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Polyommatus semiargus ?(with repost)

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 7, 20061,309 views12 comments

Not sure about the right ID. Maybe someone could help me.
Cropped for composition, processed with PSCS2.
Thanks for your comments!

Canon 30D @ 180mm Sigma @ Manfrotto tripod
ambient light
1/15 s @ f16
ISO 200
EBV -1

Servus!

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Juza on August 7, 2006 at 5:27 PM

Hi Marius,
I'd have framed it as horizontal, with a little less room on the bottom and more room on both the sides. Great photo otherwise!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on August 7, 2006 at 8:00 PM

Marius,,,,,this would have been fine with one butterfly, but two in the plane of focus puts it over the top! Can't help with the ID, but this is a beautiful capture.

Ragards,
David

Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments

Comment posted by Lee Daniels on August 7, 2006 at 8:32 PM

Fantastic capture, beautifully presented!

Registered on December 31, 2003, 115 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by Marius Nistor on August 8, 2006 at 1:45 AM

Thanks Juza! I was expecting that suggestion and the original frame looks 90% like this.

But for the reason of details I preferred a tighter crop.

Servus!

Registered on February 4, 2006, 38 Posts, 551 Comments

Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on August 8, 2006 at 4:57 AM

Beauty !

Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Garber on August 8, 2006 at 7:51 AM

Wonderful Shot!
I also perfer the horizontal, but its you picture, what you like is what counts!
I don't have a European book so I can't help with the ID

Registered on November 17, 2003, 704 Posts, 3535 Comments

Comment posted by Riccardo Hallgass on August 8, 2006 at 8:10 AM

What a beatiful capture. I especially appreciate the vivid colors you got for the flower and the butterflies. The contrast they create with the bg is superb.

I prefer the horizontal crop too.
Riccardo

Registered on June 21, 2006, 5 Posts, 42 Comments

Comment posted by W. Tracy Parnell on August 8, 2006 at 11:03 AM

Great shot-I prefer the repost.

Registered on March 4, 2004, 27 Posts, 1638 Comments

Comment posted by Randy Harrison on August 8, 2006 at 12:52 PM

I love these butterflies you have. Nice shot and pretty perch also.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 468 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on August 14, 2006 at 11:01 AM

Marius - what a wonderful pair captured perfectly. Congrats on a really fine image!

Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments

Comment posted by Mary C Legg on March 9, 2007 at 5:13 AM

don;t think so

look here
http://www.leps.it/

here's another good identification site
http://www.schmetterling-raupe.de/

Matt Rowling
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/

I had another which was better becasue you could check via region, but lost all in last crash in december. my apologies

and I ha
have one like this from CZ and have it identified differently

check it against a Mountain Alcon
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_pages/rebeli.htm

but there is another mountain alcon strain that looks similar to above...

long url for rebeli
http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/MaculRebel.htm

short
http://tinyurl.com/2h4aj4

sorry-- lost my bookmarks or I'd referr you to some other very good butterfly sites. best luck from Prague. pogomcl@ gmail.com

I'll try to find the site again because is a big problem here in the flyover area.

Registered on March 7, 2007, 3 Posts, 2 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Rogers on April 17, 2007 at 1:40 PM

Hello Marius, this is a super image I have'nt been lucky enouth yet to get to together. I shall have to try a bit harder after seeing this.

Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments