gate-keeper-male Photo

Photographer’s Note

A male Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronius tithonus)so named for their habit of resting on plants in the gaps left in hedge rows by the large wooden farm gateways.
adjustments.
Saturation +6 lightness -16
brightness -5 contrast +6
USM 129% X 2.1px radius X threshold 1
crop to 800px wide at 72dpi, save to web 197.3K and post to TE

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Georges (11183) 2003-12-02 14:35

Très belle photo avec de bons détails. Le font vert met votre papillon en valeur. Vos explications sont claires mais surtout me seront bien utiles pour le futur merci .Très bien.

carper (63877) 2003-12-02 14:36

Robert,

This is a nice gatekeeper. Good colours and a good capture. Well done.

Rockyboy (20580) 2003-12-02 16:53

The details of that butterfly are veru good. I like also the blur green behind. Nice pic!

milloup (1829) 2003-12-02 17:54

What a delicious macro. You've managed to capture every detail, including his soft hairs on body and inner part of the wings. AND you remembered to put the Latin name all by yourself this time ;-)) He's not a Scandinavian species, this one, can't find him in my book.