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World are you blue as I am!


World are you blue as I am!
Photo Information
Copyright: Tanja Almazan (silycat) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 198 W: 23 N: 136] (2319)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-02
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon PowerShot A710 IS
Exposure: f/4, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-07 9:45
Viewed: 489
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Common blue

Male uppersides are an iridescent lilac blue with a thin black border. Females are brown with a row of red spots along the edges. They usually have some blue at the base of the wings and quite often, especially in Ireland and Scotland, are mostly blue but always have the red spots. Undersides have a greyish ground colour in the males and more brownish in the females. Both sexes have a row of red spots along the edge of the hindwings (extending onto the forewings though generally fainter, particularly in the males where they are sometimes missing altogether). There are about a dozen black centered white spots on the hind wings, nine on the forwings. The white fringe on the outer edge of the wings is not crossed with black lines as it is in the Chalkhill and Adonis Blues, an important difference when separating these species, particularly the females.

It is Britain's (and probably Europe's) most common and most widespread blue, found as far north as Orkney and on most of the Outer Hebrides. Males are often very obvious as they defend territories against rivals and search out the more reclusive females. A range of grassland habitats are used: meadows, coastal dunes, woodland clearings and also many man made habitats, anywhere where their foodplants are found.
It is Widespread in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.
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Hello Tanja,
Beautiful photo of one of my favorite butterfies, great close up and background. Love the soft natural color. TFS
Donna:o)

pozdrav tanja!
predivni mali plavi, odlican ulov.
pozdrav!
zoran

Hi Tanja,
Nice macro! The colors are popping and good detail captured. The flower/perch may not be the prettiest but makes the beauty of the butterfly certainly stand out and be noticed...along with your OOF'ed bg TFS!

Lyndon

Beautifull composition

Tanja,mnogo su ti lepe fotke!!!
Pozdrav
Aleksa

  • Great 
  • lion Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 598 W: 66 N: 31] (5814)
  • [2007-05-07 12:09]

Cao,
Stvarno odlicni detalji kao boje

This has so much detail, especially in the body. Lovely composition.
TFS
Philippa

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  • tibig Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 657 W: 26 N: 681] (7565)
  • [2007-05-07 12:48]

Nice shot of this little fellow. Rich details, good colours. The background is a bit burnt out.
TFS
Tibi

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  • pemi71 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 539 W: 13 N: 59] (2621)
  • [2007-05-07 14:11]

Great shot Tanja...
Thanks for sharing!

Petar

Fantastic capture Tanja - and with a camera not renowned for such work. I presume the image stabilisation helped but the exposure and composition are excellent. TFS. Paul.

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4764] (21697)
  • [2007-05-07 15:40]

Vrlo lepo Tanja...
Pravi si majstor fotografije, a i stori su ti odlicne, pozdrav George

merhaba my friend tanja
wonderful butterfly.wonderful naturel colours.
well done.best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

Hi Tanja,

Very nice butterfly.......
Beautiful colours and good POV.
Well done.

Ciao,
Jana

Hello Tanja!
Great macro and very beautiful colours!
Lovely butterfly!
Nice perspective!
Excellent done!
Lili

hi tanja, wow what a unique looking butterfly, excellent textures and colors, well done, cheers, scott

Zdravo Tanja,
odusevljena sam ovim tvojim fotografijama leptira,
kako ih samo ulovis da ti ovako poziraju
pozdrav, Zorica

Hi Tanja,
Great detailed shot, nice and sharp with good colour, great note.
Well done
Tfs Andy

Anjhello Scoring System:
DOF - 3 POV - 3 CREATIVITY - 3 COMPOSITION - 3
LIGHTING - 2 SHARPNESS - 2 COLORS - 2

Average: 2.57

Range:
1 point: Average < 1.99
2 points: Average > 2.00

Scoring System:
1 Good 2 Better 3 Best

tfs!

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  • flipvd Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 162 W: 5 N: 19] (1218)
  • [2007-10-17 22:41]

Hi Tanja

Very nice macro shot, the colours and detail are great!!!
Well done Tanja
TFS
flipvd

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