Papilio Machaon-III

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Papilio Machaon-III
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Copyright: volkan pek (volkan) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 410 W: 16 N: 980] (5580)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11-21
Categories: Insects
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20
Exposure: f/4, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-12-10 11:58
Viewed: 1200
Points: 64
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Papilio Machaon
This is a widespread species found in most of Europe and north Africa. The exception is in the UK where it is restricted to just a very small area of Norfolk. The specimens from Norfolk have narrower forewings. Speculation is that this prevents individuals migrating away from the restricted breeding grounds and being lost to the colonies. In the rest of Europe they are wide ranging, often observed travelling purposefully through a habitat or area. Often they are seen in towns and cities presumably passing through during dispersal. They are rarely seen in numbers at any given site but can be expected just about anywhere
www.eurobutterflies.com

ramthakur, mikou, fyapici, Hay_kes, Ken52, fiyo, claudine, star74, RAP, izler, jeanpaul, SkyF, horia, CTP, Isu, anavazao has marked this note useful
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This is one of the finest looking butterflies and you have captured it well in this image, Volkan.
Nicely composed shot from an effective point of view. The colours and details are delightful.
Regards,
Ram

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 903 W: 79 N: 1362] (5261)
  • [2006-12-10 12:13]

Hi Volkan.
Your very saturated colours are very attractive(pity that murmur on background).Very nice combination of colours.Nice POV,very good DOF.I like details drawings on lower and in part and upside wings.Well composed this capture.
Well done,very nice work.
Thanks and regards.
Milos

Marvelous, Volkan,
what a beauty and also the colours are perfect, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Merhaba Volkan,
Mükemmel bir çalışma olmuş dostum. Renkler, bakış açısı, kesklik... kısaca her detayı 4/4'lük. Eline sağlık.

Selamlar
Fevzi

Hi Volkan,
Very nice picture and beautiful colours.
Good shot..!
Best regards,
Patrick

Merhaba Volkan,
Kusursuz bir yakın plan çekim.Muhteşem olmuş.Eline sağlık.

hAyAti

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2416 W: 132 N: 6653] (20877)
  • [2006-12-10 15:46]

Hello Volkan,
Nice presentation of machaon, sharp, well composed and with fine colours, though it is a little noisy.
Otherwise perfect!
TFS, best wishes, Ivan

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 661 W: 98 N: 1202] (4017)
  • [2006-12-10 16:58]

Excellent butterfly photo with nice composition, excellent exposure, and sharp focus with nice colors and details.

hi volkan,
what a beautiful butterfly you have captured here,
well composed shot with good point of view,
the colours look a bit over saturated on the bg with some noise,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 969 W: 5 N: 2191] (8022)
  • [2006-12-11 2:24]

Merhaba Volkan,
mükemmel bir makro, kompozisyon, netlik ve renkler biraz yoğunluğu fazla kaçmış olsa bile :) harika.
Ellerine sağlık. Selam ve sevgilerle..

Bonjour,
Belle pose pour ce magnifique papillon.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

Merhaba Volkan,
Nice vivid colors. Great sharpness, nice DoF, slightly noisy at BG [but not a big deal]
Nicely composed picture.
Great shot.

Ben Lakitan

Hello Volkan,
This is a beautiful butterfly shot with excellent POV, details, colors, composition and DOF. I probably would have used Neat Image to remove the noise (or grain like some says) in BG but it is still a very good post with impressive colors. Well done and thanks,
Claudine

Merhaba Volkan,
Renkler,netlik ve detaylarıyla harika bir kare,arka planın renkleri de üç boyutlu bir görünüm yaratmış
Tebrikler

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2297 W: 163 N: 6694] (21146)
  • [2006-12-11 9:28]

Hello Volkan,
One of my favourites which we don't often see hear. Nice composition showing the butterfly in a very nice pose. Pity about the noise. I think also it would probably have been sharper using "Spot" metering mode instead of "Pattern".
TFS, Ulla

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-12-11 12:44]

Merhaba Volkan... very beautiful composition with ideal point of view.

