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Tiger Longwing


Tiger Longwing
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Copyright: The dude who loves Frogs (AnimalExplorer) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1025 W: 9 N: 2206] (8322)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-02-15
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D100
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Lantana Flowers and their visitors, Insect [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-03-28 14:07
Viewed: 2074
Points: 54
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Tiger longwing
(Heliconius hecale)


The longwing butterflies have unusually long lifespans and high fecundity rates, which largely result from their augmented diet. Instead of surviving on food stores from the larval stage or solely sipping flower nectar, adult longwing butterflies are avid pollen eaters. These trait make them eminently suitable for butterfly farming and butterfly gardening. Also, Adult Longwings may live for several months, much longer than most butterflies.

The longwing butterflies are also known as Heliconians. They are brightly colored butterflies with long forewings. Once placed in their own family, they are now considered closely related to the fritillaries. Larvae of most longwings feed on passion vines, and this host plant imparts noxious chemicals to the larvae which are carried over to the adult butterflies. This relationship is identical to the monarch butterflies' reliance on its host plant, milkweed, for defense. Predators find these chemicals distasteful and avoid eating the butterflies.

Location:
South America

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This will be my last post for awhile. I'll be heading down to California. I'll be back in 2-4 weeks.

Take care everyone and cant wait to see some of your fantastic images when I get back. :)

Here is a link to Obtain more info and species comparison.



Paul Bratescu Copyright 2006 All rights reserved

thistle, Fisher, peter_stoeckl, phlr, liquidsunshine, scottevers7, marhowie, AndyB, livios, fiyo, red45, dew77, PDP, metcher, Gudule, TAZ has marked this note useful
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Hello Paul,
Great shot! Very clear and sharp with superb framing and colours.
VERY WELL DONE!
Have a good trip :)

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2006-03-28 14:57]

Hi Paul,

Beautiful capture of the tiger longwing. Excellent composition and details.

Mike

Hello Paul,
this is an excellent butterfly shot. Wonderful colours, excellent sharpness, great lighting and very nice bg. Great POV and composition too. Thank you for posting.
Gr.
Heinz
(p.s.: I think this is an Eueides isabellae)

p.l.

Hi Paul,
beautiful picture.
Focus on spot. Delightful rich colours.
Very well chosen soft source of light.
Excellently fitting neutral BG.
Composition simple, dynamic and elegant.
Great. Thanks and regards,
Peter

PS:
Paul, have a very good time while you are away.
Very much looking forward to seeing you again.

Hello Paul,
Great job!! Love the diffused background and the clarity of the flower. Very good DOF. Did you try to fill flash a little? I wonder if you can flush some more details of the butterfly out if you filled flash a little. Love the pic nevertheless :)
TFS!
Have a great time in CA :)
Liezel

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-03-28 15:59]

Hi Paul,
Incredible shot, lovely details. Excellent POV and great diagonal line. Nice DOF lets the BF stand out from the back ground. Very nice composition.
TFS Sky

Very nice shot Paul,
Good clear and sharp detail. Good colours, composition, POV and exposure.
Thanks for posting, enjoy the rest of the week.
Have a safe and enjoyable trip MF.

Hi Paul,
The quality of light here is what is amazing. Beautiful soft light! Colors are so beautiful without being over saturated. Flawless composition and framing on this shot. Beautiful clean OOF backround really makes the subject well seperated from it. Outstanding work my friend!
Scott

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1592 W: 32 N: 1361] (3978)
  • [2006-03-28 17:56]

Hello Paul,
A beautiful butterfly and very well captured.
Great colours and detail,excellent POV and a perfect background.
Superb.

TFS

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  • Luce Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 80 W: 0 N: 15] (58)
  • [2006-03-28 20:42]

Tres belle image de papillon. La netteté est excellente, la lumière et la saturation des couleur tres vive. Le fond flou derrière met le sujet bien en évidence. Bravo Paul.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2006-03-28 23:00]

Paul, a very beautiful one.

Excellent sharpness, colors and pov. I like the clean and soft bg a lot too.

As for California, do great there and come back.

Hi Paul,
This is a amazing picture!!
very nice BG, POV, composing & the sharpness of the pic!!!

Nice shot!!

Simply beautiful!
Wonderful on colours!
May be just a litle more bright, its my opinion.
Excellent DOF, POV and BG!
Very good on details!
5* and TFS!

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 924 W: 5 N: 2259] (8370)
  • [2006-03-29 3:59]

Hello Paul,
amazing close up; sharpness, colors, light, composition, everything is excellent !

Hi Paul,
A beautiful b-fly, in an excellent composition. Excellent colors, light, DOF and sharp details..The BG is perfect here..
Very well done :)
P.S. Have a safe & productive trip mf.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2830 W: 75 N: 8025] (26863)
  • [2006-03-29 8:12]

Hi Paul!
Perfect macro. I love composition, details on this fragile butterfly, its colours. Everything is great!

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-03-29 9:54]

Hello Paul!
Wonderful close up.Vivid colors,POV,details,simple BG and
composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

Great shot, Paul. Have a nice trip.

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7745)
  • [2006-03-29 15:26]

Hello Paul,
Great shot!
Excellent colour,sharp,DOF and POV,composition and details.
Well done
osse

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2964 W: 366 N: 3848] (11755)
  • [2006-03-29 17:04]

Hi Paul, lovely shot. The composition is very good and the BG is perfect. Very well done.

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1330 W: 107 N: 4816] (21378)
  • [2006-03-29 23:21]

Exceelent Paul, superb background, a very sharp butterfly, well composed. No nits. Thanks.

Mario

Excellent capture, strong detail, vivid colors and a superb BG, well done!

Greg

Hi Paul.
Beautiful butterfly shot. Very rich and nice colors on butterfly and flower and peaceful soft background are in harmony. Excellent composition and sharpness.

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  • Nico Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 1 N: 332] (1313)
  • [2006-04-19 10:37]

Quality is magic. Really one of the better butterfly shots I have seen for a long time. Well done.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1676 W: 5 N: 2144] (11878)
  • [2006-04-27 20:58]

Bonjour,

Excellente composition,la position de la fleur et du papillon dans l'image est parfaite. Félicitations pour l'éxcellent éclairage et les magnifiques couleurs. Bravo pour le bg propre et la netteté.

Merci pour l'envoie Paul!

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  • Gudule Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 248 W: 11 N: 288] (1204)
  • [2006-04-27 21:12]

A mervellous shot of this butterfly. Will join my favorites.
Colors are just superbes...The pose of the insect so nice.
I like this photo, a lot. Congratulations, Paul.

Paul gone soft at its finest...

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3184] (10918)
  • [2006-05-04 1:41]

Wooow ! What a wonderful and smart composition ! The butterfly is superb. Colors, POV, DOF, BG and sharpness are excellent. Interesting complementary note... Congratulations Paul and thanks for sharing this master piece.

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