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Meadow Brown


Meadow Brown
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Copyright: Siegfried Potrykus (siggi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1392 W: 56 N: 4802] (16520)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-29
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-11-15 1:17
Viewed: 427
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) is a butterfly found in European meadows, where its larvae feed on grasses, such as Sheep's Fescue.

Similar species are Gatekeeper (which prefers to rest with its wings open) and Small Heath (which is smaller).

There is marked sexual dimorphism in this species. Males are less colorful, with smaller eyespots and much reduced orange areas on the upper forewings. They are also much more active and range far about, while females fly less and often may not away from the area where they grew up.

A variable number of smaller eyespots are usually found on the hindwing undersides. These may number up to 12 per individual butterfly, with up to 6 on each wing. The factors that govern polymorphism in this trait are not resolved, although a number of theories have been proposed (Stevens 2005). On the other hand, the evolutionary significance of the upperwing eyespots is more obvious: The more active males have a markedly more cryptic upperside pattern, whereas the females have more often opportunity to present their eyespots in a sudden display of colors and patterns that presumably make neophobic predators hesitate so that the butterfly has better chances of escaping.

(wikipedia)

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Hello Siegfried,

Superb capture of this Meadow Brown. Beautiful composition. Excellent sharpness. Light and colours are splendid.
Cheers,
Mariki

yes Siegfried this is what I mean.
this is a good one, fine macro, good details, a super composition, this is a good one my friedn, have a nice weeekend.
regard Jaap

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2419 W: 94 N: 5591] (17778)
  • [2008-11-15 3:00]

Hello Siegfried,
What a great photo! Sharpness and details are perfect in a wonderful composition. Splendid clear colours and a very good DOF and POV.
Kind regards,
Peter

Hello Siegfried,

Splendid colose up of this beautiful butterfly.
Nice colours with excellent focus.
Lighting and composition are superb.

Ciao Siegfried,
splendida cattura di Maniola jurtina, eccellenti POV, DOF e composizione, fantastica definizione con impressionanti dettagli, bellissimi e saturi i colori.
TFS.
Maurizio

Hello Siegfried

Great Sharpness and details.Cheering mixture of colours.

Thank you
ali

Hi Siegfried,
This is an impressive capture! It is so sharp that I can almost feel the texture of its wings. Colors are beautiful and so is this flourished environment. I would have cropped it a little on the right side to make the composition less centered but it remains a superb shot. Well seen!
Claudine

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1174 W: 32 N: 1220] (3742)
  • [2008-11-15 6:49]

Hi Siegfried,
Excellent close up.Exposure is spot on,details are crisp clear.Sharpness,POV,framing are also perfect.
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for posting.

Siggi merhaba,müthiş müthiş bir çekim,her yönüyle çok güzel,ellerine sağlık :)

Hi Siegfried,
A nice capture of this beautiful meadow brown. Superb details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hello Siegfried,
Very good light indeed, generating excellent tones and textures in its wing.
Very good mix of foreground/background.
Well done and thanks for sharing this Meadow brown.
Annick

Czesc Siggi!
Dawno nie zagladalem na TN a tu prosze, jaka ladna fotografia! Swietny detal i czysta, dobra kompozycja. Takze kolorystyka jest bardzo dobra (szczegolnie mila do ogladania przy ponurej, listopadowej pogodzie :>).
Pozdrawiam serdecznie!
Radek

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2008-11-15 9:26]

Hello Siegfried, another perfectly sharp butterfly shot, great light and exposure and a very good overall quality, thanks!

Mario

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2008-11-15 10:08]

Hi Siggi,

Another magnificent Meadow Brown in a wonderful position. A fantastic macro with marvelous colors and sharp details. The setting is lovely too - great composition.

Jane

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 920] (3543)
  • [2008-11-15 10:52]

Hi Siggi,

This is an excelent close-up of this butterfly. The image is so sharp that even the scales of the wings can be seen not to mention wing's texture. You have used very well the light and due to the fine shadows on the wings image has got depth. Colors are wonderfull being saturated and very natural.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

Hi Siggi

Great capture of this meadow brown.
Excellent composition and sharpness.
Good POV and DOF.

Chris

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2273 W: 10 N: 2661] (15669)
  • [2008-11-15 12:39]

Hola amigo,
preciosa captura,
reaelización y buen foco...
atractiva macro,
saludos Siggi.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2926 W: 34 N: 8678] (32334)
  • [2008-11-15 12:42]

Hi Siegfried. This is a first class close up of this butterfly which you have taken with sharp focusing and fine detail. with bright colours. a good POV/DOF. well done TFs. good notes too.
Nick..

Hi Siggi,
unglaublich wie viele Schönheiten Du dieses Jahr gefunden hast. Gefällt mir sehr gut, excellente Bildschärfe und warme Farben, herzlichen Dank und lieben Gruß
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Hi Siggi,
Excellent capture of this Meadow Brown. The POV and composition are very good, sharpnes of details and colours excellent.
TFS
Pekka

Hello Siggi

A superb capture of this meadow brown.
The detail and textures are wonderful.
Excellent focus and sharpness.
The lighting is well handled,and the colours are rich and well saturated.
The markings are well seen.
The setting is beautiful,very nicely composed.
A pleasure to look at.
TFS

Wolf

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5209] (17609)
  • [2008-11-15 18:34]

Hello Siegfried,
WOW, this image is outstanding quality. The textures and colors that you have captured are incredible, thank you Siegfried.
Rick

Hello Siggi.
Great capture of this beautiful butterfly!
Excellent colors and texture.
Very good framing and luminosity.
The details and sharpness are very good also.
Well done!
José Roberto

Wow...I looked right off thinking this was Nikon...it does a good job in tonals close in for a Canon..well done sir!
Bob

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3604 W: 143 N: 5699] (18633)
  • [2008-11-15 22:28]

Hi Siegfried.
Amazing close-up of a wonderful scene and fine butterfly. I love this species a lot. It looks on photo very well. Details and sharpness as well as colour rendition are superb. I welcome so impressive POV and composition of the picture too. Bravo and TFS.
Alexei.

Hi Siegfried,

An nice capture from these shy butterfly.
Beautiful colours.

Gert

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  • efsus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 436 W: 10 N: 738] (3212)
  • [2008-11-16 0:22]

Merhaba Siegfried,
Bu 150. kareniz için sizi candan kutlarım. Hepsi birbirinden güzel ve emek dolu çalışmalar sunmuşsun. Bu da onlardan biri. Sarı çiçek üstünde harika bir poz vermiş kelebek makrosu bu. Eline sağlık.

Hüseyin.

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1735 W: 0 N: 3954] (15862)
  • [2008-11-16 5:09]

Lieber Siegfried,
Zu diesem sehr schönen Maniola-Bild möchte ich dir noch gratulieren. Die Komposition, Schärfe des Bildes und die warmen Farben sind so erfreulich und gefällig.
Hast aber lang gewartet, bis Du es publiziert hast!
Einen schönen Sonntag noch
Anne

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