another parsley thief

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• eev (678)
• [2007-06-26 15:07]

Nice detail Sky. Great colors and sharpness. Quite the monster when looked at so closely.

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• macromania (66)
• [2007-06-26 15:15]

Lovely composition with great colour and detail.

Regards Mark :)

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• hester (10890)
• [2007-06-26 15:17]

Hi Sky

They are beautiful already. Lovely shot, sharp details, great POV and lovely colours

TFS

Karan

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• mikou (5265)
• [2007-06-26 15:32]

Hi Sky.
Beautiful detailed capture of this amazing caterpillar.Very nice composition with diagonale position and very good POV.Colors and sharp details are wonderful.Good managed DOF and nice blurry BG.Very well done.
TFS,with greeting Milos.

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• Argus (22209)
• [2007-06-26 15:36]

Hello Sky,
I wish we had such caterpillars feeding on our parsley. You can make swallowtail caterpillars show the forked glandular process (osmaterium) by gently stroking behind the head. It is usually orange in color.
Great POV and composition and most of the caterpillar is pretty sharp.
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

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• Necipp (100)
• [2007-06-26 15:36]

Hello Sky nice work lovely colour and clarity close composition is nice, DOF well achieved tfs rgds Necip.

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• cicindela (6598)
• [2007-06-26 15:41]

Hello Sky!
Fantastic capture with amazing colours and details. I like the composition too.
By the way, was it raining? I can see some drops of water on caterpillar's body.
TFS and please show us more pictures like this one :)
Greetings,
Radomir

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• lawhill (2036)
• [2007-06-26 16:39]

Hello Sky,
Great shot with nice colors and sharp focus,
good POV. well composed TFS. Best regards/Lawhill

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• Luis52 (10010)
• [2007-06-26 18:43]

Hi Sky. Great Macro you have here. Very nice colors and pose. Luis52.

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-06-26 22:35]

Hello Sky

A beautiful caterpillar that will morph into an equally beautiful butterfly.The focus and sharpness is excellent.The details are superb.Wonderful colour saturation.TFS

Rob

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• Ken52 (4153)
• [2007-06-26 22:41]

Well, he stopped off here to eat some parsley on the way to Canada. I will post mine tomorrow.
Very nice POV. Sometimes it's hard to tell which end to photograph. You did a good job with the focus considering the dark conditions. It seems these caterpillars are always in the shade when I try to photograph them also. It's hard to get a fast shutter speed. Nice composition! (I would try to adjust the contrast just a little to give more light). The rain drops are a nice touch. You know if you had tickled him he would have shown you his orange osmeterium, but the smell is not so good.

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• Adanac (13366)
• [2007-06-26 23:05]

Hello Sky,
Excellent macro image of a beautiful caterpillar, love his markings, thanks for sharing.
Rick

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• Alex99 (14369)
• [2007-06-26 23:43]

Hi Sky.
Amazing picture of this beautiful insect. I am impressed with applied technique (especially exposure parameters and use of flash). great DOF, excellent POV and impressive diagonal composition. Superb refined work. Bravo and TFS.
Alexei.

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• JPlumb (2837)
• [2007-06-27 0:35]

Hi Sky, another excellent composition. The angled view here filling the frame works very well. Your detail complete with drops is fantastic. Great colour and all nicely packaged with a matching frame.

Thanks, John

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• Kathleen (2762)
• [2007-06-27 1:49]

Hi Sky.
Sharp and detail where needed at the head of this caterpillar, colours are great.
Wonderful

Kathleen
New Zealand

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• fartash (10089)
• [2007-06-27 2:28]

Hello Sky
Excellent shot of Swallowtail's caterpillar,
Perfect details,compo and DOF,
Fantastic colors and POV,Superb shot,friend.

Regards
Fartash

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• Juyona (13053)
• [2007-06-27 3:00]

Hola Sky,
hermosos colores y bellos detalles,
buen pov,
saludos

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• gracious (11623)
• [2007-06-27 3:26]

Hello Sky,
Your posting is worth waiting!
I loved this one with perfect sharpness, so much natural colour and details that comes with suitable frame too!
very well done, Sky
greeting
Tony

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• Hay_kes (3086)
• [2007-06-27 4:24]

Hi Sky,
wonderful macro vith excllent colours, details and POV.TFS.
Cheers!

hAyAti

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• jcoowanitwong (11461)
• [2007-06-27 5:14]

Hi Sky,
Very nice macro picture of this black swallowtail caterpillar. Lovely pov and composition. Great natural colors and appropriate blurred background.
JC

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• marmottelolo (14393)
• [2007-06-27 7:53]

bonjour sky
je crois effectivement que l'identification est bonne,en tous cas la note est tres complete!
la profondeur est bonne et permet d'avoir la chenille nette d'un bout a l'autre.
jolies couleurs.
laurent

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• sandpiper2 (11177)
• [2007-06-27 8:57]

Great shot Sky
Excellent composition and DOF
These guys are coloured very nicely
Good sharpness and POV

Chris

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• pilonm (2647)
• [2007-06-27 17:15]

Hello Sky,

What a colorful and great picture of this caterpillar... The only thing maybe is that it seems to me that you cropped a little bit too much around it... (caterpillar too closed to the frame).

Great position of the head towards the camera (excellent POV) and great use of the flash... I like the little water drop we can see on its body!

Great job and TFS!

Michel

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• izler (7494)
• [2007-06-27 17:39]

selam Sky
congratulations...i see wonderful close-up working on this nice and colourful caterpillar
composition, point of view, depth of field, lighting, colours, sharpness and details are great
thanks for sharing
regards
izler

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• Adam73 (2069)
• [2007-06-28 11:02]

This shot is gorgouse. Great colors, lighting and excellent sharpness and DOF. The sharpness is in all the right places.

