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Long Tailed Skipper


Long Tailed Skipper
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Copyright: Jesus Linares (jlinaresp) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 472 W: 17 N: 988] (3678)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-04
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon SX 110 IS
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/320 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): South American Butterflies 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-07-16 6:23
Viewed: 382
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish]
Long tailed Skipper (Urbanus procne)
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This is our brown long-tailed skipper. A real racing car from our gardens. Incredibly lively, this butterfly displays a frankly superb speed. The photo was taken without too many adjustments, because these butterflies are not given much time left to take a picture, usually a few seconds remaining on the flowers.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Urbanus
Species: procne
Binominal name: Urbanus procne

http://bugguide.net/node/view/27794

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Urbanus+procne

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Hi Jesus,

Very nice capture of this skipper. Nice PoV and great clear image.

TFS,
Kedar

Ciao Jesus, fantastic skipper, i never see before, thanks, wonderful composition with good natural colors and wonderful colorful BG, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 94 N: 5542] (17634)
  • [2009-07-16 7:16]

Hello Jesus,
My neighbour today. What a very special photo taken from a very special POV. This butterfly looks like a sunbird. Excellent sharpness and details, natural colours and composition. Beautiful colourful BG.
Regards,
Peter

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 15 N: 1607] (6263)
  • [2009-07-16 7:38]

Hello Jesus
Interesting butterfly taken with sharp details and natural colors
Regards
Razvan

Hi,
Beautiful species looking great with that long tail. Good capture. tfs.
nagraj.v

Hi Jesus,
A nice capture of this beautiful longtailed skipper. Excellent composition and sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

This picture is razor sharp, Jesus.
You are capturing great images with your compact camera.
This species is new to me and I have enjoyed admiring it.
The lantana flowers add a pleasant touch of colour to the composition.
Well done, man!

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  • Arjun Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 359 W: 7 N: 1112] (5412)
  • [2009-07-16 10:07]

hi jesus,
beautiful picture of this skipper which i had never seen before.
nice composition and pov
TFS

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
  • [2009-07-16 10:43]

what a long tail the long tailed skipper has! :-) amazing capture, never have seen something like that before, details
and colors are nice as well as the sharpness. at least it gave you enough time for a good composition with the cute pink
and yellow blossoms. well done & best wishes, thor.

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 921 W: 0 N: 1985] (8905)
  • [2009-07-16 11:12]

Hi Jesus
Excellent closed up.Well composed image with good POV.The image is also sharp with with excellent detail and lovely colors.
TFS Michel

Olá Jesus,

Mais uma excelente foto.
Luz,cores e definiçăo espectaculares.
Também gostei da nota escrita.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2912 W: 34 N: 8640] (32202)
  • [2009-07-16 12:18]

Hi Jesus. This is the first time i have seen the Long Tailed Skipper. Whic you have taken with fine detail and sharp focusing. From your POv we can see the markings on the back so well. TFS.
Nick..

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1378 W: 56 N: 4747] (16330)
  • [2009-07-16 12:40]

Hello Jesus,
very nice capture of the skipper, this pov gives nice exposure of the open winged insects, excellent details on the wings,
well done,
Best regards Siggi

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2632] (15573)
  • [2009-07-16 14:01]

Hola amigo,
original mariposa,
detalles y encuadre...
buen foco y pov.
saludos

Hello Jesus,
Very impressive butterfly, with a strange form. Sharpness excellent despite the lack of time to focus it! Best regards,
Catherine

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2009-07-16 15:04]

Hola Jesus.
Aqui se logra una exelente imagen de esta "Palomilla" de larga cola. El recorte y encuadre de la foto no puede ser mejor, y el angulo desde donde se logra la foto son los mejores. Alta calidad y nitidez. Muy buena Nota.
Saludos Jesus.
Luis52.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-07-16 16:39]

Hi Jesus,

Is this a first on TN? I'm sure I have never seen a Brown Long-Tailed Skipper. An unusual pov but an excellent one showing off the wonderful long tail, the marvelous textures and the deep, rich colors. Very well done, as always.

Jane

hello Jesus
very good presentation, the details explicit, marvellous composition and colours
TFS
Nasos

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2575] (9085)
  • [2009-07-17 3:47]

Hi Jesus,
wow...this is superbs sharpness and strange skipper to me. what an enviable catch you got here.
Congratulations.

regards,
foozi

Ciao Jesus,
una bellissima immagine di questo splendido e strano Esperiide, eccellenti POV e composizione con bellissimi e ben contrastati colori, ottima nitidezza.
Grazie e complimenti
Ciao Maurizio

Encantado de conocer a esta preciosidad que no tenenmos por aquí; Para pararse poco tiene su mérito el poder haberla "congelado" de tan buena manera, ya que tiene además una textura nada fácil de captar. Justa pero a la vez sobrada luz y unos contastes con esas flores que hacen sumar enteros al conjunto.
Saludos Jesús.

Hi again MF Jesus,
This one is very spectacular skipper species which i have never seen before. You captured it from wonderful POV with excellent omposition and details.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

Hello Jesus
this Skipper have the right name, he have really a long tail and you have captured it with wonderful details, great POV and pose on this colorfull flowers
very pleasant to look at
Have a great WE
Jacqueline

Hello Jesus !
What an amazing butterfly ! I love the shape of his wings, even if his colors are not as vivid as some other species. The details and textures captured are wonderful, the colors are lovely (such a soft pink), the composition is just perfect and I also like your POV. It is a very interesting butterfly which I didn't know, so I thank you for making me discover it. Very well done !
Valérie.

hello Jesús

another of your excellent and beautiful macro photos,
with very fine POV, DOF and specially the appropriate framing,
fine focus with greats sharpness and details, TFS

Asbed

Hola amigo Jesús,

My Friend, this is amazing. Probably You remember what I once told about "rookie of the year on TN". :) Stunning pic, absolutely great focus and sharpness, well balanced exposure (only very few oe on the bright parts of the flowers), colorful background, perfect timing. Fantastic "racing car from the garden". Probably faster than Johnny Cecotto. :) (To those not familiar in motor racing: Venezuelan rider / driver, 350 ccm motorcycle World Champion in 1975 and Formula 1 driver in 1983-84, twice winner of DTM - Deutsche Touring Meisterscaft, the most rated touring car championship).

Gracias, un saludo, László

Hola Jesús,
a very pretty, artistically well approached and well made capture of a long tailed skipper.
Excellent details all over, delightful colours of Lantana flowers in pleasant contrast to the drab colours of that bizarrely shaped skipper.
Thank you! With best regards,
Peter

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