Silver-studded Blue

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• pankajbajpai (16627)
• [2007-02-23 7:33]

hi alexei,
excellent macro shot,
the small butterfly has been captured with good sharpness & very good details,
nice pov, the leafs make lovely bg,
very well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• star74 (2474)
• [2007-02-23 7:36]

Hi Alexei,
Great capture of this butterfly.
I like the colors a lot.
Details are superb.
Nice job.
TFS

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• GLEM (10)
• [2007-02-23 7:36]

hi Alexei,
un autre shoot parfaitment réalisé de ce papillon. L'ouverture est bien choisie et donne des détails subtiles. Très bonne association de couleur.

tfs

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• vanderschelden (30441)
• [2007-02-23 7:46]

Hi Alexei,
Seems like gravity doesn't exist at all here.
Very good image. Good exposure, sharpness, composition and so forth.
Well done
The other images are also very well done.
TFS
Annick

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• scottevers7 (12309)
• [2007-02-23 7:51]

Hi Alexi,
This is an excellent macro shot on this Comman Blue. Beautiful color and sharp detail in the butterfly. I think it looks great.
Scott

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• Tamrock (1928)
• [2007-02-23 8:18]

hi alexei!
nice macro with good sharpness
and very nice lightning!
good work!

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• Argus (50626)
• [2007-02-23 8:21]
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Hello Alexei,
Technically first class shot of this Blue Butterfly, with excellent lighting, sharpness and BG.
I'm afraid the ID is wrong, though. This is a female Silver-Studded Blue (Plebejus argus) - my butterfly!
This is a female because of the brownish colour on the underside of the wings and you can just see the brown upperside. The less angular form of the upper wing differentiates it from the similar Idas blue in this photo.
The Common Blue has a white wedge-shaped streak from the red spots to the centre.
This is a little lesson in exchange for your technical lessons!
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

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• uleko (10940)
• [2007-02-23 8:22]
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Hello Alexei,
Beautiful capture of the Silver-studded Blue which also occurs here along the coast. Very nice sharp details and colours and certainly worth displaying! I like the composition too!
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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• fartash (5161)
• [2007-02-23 8:28]

Hello Alexie
Very nice shot of common blue,
Excellent composition and POV,
Beautiful colors,Welldone.

Regards
Fartash

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• fyapici (7499)
• [2007-02-23 8:32]

Privet Alexei,
Just need a word: CONGRATULATIONS! Very nice, very clean, very neat! Perfect!
With my best wishes.
Greetings
Fevzi

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• Maite (5199)
• [2007-02-23 9:41]

Hurrah! You have decided to share your little ladies! That's marvellous! All your pictures of butterflies are really gorgeous in technique and in beauty, so we are on to a good thing.
I am eager to know all kind of butterflies that you can find there. Please, please. Go on with them.
Thank you very much. :)
Best wishes
Maite

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• Juyona (16891)
• [2007-02-23 10:02]

Hola Alexei,
Bella macro, nitidez y colores exclentes,
gran trabajo, saludos

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• ramthakur (56953)
• [2007-02-23 10:11]

You have unearthed a precious jewel from your dormant archive belonging exclusively to the butterflies, Alexei.
The Blue is a wide-spread species and it is found everywhere in India despite marked variations in climatic conditions there. This specimen from your country looks, young, fresh and energetic.
A well captured sharp and colourful image.
Best regards,
Ram

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• clnaef (6814)
• [2007-02-23 10:13]

Bonjour,
Beau contraste entre le papillon et la fleur. Les ailes sont en parfait état.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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• ellis49 (2254)
• [2007-02-23 11:09]

Hi Alexei,
this is a beautiful close-up picture. The composition and colours are very good. The sharpness and exposure are spot on.
Well done,my friend.

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• Ken52 (4195)
• [2007-02-23 11:43]

Beautiful butterfly. The colors are amazing. Very sharp focus. Excellent composition.

