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Black Hairstreak


Black Hairstreak
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Copyright: Ivan Kruys (Argus) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2596 W: 133 N: 7433] (23169)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-26
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF 300 f4L + Canon 1.4 converter
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-13 10:31
Viewed: 570
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni) is rare in Sweden and confined to the SE in scattered colonies where there are good stands of sloe (Prunus spinosa) and wild flowers. Sloe is the larval host plant.
I discovered a new locality for this species where this shot was taken.

It is also very local in most of C. and N. Europe.

Though it was a warm morning it was cloudy and I was using telephoto and converter so I risked this shot at 200 ISO with my camera hand-held.

This individual insisted on staying at the same spot just above eye level so it was difficult to get a good shot but I'm reasonably satisfied with this one

Silvio2006, pvs, marhowie, coasties, fthsm, peter_stoeckl, Luis52, jeanpaul, Christopher_PL, rousettus has marked this note useful
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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1006 W: 285 N: 3318] (10952)
  • [2006-10-13 11:02]

Hello Ivan,
very sharp, very beautiful, very nice colours and light as well as well composed.
Superb close-up and suitable note, too.
Best wishes, Peter

Hello Ivan,
the butterfly is perfect sharp in the front. It´s clear that it can´t be sharp in the back. The details are great, the POV is well chosen and the light is good as well as the natural colours.
Regards, Fabian

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  • fartash Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1057 W: 54 N: 2779] (10155)
  • [2006-10-13 12:03]

Hey Ivan
Very nice shot of hairstreak,
beautiful colors,focusing,
Ecxellent

Regards
Fartash

well composed, very nice colours and sharpness. the dof is good. nice pov,
tfs
regards
pankaj

Hi Ivan,
details perfect for this butterfly, and the colors are very beautiful.
Congratulation, this catch is successful.
Thank you,
Arnaud.

Hi Ivan.

What a splendid shot from you again! It's distinguishable from other butterfly photos by its unusual POV. The BG and DOF are also impressive, sharp details can be seen explicitly.Very good work.

Well Done & TFS.

Hi Ivan nice colors and good composition, a lot very clear and defined, very interesting the note
Ciao Silvio

Hi Ivan

Excellent macro. Nicely composed with excellent colour and clear sharp details. Nice work. TFS.

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-10-13 22:46]

Hello Ivan

A very good macro of this hairstreak.The details are very sharp great DOF and POV.The colours are bold and vivid.TFS

Rob

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  • fthsm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 139 W: 50 N: 384] (2310)
  • [2006-10-14 1:48]

Hi Ivan,
Very nice sharpness. Very beatiful model. TFS.

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3069 W: 231 N: 5857] (19698)
  • [2006-10-14 2:21]

Wow, very sharp details, Ivan.
Excellent exposure and colors.
The POV is great, and so is the pose leaning forward.
Very nice composition against the clean green BG.
TFS. : )

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1144 W: 254 N: 2542] (11521)
  • [2006-10-14 4:44]

Hi Ivan,

Great shot of this for me unknown butterfly,as well a different view,but you managed quite well to make a very nice memory of it,well done and TFS,

Regards,
Paul
PT

hello ivan
parfait,tres bien detaillé et mis en valeur devant ce beau BG.bien cadrée avec de belles couleurs.
laurent

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7742)
  • [2006-10-14 10:07]

Hej Ivan
Beautiful butterfly shot. Great colours, sharpnes, details, light and POV.
Well done

osse

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1022 W: 5 N: 2801] (10142)
  • [2006-10-14 13:23]

Hola Ivan.- Una bella foto, mucho color y nitidez.Me impresiona ver la profundidad de campo de esta postal, pues veo enfoque total.
Saludos Luis52.

Hello Ivan,
not a common butterfly, and hard to capture. You managed to get a nice pose from a low frontal point of view. There are good details all over, vivid natural colours in the dim light, and a very pleasant composition with the leaves forming a stage.
Postwork for web presentation has resulted in oversharpening the contours and some noise visible here, but we all know that downsizing a large image to less than 200Kb will not always show the superior quality of the original image.
With thanks, and best regards,
Peter

hi Ivan
Elle est très réussie cette belle prise de vue en macro avec un joli papillon ,je t'envie car moi j'ai de la difficulté a en prendre un .
Les couleurs sont remarquables et qu'elle netteté!!.
merci pour le partage....JP

Hi, Ivan
Very good exposure with lovely colors and pose. Nice composition. Sharp.

Hi Ivan,
Great shot of this rare butterfly. Unfortunatelly I didn't seen this species myself in my country ;-)
TFS

Chris

merhaba Ivan,
This is one of your first posts. I have just seen it on your main page. It is very beautiful species. Your shot also great with superb colors and sharp details. Green leaves contrasted its colors nicely. TFS, have a nice weekend
Ahmet

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