Sharing A Few Butterflies Part VIII

[seefei]

Hi,

Nice shot of the butterfly, a little bit underexposed tho. I would try to increase exposure during ps. Anyways, good attempt in getting parallel to the butterfly and shooting at such a thin DOF, you must have really steady hands! Another way to brighten up the image is to use flash, just to bring up some details and even out the lighting between the BF and the BG.

I wouldnt call this one a Common Tree Nymph, although it is just the english name of the butterfly which varies a bit. This butterfly orginiates from Taiwan and is quite similar to our Mangrove Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe chersonesia). I like to call it the Taiwanese Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe clara) instead

Thanks for the comments. will look into the exposure setting and fill in flash the next time. as this is the first time i am shooting butterfly, really appreciate the advice.

The ID was done by the HortPark staff. Thanks for the additional info and it really clear up my confusion on the ID. They told me this is an exotic species, hence i post it here. I have also taken the Leopard Laceswing and Orange Emigrant (ID courtesy of HP staff :bsmilie: also).

 

[seefei]

Hi seefei,

A well taken shot at F/5.6 !:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Pentex outing at Hortpark?

Anthony is right this is the Taiwanese Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe clara) .

The main problem in using common name is it differ from region to region and can caused great confusion, that is the reason we always include the scientific name so that there is no ambiguity .

The two local species are Idea stolli logani (Common Tree Nymph ) and Idea leuconoe chersonesia (Mangrove Tree Nymph)

Cheers!

I was shooting at f8 that day but the natural lighting was poor at this particular location, so i upped the f-stop. Yup, you are right, I was with the Pentax outing last week at HortPark. There were a lot of butterflies shooters that morning and it was really hard to get into position.

As to the ID of these wonderful beauties, i hope to learn from this thread and butterfly circle (had joined as a member today). I am very impressed with the work of you, Anthony and a few others. :thumbsup:

Look forward to another round of shoot and more sharing here...

 

[inckurei]

Thanks for the comments. will look into the exposure setting and fill in flash the next time. as this is the first time i am shooting butterfly, really appreciate the advice.

The ID was done by the HortPark staff. Thanks for the additional info and it really clear up my confusion on the ID. They told me this is an exotic species, hence i post it here. I have also taken the Leopard Laceswing and Orange Emigrant (ID courtesy of HP staff :bsmilie: also).

I suppose the HortPark staff did give you the scientific names to the butterflies too (they are very particular with that :lol: ). I am making this assumption based on the ambiguity of the common names. Tree Nymps are also called Paper Kites in the western countries, which adds more to the confusion.

I suppose to clear up any ambiguity, and to be very sure, we can stick to the scientific or latin names of the butterfly

 

[dykat2009]

Manto hypoleuca terana (Green Imperial)

Male on the right, female left.

ISO1600 1/80s F/9, Fill-flash , Handheld.


Cheers!

:cheers:

Sunny, This is beautiful shot. :thumbsup:
Wish I could shoot these wing jewels in pairs. I guess it is not easy to spot them together.

 

[Bluesteel]

David ,

Thank you for the kind words!

Thanks to commonbirdwing16's keen eyes in spotting this pair during our last outing to Panti Forest .

This species is rather rare both in Singapore( only recently re-discovered in 2009) and Malaysia , to get a shot of them in this compromising position is even rarer still. We had the good fortune of them being fairy docile to get these mating shots which I believe are the only ones of this species in recent memory.

Here are another two shots of this beauty from my archives:

Manto hypoleuca terana (Green Imperial) Female

ISO 800 1/60s F/11 Fill flash, full frame , denoised, Monopod

ISO400 1/100s F/6.3 Fill-flash , Monopod.

Cheers!

 

[peterpan]

Bluesteel, you have nice butterfly shot very coulour :thumbsup:

 

[Bluesteel]

Ben,

Thanks for the kind words!!


Cheers!

 

[seefei]

David ,

Thank you for the kind words!

Thanks to commonbirdwing16's keen eyes in spotting this pair during our last outing to Panti Forest .

This species is rather rare both in Singapore( only recently re-discovered in 2009) and Malaysia , to get a shot of them in this compromising position is even rarer still. We had the good fortune of them being fairy docile to get these mating shots which I believe are the only ones of this species in recent memory.

Here are another two shots of this beauty from my archives:

ISO400 1/100s F/6.3 Fill-flash , Monopod.

Cheers!

The composition is superb and very well balanced. :thumbsup: With the write-up, can pass up as natgeo stuff!! :bsmilie:

 

[bluefinx]

Sharing a few shots.


Rapala suffusa barthema ( Suffused Flash )

Rapala pheretima sequeira ( Copper Flash )

Chilasa clytia clytia ( Common Mime, 斑凤&#34678

Orsotriaena medus cinerea (Nigger)

 

[hhho]

very nice shot, bluefinx.
You are new member but not new to shooting butterflies.
Thank you for sharing.
cheers,

 

[inckurei]

Purple Duke

Model: NIKON D80
Shutter Speed: 1/80 second
Aperture: F/4.5
Focal Length: 180 mm
ISO Speed: 800

 

[ongac168]

Very good shots of the nice butterfiles.
Hope I could take such nice pictures when my skills improves.
Cheers!

 

[rwalker]

Plain Tiger

Common Five Ring

 

[1983paco]

眼蛱蝶(junonia almana)
1#

 

[kutten]

I hardly took any macro photo, but this beautiful Lime Butterfly just happen to stop over the plant outside my house, I quickly brought out my camera and took this photo. Just to share .... without flash.

 

[bluefinx]

very nice shot, bluefinx.
You are new member but not new to shooting butterflies.
Thank you for sharing.
cheers,

Thanks for the comments, Ho.
Here's a few more to share



Paralaxita telesia lyclene (Common Red Harlequin)

Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia (Pygmy Posy)

Paralaxita damajanti damajanti (Malay Red Harlequin)

Taxila haquinus haquinus (Harlequin)

 

[peterpan]

Good shot of the butt :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[peterpan]

My butt shot

 

[andylausk]

Logania marmorata damis

 

[Bluesteel]

Tanaecia aruna aruna