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Tortoiseshell


Tortoiseshell
Photo Information
Copyright: Andy Brook (andybrook) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 268 W: 5 N: 104] (733)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-07-20
Categories: Nature
Camera: Fuji Finepix S7000
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/210 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-07-21 7:06
Viewed: 847
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly resting on a sun bleached tree stump in my parents garden,I took this shot yesterday (the same day as the toad).
Photo cropped,no other adjustments were done,I was quite happy with the colours.

The Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is probably the most commonly known of British Butterflies and is a frequent visitor to gardens in Summer and it lays its eggs on the tender shoots of Nettle.

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In Belgium, this butterfly is current... Nice colors and well captured ! Great sharp details ! Well done ! I love the contast between butterfly colors and wood... Great !

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  • Dingo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2879 W: 368 N: 2718] (11723)
  • [2004-07-21 7:54]

Unbelievably beautiful animal. The way the antennae are 'painted' is stunning. Beautiful compo, excellent colours, but I'd have liked to see some more sharpness though. TFS, Andy.

Wow! Such a beautiful creature Andy the colors are excellent, you captured him well.

Beautiful, vibrant and very elegant, another wonderful macro Andy.
Lovely composition with exquisite colours and perfectly contrilled DoF.
Well done, good work!
::M::

This is SO captivating! I love the detail you captured of the butterly and the wood post, and how the ground is blurred. Nice job!

exellent colors! very good angle, very good work.
florian

Very nice butterfly. Lovely colors. A little too centered for my taste though. Good shot.

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  • mumek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 1 N: 90] (1608)
  • [2004-07-21 16:09]

Andy!
The tree stump is excellent background. This photo is next example of your artistic soul.

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  • Neige Gold Star Critiquer [C: 610 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2004-07-21 21:19]

We have the same here in Canada. Antenna are geat, so nice looking. A nice picture, i like very much the way it is presented.

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  • pdp Gold Star Critiquer [C: 115 W: 39 N: 123] (538)
  • [2004-07-23 6:38]

Superb focus, true colours and great detail. Nice composition on the wood, makes a nice change from being on a flower.

Excellent stuff Andy!

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  • letr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1207 W: 423 N: 1190] (6649)
  • [2004-07-23 9:06]

Excellent contrast with the background Andy, love the colors and composition..Great job !!

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  • manny Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 567 W: 23 N: 1528] (11783)
  • [2004-07-24 1:28]

Andy, the colors are superb here. You're the master on insect's shots. I like the compo here too with the edge of the butterfly on the green grass background.

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  • Quark Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1466 W: 10 N: 29] (66)
  • [2004-07-24 7:53]

Excellent colours in this picture, very well seen, Andy !

Chapeau bas Monsieur Andy ! Très belle composition et couleurs éclatantes.
Very well done.

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 0 N: 92] (511)
  • [2004-07-25 3:53]

Splendid photograph Andy, excellent of colours, lovely.

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  • Jax Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 11 W: 0 N: 14] (111)
  • [2004-07-25 15:19]

Good capture Andy, colours and composition spot on - the tree stump in the background really brings out the colours of the butterfly.

This is a beautiful butterfly, Andy. I love the contrasing bright colors of the butterfly with what it is resting on. Wonderful capture on one of natures most difficult subjects to photograph. :O)

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 235 W: 0 N: 337] (1506)
  • [2008-09-05 3:11]

Hello andy,
a lovely shot of the insect. Very sharp and great clarity.
colours well define in your well controlled lighting and lovely display of texture in a blurred background.

regards,
Foozi

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