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• marmottelolo (14697)
• [2007-02-23 11:48]

bonjour alex
voila un papillon de toutes beauté,personellement j'aurais peut etre recadré un peu,mais cela n'engage que moi!
les details sont vraiment bien presents et les couleurs superbes.
felicitations.
laurent

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• mikou (6093)
• [2007-02-23 11:48]

Hi Alexei.
Excellent capture of this little beautiful butterfly.Very nice point of view with perfect DOF.I like your composition and pretty lighting.Colors and details are simply amazing.
Well done,TFS and best greetings.
Milos

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• Necipp (100)
• [2007-02-23 14:38]

Hello Alexei what a superb detailed shot lovely DOF and great light nice colour and contrast beautifull work tfs rgds Necip.

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• XOTAELE (8)
• [2007-02-23 15:02]

Alexei, has capturado una maravilla con tu cámara. Detalles fabulosos. La silueta de la mariposa se recorta contra un fondo extraordinario. Muy estético.
Saludos amigo, JL.

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• stevkds (1811)
• [2007-02-23 16:17]

Very good shot Alexei.
Excellent macro. Very nice excercise with the colour, structure and focus. tfs. Stev

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• JORAPAVI (4643)
• [2007-02-23 16:34]

Hola Alexei,
Una imagen muy bella y natural, buena nitidez y composición. Un cordial saludo

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• delic (898)
• [2007-02-23 16:43]

Hello Alexei,
Very impreesive butterfly photo from you. Love the sharpness and detail. Composition is unusual and outstanding. Keep up the good work!
Best,
Hakan

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• lemoineth (2286)
• [2007-02-23 21:11]

Belle photo, beau papillon,très belles et douces couleurs, discrètes et lumineuse a la fois. Amitiés Thomas

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• fiyo (15161)
• [2007-02-24 3:46]

Hello Alexei,
Excellent macro shot!
Great composition with superb POV,
excellent details and nice colours.
Very Well done! my friend,TFS

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• valy67 (9219)
• [2007-02-24 4:03]

Helo Alexei !
What a spnedid shot ! And the butterfly is entirely in focus from the tip of the wings to the tip of the antennas ! Great work ! Beautiful composition, natural colors, excellent POV and pose of the butterfly... It is simply perfect ! Congratulations !
Valerie.

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• dew77 (13270)
• [2007-02-24 4:43]

Privet Alexei,
Lovely close up.POV,details,colors,DOF,details and lighting are wonderful.Have agreat weekend!
TFS..:-)

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• saeedabbasi (5100)
• [2007-02-24 5:44]

Hi dear Alexei ,
very nice image.
great composition and nice colours.
BG is excellent too.
very well done
thanks and regards
Saeed

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• RAP (7405)
• [2007-02-24 6:37]

Difícil situación muy bien resuelta aquí amigo mío con excelente punto de vista para captar la mariposa en medio de su entorno.
Buen DOF permite el foco apropiado y el correcto OOF, iluminación y balance de blancos bien controlados, agudeza acorde y una composición estéticamente agradable.
Una escena bien equilibrada... TFS.
Un cordial saludo desde un caluroso Buenos Aires... Ricardo

Difficult situation very well resolved here my friend with excellent point of view to capture the butterfly amid their environment.
Good DOF allows the appropriate focus and correct OOF, illumination and white balance well controlled, sharpness in agreement and a composition aesthetically pleasant.
A very balanced scene... TFS.
A cordial greeting from a warm Buenos Aires... Ricardo

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• jmp (8415)
• [2007-02-24 6:42]

Hi Alexei,
Great details and wonderful colours and environment.
TFS, José M.

