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Large White on thistle

By Glostopcat  
A large white butterfly nectaring on a thistle in the valley area of the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve near Cheltenham.

Tags: Close-up and macro Large white butterfly Thistles Glos Wildlife and nature Prestbury hill nature reserve Butterfly conservation

Voters: CarolG, Hermanus, NaturesHaven and 59 more

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Uploaded:
22 Oct 2013 7:53AM
Camera:
Canon EOS 400D (Rebel XTi)
Lens:
100.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 161.8 mm)
Shutter Speed:
1/400s
Aperture:
f/8.0
ISO:
200
Focal Length:
100.0 mm
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Comments


CarolG 13 199 20 Greece
22 Oct 2013 7:56AM
Nice one, Ed, though it looks just a tad over-sharpened on my little screen. You've captured some excellent detail in the eye. Carol
Last modified by CarolG on 22 Oct 2013 7:57AM

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Hermanus 7 4 South Africa
22 Oct 2013 7:57AM
A beauty Ed Smile
lynks 11 England
22 Oct 2013 8:15AM
Ed another great butterfly shot WinkWinkWinkWinkWinkWink
saeidNL 10 3 Netherlands
22 Oct 2013 8:24AM
Beautiful and lovely capture,ED,very well done
Saeid
DorisD 6 England
22 Oct 2013 8:36AM
Beautifully sharp detail
kathrynlouise Plus
8 423 1 United Kingdom
22 Oct 2013 8:38AM
Gorgeous Ed, beautiful colours in this one GrinGrin

Kathryn
gary_d 12 576 13 Wales
22 Oct 2013 8:55AM
A lovely image but as Carol rightly said its over sharpened. - gary
Maiwand 13 3 73 England
22 Oct 2013 9:19AM
Great shot Ed.GrinGrinGrinGrinGrin
Ron
PattiW 14 24 2 United States
22 Oct 2013 10:53AM
EXCELLENT! PattiSmileSmileSmile
RonnieAG Plus
10 154 119 Scotland
22 Oct 2013 11:37AM
Top shot once again, Ed.
Ronnie.
achieverswales 9 8 101 Wales
22 Oct 2013 11:57AM
Excellent detail and exposure Ed.

Regards

Trev.
Nigeve1 6 1.4k 101 United Kingdom
22 Oct 2013 12:01PM
Superb sharp image.
Nigel
Fefe Plus
8 33 31 United Kingdom
22 Oct 2013 12:52PM
Lovely shot!
Diane
Glyn1 10 4 1 England
22 Oct 2013 12:53PM
superb detail.

Glyn
ColleenA Plus
7 440 6 Australia
22 Oct 2013 1:50PM
A beautiful butterfly image Ed
DerekL 14 212 24 England
22 Oct 2013 2:29PM
Nice shot Ed.
Good composition showing both sides of the wing.
Agree about sharpening previously mentioned and would also clone out the bright leaf in the LH lower corner.
Minor nit-picks only, on a beautiful image.

Derek
Last modified by DerekL on 22 Oct 2013 2:30PM
taggart Plus
15 47 13 United States
22 Oct 2013 2:41PM
A very fine image of the large white!
mikbee 12 3 8 Scotland
22 Oct 2013 2:43PM
Fine shot Ed.
Despite the minor nit-picks !!
Mick.
Irishkate Plus
9 41 115 United Kingdom
22 Oct 2013 2:53PM
The sharpening has certainly highlighted lovely detail Ed on this Large White.
KateGrinGrinGrin
FeatherFriend 12 38 217 England
22 Oct 2013 3:31PM
The dof has captured the 2 closest wings superbly Ed, just a minuscule amount of OS though and agree it would be better without the leaf in the LH lower corner,
Regards,
Geoff.
Glostopcat 13 255 2 England
22 Oct 2013 3:52PM
The antennae and the far wing is a tad oversharpened, perhaps I should have used selective sharpening
danbrann 15 640 17
22 Oct 2013 5:44PM
Nearly perfection Ed.
Glostopcat 13 255 2 England
22 Oct 2013 6:32PM
Many thanks for all your comments and clicks and to Nigel for the user award, it is much appreciated, Ed
Ade_Osman 16 4.5k 36 England
22 Oct 2013 6:38PM
I'd have to agree with the other comments concerning the sharpening, but as it's you I'll let it go.....LOL

Ade GrinGrinGrin
EileenH 6 1 United Kingdom
22 Oct 2013 6:57PM
Great captureSmile

Eileen
vickyf 14 8 8 United Kingdom
22 Oct 2013 8:25PM
Well it looks great on my screen Smile
Holmewood Plus
7 6 United Kingdom
22 Oct 2013 9:10PM
Looks good on mine as well but agree about the leaves in the corner once it was pointed out. Cathy
ChiliMan 13 135 17 Singapore
23 Oct 2013 10:15AM
Fantastic capture, Ed, but I have to agree with Carol - it looks a wee bit oversharpened. Just wee, though Smile

Andrew
Badgerfred Plus
12 33 Wales
24 Oct 2013 11:26PM
Some nice detail in this fine image Ed,
Fred.
annettep38 Plus
8 219 42 Costa Rica
6 Nov 2013 9:11PM
that perch is perfectly matched with your pristine white.

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