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Malachite
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Copyright: Chris T Pehlivan (CTP) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 774 W: 6 N: 1107] (3183)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-22
Categories: Insects
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix A210
Exposure: f/7.2, 1/60 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): South American butterflies [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-08-31 16:35
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello Everyone,
This is another Butterfly photo that I took here in Indianapolis,Indiana.
I hope you like it:)
Cheers and Have a Great Day,
Chris
PS:Special Thanks to BeBe for ID! :)

Siproeta stelenes (L.,1758)
Siproeta stelenes is the scientific name for the malachite, a brush-footed butterfly. The malachite has large wings which are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the uppersides and light brown and olive green on the undersides. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. The wingspread is typically between 8.5 and 10 cm. The malachite is found throughout Central America, where it is one of the most common butterfly species. Its distribution extends as far north as southern Texas and the tip of Florida, to Cuba and south to Brazil.

Adults feed on flower nectar, rotting fruit, dead animals, and bat dung. Females lay eggs on the new leaves of plants in the Acanthaceae family, especially ruellia. The larvae are horned, spiny black caterpillars with red markings.
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bonjour Chris,
amazing specimen capture here, nice vertical framing, good work,
bravo Martin

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  • taba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 455 W: 126 N: 258] (1438)
  • [2006-08-31 19:42]

hi Chris
great buterrfly macro. The colours are stuning; good DOF, POV and sharpness.
well done.
Taba

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  • BeBe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 133 W: 0 N: 254] (895)
  • [2006-08-31 20:15]

Hi Chris, good sharp picture, this butterfly ID is a Siproeta stelenes it lives from the south of USA to Colombia and the amazonia, Juan

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  • Lawn (0)
  • [2006-08-31 20:24]
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I like the details, very colorful great composition, excllent job,TFs

Hi Chris,
Greatly captured. Very beautiful butterfly.
Sharp, great details, and very neat image.
Very nicely composed picture.
Nice blurry BG.
Have a nice weekend, enjoy life, don't work too hard (:-)

Ben Lakitan

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1702 W: 5 N: 2123] (11730)
  • [2006-08-31 21:07]

Bonjour Chris!

Bravo pour cette belle composition, les couleurs ressortent bien et la netteté est excellente.

merci.
joseph

Salut Chris
encore une superbe photo d'un superbe de papillon,avec une belle composition et un beau BG .
Bravo et merci...JP

Hello CT,
A strong butterfly image!
Very well framed subject, captured with the usual great details...
Colours are of good clarity, and the insect really stands out on the dark background!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hello cris, excllent colors, Bg, POv DOF perfect details, very crisp, exclent POV excllent composed and capture work, TFS Kyle

Excellent capture of this beautiful butterfly! The composition is great, colors are natural and bright and sharpness is spot on! Superb details! The dark BG is great and really compliments the shot! Congratulations and TFS!

Regards,
Eddie

Hi Chris,
An excellent shot here. Beautiful vivd colors and fine detail. I like the tight cropping. Fill flash exposure did a great jon.
Scott

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3082 W: 231 N: 5811] (19540)
  • [2006-09-02 0:56]

These butterflies are so amazing looking.
You captured this one in a great pose, Chris.
I loe that leg half poised.
Great POV exposing the gorgeous details and colors on those wings.
TFS. : )

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  • Aliza Gold Star Critiquer [C: 60 W: 0 N: 3] (98)
  • [2006-09-03 3:56]

Merhaba,
Kanatlarinin deseni, renkleri muhtesem ve siz de yine kusursuz cekiminizle bu harika yaratigi ekranimiza tasidiniz, tesekkürler.
Cerceveniz de cok yakismis ve imzaniz da resme bakani rahatsiz etmeyecek tarzda ve ebatta cok hos ve estetik görünüyor, bunun icinde ayrica tebrikler:)
Ellerinize saglik.
Aliza.

Hi Chris,
this butterfly is so pretty.
The colours are marvelous, I like it very much, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2070 W: 214 N: 3542] (11790)
  • [2006-09-07 3:47]

Hi Chris

A very beautiful buuterfly you have here!
Very well composed and framed, the shot also has lovely colors, good sharpness, great flash control and excellent POV.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-09-07 3:51]

Hello Chris,
Excellent macro.POV,colors,dark BG and framing are wonderful.
TFS...:-)

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1216 W: 78 N: 843] (6904)
  • [2006-09-20 6:50]

selam chris
super bir kelebek fotosu daha. bakis noktasi, arka plani, alan derinligi etkisi, renkleri, focus, netlik, detaylar ve bilgi notu yine muhtesem
eline saglik
selamlar
izler

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