro of this Copper with wonderful colors, details and lighting. I love seeing both sides of the wings.

Jane

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 94 N: 5564] (17694)
  • [2009-01-06 10:50]

Hello Bayram,
Very beautiful photo in a great composition. Very sharp and detailed. Excellent POV, colours and DOF.
Very nice dedication.
Regards,
Peter

Hello Bayram,
Nicely done in terms of composition, light, colors (for instance the copper orange),...
Well observed and excellent notes.
TFS
Annick

Kanka valla bu kadar olabilirdi. Çok güzel bir kelebek ve çok iyi çekmişsin. Sanki önümde duruyor. O kadar diri. Eline sağlık.
Gökhan

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2921 W: 34 N: 8658] (32266)
  • [2009-01-06 11:28]

Hi Bayram. A fine picture for our good friend Siegfreid. You have chosen it well as he is often posting fine butterfly pictures. This is a good close up of the Small Copper.You have a good side POV so we can see the wing markings. well done TFS.
Nick..

Merhaba Bayram Bey,ne güzel bir hediye olmuş.Renkler ve çekim harika.Alan derinliğini çok güzel uygulamışsınız.Dik kadraj seçiminiz fotoğraf çok yakışmış,güzel bir gün ışğı,ellerinize sağlık,selamlar:)

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  • efsus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 436 W: 10 N: 738] (3210)
  • [2009-01-06 13:11]
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Merhaba Bayram,
Harika bir kelebekle Siegredin 200. karesini kutlamışsın. Çok güzel bir hediye ve incelik. Sizin karenin de hakkını vermek gerek. Detayları enfes, müthiş bir kompozisyon bence. Emeğine sağlık.

Hüseyin

hello Bayram
another quality shot from you with a beautifull butterfly on a beautiful flowwer, great pose for this one with great POV and DOF
have a good night
Jacqueline

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-01-06 15:54]

Hi Bayram,this is another queen of our summer,impressives the details and the perfect point of view,you have great class to take the butterflies too...my best compliments,your friend,Luciano

hello Bayram

another of your beautiful photography of butterflies,
shot with fine POV and framing, very beautiful warm
colour tones of all the image, excellent sahrpness and details
of the butterfly and the flower, TFS

Asbed

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  • Heaven Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 811 W: 108 N: 1736] (6060)
  • [2009-01-06 22:07]

Hi Bayram!

I almost missed this beauty! Or should I set the plural form? Indeed, the flower is very nice and delicate, too. Together they form a fine couple, well put on stage by a subtle composition.

Kind regards

Markus

Hello Bayram,

Splendid picture of this Lycaena. Good POV and sharpness. Wonderful light and colours. This one has very long "tail" compared to the ones we can see here. I like very much the composition too.
Cheers,
Mariki

Yandan da harika çekim olmuş hocam. derinlik hissi muhteşem olmuş. Teşekkürler.
Bahadır

Hi Bayram,

An excellent image, the lighting is just right, and you've managed to get the whole thing in sharp focus, and that's something that can be challenging to do with butterflies. Nice detail and attractive colors, beautiful!

Thanks,
John

Hocam bu da çok güzel. Elinize sağlık.
Deniz

Hi Bayram

Great shot of this attractive butterfly on a flower.
Great composition and sharpness and i like the background with a hint of blue sky. Good DOF.

Chris

Merhaba Hocam,
Bu da çok güzel bir kare. Gene kanadın üst ve alt deseni çok güzel görünüyor. Ayrıca çiiçekler de hoşuma gitti, elinize sağlık. Saygılar.

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2009-01-08 12:10]

Hi Bayram,
a very good shot of this Small Copper.
Excellent detail in the wing.
The colours are lovely.

Well done Geckoman!

Joe

Hi Bayram,
I like this one the best of the two, the bit of blue at the top adds some color to the frame.
Great POV, exposure, and nice details :)
Howard

buda cok guzel Bayram... renkler muthis guzel. canliymis gibi.. tesekkur kardesim.
Leyla

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2009-01-14 22:57]

Hi Bayram,
Outstanding shot of this Small Copper with such lovely colours and details on its wings. Great pose captured with beautiful golden lighting and perfect DOF. Looks marvellous.
TFS.
Sumon

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