-Adam

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• jmirah (3574)
• [2007-06-28 11:26]

Really nice photo...Color and detail are fantastic in a natural setting...Very well done...TFS
Jim

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2007-06-28 11:31]

Hello Sky,
Beautiful close up.Exposure is spot on,details are crisp clear.DOF,cross framing and composition are wonderful.
TFS..:-)

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• XOTAELE (8)
• [2007-06-28 16:34]

Genial macro.
Perfecto encuadre. Los colores son perfectos, muy bien saturados Sky.
Saludos, JL.

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• angybone (7198)
• [2007-06-28 20:43]

Aha, the little villian has traveled quite some distance...I think it's all the rain we're getting, he decided to head for higher ground.
Great capture...beautiful color and great composition. :) I love the detail of the dew drops.

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• JORAPAVI (9921)
• [2007-06-29 1:07]

Hola Sky,
Excelentes la nitidez y detalles de esta bonita oruga, los colores y la luz son magníficos, TFS. Saludos
José Ramón

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• John_F_Kennedy (2663)
• [2007-06-29 7:18]

Hallo Sky,
der sieht ja urkomisch uas, er hat irgendwie ein lustiges Gesicht.
Sehr gute Schärfe, und tolle Farben
Grüße aus dem regnerischen Old Germany
Achm

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• captainsgirl (4074)
• [2007-06-30 18:51]

Hello Sky,
Oh what a beautiful photo of this catapillar, never knew what these guys turned into ..thanks for telling me! I've planted a butterfly garden in my backyard so hoping that I'll have some visitors soon! Great shot of this one.TFS
Donna:o)



Thanks for your comments on my photo " Chipmuck (19)" :o)

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• jmp (8400)
• [2007-07-01 9:12]

Hi Sky,
Very good colours and details in this parsley eating machine. Always wonderful to see Nature in fast evolution from parsley to caterpillar and butterfly!
TFS, José M.

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• Shoot_Score (2356)
• [2007-07-01 13:21]

Happy CANADA Day Sky!

Sharp looking striped caterpillar! Interesting droplets on it!

Sorry for brief comment, am about to hit the road to AB...
so can only do this while eating supper! Then back to packing!
See you on TN! Jay

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• loot (8971)
• [2007-07-01 15:07]
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Hi Sky

You are so right, these "mean eating machines" do "turn into such beauties". That's when they become such beautiful flying machines, but they (the caterpillars) also have their own remarkable beauty and as long as they are displayed in such a well captured shot we can enjoy them, but it's obviously a different story when the are devouring our veggies or prized plants.

Great macro work with at least the frontal half of the insect showing excellent details. I like the dew drops clinging to its side and I was rather surprised when I noticed that the photo was taken at 7 o’clock (early evening) which seems to indicate that you had some early dew or a spell of rain (unless it was the garden sprinkler that caused it). The composition is nice with the caterpillar spanning the diagonal, the colours are well saturated, the DOF attained good details at f/18, and the exposure with the fill-in flash was well managed.

Good work and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• joey (18683)
• [2007-07-02 3:51]

Hi Sky,
an excellant shot.
Very sharp and detailed.
Excellant colours and composition.
Well done,
Joe

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• Silke (5394)
• [2007-07-06 13:53]

Outstanding colours and details and a superb diagonal composition
TFS
silke
:)

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• edal (1837)
• [2007-07-06 18:12]

Hello Sky Fa!
We often see the butterflies but seldomly - the caterpillars. Thogh unpleasant to have this fellow in the garden, it is pleasant to see it in your colourful capture.
Congratulations and greetings!
Anton

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• pablominto (15398)
• [2007-07-13 23:05]

Hello Silke,
This is an attractive diagonal composition, and your little green friend is well depicted!
Super details and textures in the insect, and it looks like he's really enjoying the meal!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• valy67 (5276)
• [2007-07-18 22:49]

Hello Sky !
The Swallowtail caterpillars are so beautiful, and you managed to capture this one in all its splendor ! Excellent details, beautiful natural colors, wonderful composition and POV, and it is also nice to see the environment in which you have found the caterpillar. I wish I could find one in my own garden this year ! :-) Very well done !
Valerie.

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• thor68 (4577)
• [2007-09-25 16:35]

was für eine schöne dicke saftige grüne raupe, sky! :-)
der feind eines jeden gärtners.*g*
das macro ist so toll, dass ich sie fast beim essen hören kann -
gute schärfe, einmalige details und schöne farben.
well done & viele grüße, thor.

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• RubyJazz (103)
• [2007-12-08 1:23]

Hi Sky,

Great POV and the caption goes well!
The DOF is wonderful and the colours are rich and brilliant.

Thanks for sharing,
Ruby :)

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• Bass (465)
• [2008-02-29 5:57]

Hi Sky,
amazing macro over this guy! The way it can hide with those colours is great. I like how is it looking at the camera, its really funny. Good details over this bug. Good note, also!
well done, TFS
have a nice day!
Regards
Brenda

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• mariki (7577)
• [2008-03-16 6:40]

Hello Sky,

Superb picture of this caterpillar. Very nice composition. Good POV, DOF and focus on the head. Very nice light and colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

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• Miss_Piggy (2991)
• [2008-04-24 7:02]

Hallo Sky
This is surely a nice fat caterpillar, which you managed to capture very closely and with great sharpness. The detail is very clearly seen and you where lucky to capture this worm so close. I like the lime green colour and the yellow and black patterns and textures on the caterpillar. It reminds me of calligraphy writing. The dots on the end of each segment of the body and especially the nails well displayed. The eyes are great looking and very captivating. Well seen and captured. Thanks for sharing, and have an enjoyable day.
Best regards
Anna