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Expect the Unexpected. (42)
gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 982 W: 4 N: 2512] (11673)
Friends,

Look at the flower there is spider underneath and the butterfly is just enjoying. Probably doesnt know what is going to hit next..

Scientific Information
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chilades
Species: C. laius

The Lime Blue (Chilades laius) is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Wet-season brood Male has a bluish-purple upperside. Fore wing has base and basal half of costa flushed with pale blue; costa and termen edged by a slender dark brownish-block even line, beyond which along the termen the cilia are brown, at base, white outwardly. Hind wing: costa somewhat broadly dusky black; a slender black conspicuous anticiliary line, beyond which the cilia are white traversed medially by a brown line; dorsum broadly pale brown, two subterminal pale-bordered black spots in interspace 1, and one similar spot in interspace 2, often obsolescent and barely indicated.

Technical Information
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Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Exposure Time: 1/500
F-Stop: f/8.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 250
Focal Length: 180/1 mm
Date Taken: 2008-06-22 09:52
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
File Size: 238 kb

Thanks for looking.

Rgds
Ganesh

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gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 982 W: 4 N: 2512] (11673)
photoshop
Edited by:nagraj Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 225 W: 36 N: 500] (2091)

i composed verticaly and used curves to give little contrast. looks bit tight for me. thanks.