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• anel (40574)
• [2007-02-24 7:38]

Hi Alex,
It's a good idea to wake up your little butterflies and to show them on TN. You present this little Blue in an excellent and photogenic position. The composition of the picture is great and sharpness, like always,too. Now, we look further for the others.:-)
Best regards
Anne

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• nainnain (6259)
• [2007-02-24 9:38]

hello alex
félicitations pour cette jolie prise, tres bons détails et couleurs sur ce papillon
bravo et merci
edith

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• NellyD (1783)
• [2007-02-24 10:25]

Hi Alexei,

This is a great macro-shot, I like the details of the butterfly very much.
Very good sharpness, POV, BG and beautiful colours.
Well done!
TFS and have a nice weekend.

Greetings, Nel

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• peter_stoeckl (11530)
• [2007-02-24 10:38]
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Dear Alexej,
so far, it has only been a small number of butterflies you have presented here on TN. Listing them here in your note for a quick review shows that all of them have been of outstanding precision and high artistic quality.
"On the rest", giving an excellent portrait of Zerynthia polyxena, posted months ago, is still very fresh in my memory as an outstanding image, both for the butterfly species that is something special for Europe (and first described from Vienna in 1775 by Denis & Schiffermüller), and for its very artistic composition with the dry plant it is sitting on. This image was made without any special equipment such as a macro, and nevertheless it is excellent.
Now the Argus Blue comes as another example of precision high quality, and a very good sense for composition. I like it a lot. Congratulations, my dear friend.
Picturing butterflies - same as capturing birds - is most often a job where you are in a hurry. Different to picturing flowers and other stills, you usually cannot wait for the light to change, try different points of view, different aperture settings, but you have to approach as carefully and closely as possible and press the button quicker than the butterflies takes off again. So is rather hard to obtain high precision captures from them.
That is a very promising start for more to come from you, and I am very much looking forward to that.
Thank you! My best wishes,
Peter

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• Silvio2006 (102073)
• [2007-02-24 10:46]

Hi Alexei, splendid butterfly with wonderful colors and great sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• claudine (0)
• [2007-02-24 11:50]

Hello Alexei,
What a beautiful little one :)) I love its pose, exposure, details, lightning, colors and composition. DOF and contrast are very good too. What else can I say except, congratulations!
Claudine

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• anahory (1377)
• [2007-02-24 13:00]

Hi Alexei,Master of Macrophotography!

Brilliant is the term to this outstanding macro:colours,composition,perfect sharpness,texture...everything is perfect indeed and this is one more masterpiece here on treknature!
best regards dear friend
pedro

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• Luis52 (15809)
• [2007-02-24 13:47]

Hola Alexei.- Que bella mariposa la que hoy vemos aqui. Muy nitida y con exelente fondo. Luis52.

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-02-24 15:55]

Hello Alexei

Don't hold back,show us the butterflies please.This is beautiful.The details and textures are so sharp and well focused.The colours are well saturated.A real beauty.TFS

Rob

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• oscarromulus (42)
• [2007-02-24 16:27]

Alexei,
Your Silver-studded Blue is truely lovely. Very sharp in your focusing.
The details are so very clear.
Love also the contrasts.
Great composition,
Mario.

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• pablominto (14563)
• [2007-02-25 1:09]

Hello Alexei,
Excellent details, very attractive composition!
The macro work is top class no doubt, reproducing details in a wonderful way and the colours are very attractive...
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• hester (11638)
• [2007-02-25 3:55]

Hi Alexei

I am pleased you are sharing your butterfly collection. This is a lovely shot with sharp details, natural colours and a nice POV. Lovely shot

TFS

Karan

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• sily (1934)
• [2007-02-25 5:14]

Hi Alex!
I love to wait to see each one of your new shots, I can hear music when I see this one, that doesn't mean I'm crazy but that this is such a magnificent view, interesting composition, perfect focus and POV,I don't see why you waited to post it, it's great and has funny note!TFS!

