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Beautiful Butterflies 1


Beautiful Butterflies 1
Photo Information
Copyright: pankaj bajpai (pankajbajpai) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 146 W: 15 N: 99] (797)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-03
Categories: Nature
Camera: Finepix S7000
Exposure: f/4, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-12-13 23:46
Viewed: 1071
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Tailed Jay (Graphium agamemnon) is a predominantly green and black tropical butterfly that belongs to the swallowtail family.

The butterfly is also called Green Spotted Triangle, Tailed Green Jay or the Green Triangle.

It is a common, non-threatened species native to India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia and into Australia. Several geographic races are recognized.

Once found primarily close to wooded country where there is a fairly heavy rainfall, the Tailed Jay is now very common at low elevations and regularly seen in gardens and urban areas due to its foodplant, Polyalthia longifolia (False Ashoka or Mast Tree), being widely used as an ornamental tree.

Habits
Strong and restless fliers, they are very active butterflies and flutter their wings constantly even when at flowers. They are seldom seen drinking from damp patches. The males are particularly fond of feeding from flowers such as Lantana, Ixora, Mussaenda and Poinsettia. The females are more likely caught when looking for foodplants or laying eggs.

Tailed Jays are active throughout the year but their abundance depends upon the local monsoon and availability of the larval host plants. The butterflies generally fly among the tree-tops but descend to ground level in search of flowers or host plants. Because of their relatively fast life cycle (just over one month from egg to adult), Tailed Jays are multivoltine and may produce up to 7–8 broods per year.
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  • NecipP Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 669 W: 16 N: 404] (4722)
  • [2006-12-13 23:55]

What a beautifull butterfly the detail and colours are really nice well done with the clean background and DOF thankyou for sharing best rgds Necip.

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  • sak Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 354 W: 14 N: 42] (2173)
  • [2006-12-14 1:39]

Hi,
Sharp well focused great capture. Well done. TFS.

Hi Pankaj

Simply stunning work! Congrats on this beautiful shot! :-)

Splendide papillon aux beaux détails, belles couleurs
bravo

jojo

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  • nana Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 129 W: 1 N: 116] (908)
  • [2006-12-14 5:22]

What a beautiful butterfly and you have caught this one so sharp and clear.... thank you for sharing

Nana

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  • juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2634 W: 1 N: 1253] (15397)
  • [2006-12-14 5:34]

Hola Pankaj, preciosa y original composicion... bellos colores y atractivos detalles, muchos saludos TFS

Hello Pankaj! Great macro and wonderful colours in your picture! Very well done!
Lili

Wow! I can not write anymore. Beautiful picture.
Congrats!
Balázs

wow ! great Macro shot Pankaj! love the color of this beautiful butterfly as well, great POV and awesome color!
TFS
Donna :o)




Thanks for your comments and smilie on my photo "Ho Ho Ho...Dinner?" :o)

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  • Konie Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 348 W: 29 N: 298] (3006)
  • [2006-12-17 22:43]

Another beautiful work Pankaj. Its sharpness is exceptional. Just two minor things: (1) the petals on the right side can be distracting. To remedy this, I think blurring of the petals would be nice. (2) the borders. The lower border is not in proportion with the other three.
Overall, though, I like the photo. Thanks.

Konie

Very beautiful .İmpressive colours and compo.TFS.:-)
Vandana

  • Great 
  • Lucia Silver Star Critiquer [C: 46 W: 0 N: 0] (249)
  • [2007-01-04 9:35]

Hi Pankaj,
excellent sharpness,very beautiful photo.
Regards,
Lucia

hi! pankaj nice shot... great colours and sharpness... nice work.. well done.. thanks for sharing (",)

What a gorgeous butterfly, so sharp and beautiful presented. What bothers me is the tail of its left wing and partially cutoff flower. It seems as if you applied a PP effect on them which bothers me a bit.

Katya

I see that you are a lover of the nature.
It enchants the definition to me of the colorful one of this photo. Simply spectacular.
Congratulations
John

Hi Pankaj
A great mcro shot, very good framed and focused.
I like the colors too.
Thanks very much.

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  • moli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1404 W: 275 N: 1916] (11870)
  • [2007-01-24 14:15]

Hi Pankaj. This great makro capture. Fantastic colors and sharp detalis. Well done!
Regards
J-23

Merhaba Pankaj.
Amazing macro shot, very beautiful and different butterfly.
The focus, sharpness and depth of field are good.
Well done and thanks for sharing.

Yasin.

Saludos Pankaj

La nitidez es increible mil felicidades


Nat

Hello Pankaj.

Excellent image, very good details and colors.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

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