I like it a lot: composition, POV, DOF, focus, sharpness, , lighting, background, framing.

I like it: colors (too much saturated, producing loss of sharpness and bottom noise) notes.

I don't like it: nothing to grumble.

I love the elected framing well with the centered flowers and the butterfly on the right.
A cordial greeting from Buenos Aires... Ricardo

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1497 W: 18 N: 2924] (10762)
  • [2006-12-11 13:31]

Hi Volkan

Wonderful vibrant colours, lovely composition and great POV. Nice details as well. The butterflies are gone from here now so it is lovely to see this reminder of summer

TFS

Karan

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1216 W: 78 N: 843] (6904)
  • [2006-12-11 15:39]

selam pek
bu guzel Papilio Machaon'u; arka plani, bakis noktasi, alan derinligi, kompozisyonu ve renkleri basarili bir sekilde kadrajlamissin
selamlar
izler

Salut Volkan
Superbe composition,j'aime bien l'éclairage et les magnifique couleurs et la netteté de ce magnifique papillon se délectant de cette belle fleur,félicitation pour le beau BG.

Bravo et au revoir....JP

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  • Necipp Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1150 W: 15 N: 2074] (12392)
  • [2006-12-11 19:40]

Hi Volkan what a nice capture you got good light and beautifull colours Nicely composed with a nice amount of flower well done Selamlar Necip.

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1033 W: 0 N: 87] (7625)
  • [2006-12-13 0:53]

Nice colourful shot Volkan
Good sharpnes, details, light, colours and POV.
Well done mf

osse

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2447 W: 207 N: 2035] (8113)
  • [2006-12-14 10:19]

Hello Volkan,
this is beautiful; stands out beautifully from the blurred B/G. Excellent POV. Nice sharp details and great colors. Very well composed.
TFS...Sky

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2070 W: 214 N: 3542] (11790)
  • [2006-12-18 4:08]

Hi Volkan

I really like swallow-tail shots and somehow i've missed this one...:(
It's a wonderful piece of work! The DOF here is really impressive and it isolates so well the subject from the lovely, colorful, blurred BG.
Also the light is well managed, and so it shows all these gorgeous colors and tones from the butterfly's wings and also the flower.
The details are very nice and sharp, the POV excellent and the composition beautiful.
Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 774 W: 6 N: 1107] (3183)
  • [2006-12-19 11:36]

Hi There Volkan,
Great capture of this beautiful Swallowtail.
Nice blurred bg,pov,dof,colors,note and frame.TFS
Chris

Finos y delicados colores los de esta tu imagen. Agradable presentación Volkan.
Hasta luego, JL.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1702 W: 5 N: 2123] (11730)
  • [2007-01-23 15:34]

Excellente photo,la pose du papillon et les superbes couleurs sont parfaites.
Merci!
Joseph

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  • yllen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 248 W: 0 N: 16] (623)
  • [2007-01-30 22:36]

Hola Volkan:
Adorable retrato de esta mariposa. Buen POV y DOF, con lindos colores bien saturados sobre un fonde en contraste color verde borroso. Es una pintura muy linda e interesante. ¡Congratulaciones!
Nelly

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  • Isu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 315 W: 0 N: 21] (1659)
  • [2007-02-25 21:19]

Saludos volkan, buena presentaciòn magnifica mariposa,clores perfectos buen enquadre. Sira

Hi friend,
impressing .... powerful macro .... beautiful colors and good lighting! perfect focusing! Take care Ana:)

Hello Volkan,
A very attractive butterfly capture!
The point of view works well and the side view gives fine details in the body of the insect...
An outstanding colour palette, well composed image!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • lutya Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 20 W: 0 N: 83] (403)
  • [2007-04-24 14:45]

merhabalar.Adana'da bu kadar çok kelebek çeşidi bulunduğuna şaşırdım. İyi çalışmalar...

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  • gail Gold Star Critiquer [C: 78 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-10-24 19:23]

Hello Volkan
Beautiful colors. Nice work.
Gail

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