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• wishnugaruda (19365)
• [2007-02-25 7:28]
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Hi Alexei,
it's such a cute tiny butterfly, I love them so much. You captured it with excellent sharpness. The only thing I would have done is to turn it 50 degree to the right.
I made a WS for you, hope you don't mind.
Greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• izler (44)
• [2007-02-25 13:42]

hello Alexei
wonderful macro working on this beautiful butterfly. i like composition, point of view, colours, sharpness and details in your photo. furthermore successful using of filter, lens and f value
TFS
regards
izler

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• volkan (2425)
• [2007-02-25 13:53]

Hi Alexei,
Excellent closeup capture.
You can see every detail on this butterfly.
The green surrounding fits in perfect with the BF.
Keep up the good job.
TFS

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• horia (16656)
• [2007-02-27 13:02]

Hi Alexei

Even though this is a very popular butterfly here on TN, i must say that this is avery high quality macro work, my friend!
The details on its entire body, head and antennas are really terrific and the colors and patterns shine very beautifully out of the frame.
The soft contrast with the BG works well, the lighting is exceptional and the POV is nice.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• pvb (1981)
• [2007-02-27 13:50]

Hi Alexei,
Great shot of this little butterfly. Nice composition and pov. The focus is excellent. Nice colours.
Thanks Paula

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• greenpinkorange (1789)
• [2007-02-28 23:32]

hello alexei,

Great picture, and sharpness. i'd like a different crop but i like the pose of the butterfly. Great lighting and clear subject.

yes i've been gone for a while.. school's been busy and i don't have time to go out for photography :( But i'm having SOME time on my hands although exams are coming. :) so we'll see.

Carry on the great shots!
Steph

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• SelenE (13972)
• [2007-03-01 2:06]

Hi Alexei,
The focus, clarity and sharpness on the butterfly is great. Very good POV with a very successfull background consisting of leaves, I liked the lighting. Very well done.
TFS
Selen

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• carper (8439)
• [2007-03-02 13:05]
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well Alexei,
Sorrie of the late critique, but I have much to do on trek earth on the moment. It is very intens to made and folow almost 50.000 people on that side. I promes you my friend, I will come back in spring with new photo shots and I hope I will see this little blue one also, the shot is nice but for the composition I would rotate it for a better pov, the perspective is nice even as the fantastic sharpnes, well done my friend, Have a nice weekend.
gr. jaap

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• jeanpaul (14962)
• [2007-03-05 17:36]

Bonjour Alexei
C'est une belle composition trés harmonieuse et des couleurs qui se marient parfaitement. Super BG.
Merci et au revoir...JP

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• jcoowanitwong (13754)
• [2007-03-06 10:09]

Hello Alexei,
Very beautiful macro picture of this small butterfly. Sharpness, exposure, and colors saturation are great. Congratulations and with best regards,
JC

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• SkyF (8073)
• [2007-03-20 6:59]

Hello Alexei,
gorgeouys shot, I like the POV a lot it brings a lot of depth into the picture. Sharpness, colors and details are amazing. Excellent work.
Sky

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• irimi (266)
• [2007-04-03 5:04]

Hello Alexei,
Very good lighting on this sharp, well focused butterfly. I liked the colors as well.

Greetings,
Ahmet

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• juanjo (1142)
• [2007-04-08 7:51]

hello Alexei

perfect picture with wonderful colours and a nice contrast bewteen the butterfly and the leaves

sharpness is perfect

regards

Juanjo

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• Christopher_PL (2685)
• [2007-04-23 2:27]

Hi Alex
Really well done! Great colours and sharpness. All the details are perfect visible - thanks

Chris

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• metcher (4284)
• [2007-04-24 12:04]

Hi, Alex.
Good macro. Very interesting pose. Sharpness, details and colors on butterfly are very good.

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• captainsgirl (4088)
• [2007-05-16 15:54]

Hello Alex,
Beautiful shot, great close up! Sharp details , great color. TFS
Donna:o)



Thanks for your comments on my photo " Butterfly Fields Forever (32) " :o)

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• Mana (18598)
• [2007-11-20 20:04]

Hi Alexei,
Just marking this wonderful post from you and will come back later with a proper critique. Sorry, on the sick list.
Regards.
Sumon