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Tiger longwing


Tiger longwing
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Copyright: Heinz Koloska (wallhalla15) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1767 W: 58 N: 3350] (13829)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08
Categories: Insects
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix S7000, Raynox DCR 250 macro lens
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-09-03 6:15
Viewed: 1024
Points: 42
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Tiger longwing (Heliconius hecale)

- pictured at Maximillian-Park, Hamm, North-Rhine-
Westfalia -

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

Local distribution: South America

Info from cirrusimage.com

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  • samos Gold Star Critiquer [C: 81 W: 4 N: 2] (39)
  • [2006-09-03 6:35]

Hello my friend Heinz wonderful work beautiful photo sharpenss and colours are excellent thanksFS Heinz regards Stavros

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2172 W: 218 N: 4383] (14902)
  • [2006-09-03 7:11]

Splendid capture, Heinz!

Excellent POV showing the lovely colors of this butterfly's outer wings, excellent sharp details, great light and DOF. The image is very nicely framed and composed.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • hansh Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 210 W: 1 N: 126] (536)
  • [2006-09-03 7:16]

Hello Heinz.
wonderfull capture of this butterfly. DOF is great and i like your POV very much. Very well done and thanks.
Gr. Hans

Hello Heinz,
Another beauty from you. Looking to your species i feel envy :-) Great pov, sharpness, framing, colours and patterns!
Bravo and TFS!
Ersin

Hello Heinz, excllent work, Great details, very crisp, nicly composed and capture the colors are spot on, excellent POV Nice work, TFs Kyle

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1059 W: 290 N: 3946] (13340)
  • [2006-09-03 9:44]

Hallo Heinz,
diesen Heliconier habe ich in Costa Rica oft fliegen, aber leider nie sitzen gesehen. Danke, dass du mir jetzt ein schönes Foto von ihm lieferst. Die Grazilität dieses Tieres hast du gut auf den 'Chip gebannt'. Hervorragender Bildaufbau.
Schöne Grüße, Peter

Hello Heinz,
What a colourful and detailed close up image, just enough DoF and nicely composed, TFS.

Regards
Terry.

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  • cosmln Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 201 W: 12 N: 493] (1952)
  • [2006-09-03 11:49]

hi Heinz,

lovely butterfly, with spot on detail.
i like a lot the colour of the abdomen, because of the colour is appear almost like a little tail of the wing.
TFS,
cosmln

Hallo Heinz,
nicht nur Longwing - auch Long-Fühler.
Ein wunderschönes Exemplar, ich finde die Augen immer so beeindruckend.
Toller Schuß, vielen Dank.
Ich wünsch' Dir einen guten Wochenstart
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2006-09-03 12:14]

Yes it's a good one Heinz,
good point of view, fine details and a very well taken composition, nice dof, very well done my friend.
gr. jaap

bonjour heinz
encore une merveilleuse macro,avec de belles couleurs un bon point de vue et une netteté inpeccable.
laurent

Great compo,
superb details and colors.
Well done.

Andrea

Hello Heinz

You have such a wonderful gallery of butterflies. This is another beautiful shot. Love the tight crop. Very nice work. TFS.

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-09-03 14:07]

Hello Heinz
Da hast du einen ganz schoenen Falter an einer attraktiven Bluetenstaude abgelichtet. Motiv, Farben und Bildgestaltung gefallen mir ausgezeichnet.
Sky

Hi Heinz,
That is a superb shot on the Tiger Longwing. Very beautiful color saturation and tack sharp detail. I really like your frame filling composition and tight crop. Great shot!
Scott

Good morning Heinz,
Very short on time this morning.
Nice capture, thanks for posting.
Have a great week.

Very nice photo. good composition and splendid colors
Best regards
JJ

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7801)
  • [2006-09-04 13:04]

Hi Heinz
Good colours, sharpnes, light, BG, DOF and POV.
Well done Heinz

osse

  • Great 
  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2006-09-05 6:05]

Hi Heinz,
another beautiful b-fly. Good quality of photo - as always by You. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

Salut Heinz
Très belle photo que ce beau papillon . Beau cadrage , belle composition les détails et les couleurs sont supers et très joli BG
Merci et au revoir ....JP

Gorgeous butterfly!
Loved the composition and the point of view.
Very well done.
Thanks for sharing.
My best regards,

Filipe

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