Charles Nicol

[Charles Nicol]

mmm cookies enabled !!

charles

[Charles Nicol]

after that delicious cookie i am ready to post some more intriguing pics:

hope you like !!

Charles

[Padfield]

Thanks for the cookie!

I'm really umming and aghhing about the third picture here. I think the others are:

1. Small copper
2. Peacock
4. Green-veined white
5. Small tortoiseshell

I think there might be two butterflies in the third picture. And one of them might be a small copper... But that one is puzzling me!!

Guy

[Jack Harrison]

I had a brief look at SumoPaint but didn't download. So how do you create those kaleidoscope images with SumoPaint? You say it's easy

Jack

[Charles Nicol]

Thanks for the cookie!

I think there might be two butterflies in the third picture. And one of them might be a small copper... But that one is puzzling me!!

Guy

Again you have proved a worthy opponent !!
All of your suggestions are correct...picture 3 only contains one butterfly though;
Pictures 1 and 3 are both modifications of this one:

Charles

[Charles Nicol]

I had a brief look at SumoPaint but didn't download. So how do you create those kaleidoscope images with SumoPaint? You say it's easy

Jack

you can do all kaleidoscope work using the online version.

select the filters tab at the top of the screen

from the menu select distort

from the next menu select kaleidoscope;

if you want to keep the resulting image select file...save to my computer ;

i let it keep the png extension...then upload it to flickr which converts it into a suitable size & format for ukbutterflies.

hopefully these pics will help:

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Charles

[Charles Nicol]

here are some more from France:

amusez-vous bien

Charles

[Jack Harrison]

Cheeky blighter!

But a thought. That kaleidoscopic style of portrait would make a good avatar for someone although I will be sticking with my grumpy avatar for the time being.

Jack

[Padfield]

OK Charlie Boy,

I think I've got all yours, but I'll keep my answers to myself so someone else can have a guess...

In the meantime, here's a couple for you in return:





Guy

[Gibster]

That last one could just be the scariest thing I've ever seen...is it a demented many-headed beastie out of Dr Who, lol?

[Padfield]

That last one could just be the scariest thing I've ever seen...is it a demented many-headed beastie out of Dr Who, lol?

A cross between a triffid and a Cyclops!

The real life butterfly, from the point of view of a would-be predator, is almost as weird. It's supposed to look as if it has two heads, one at each end of its body, replete with antennae on both.

Guy

[Paul]

and an alien invader

[Charles Nicol]

Very nice 8-fold pics Guy !!

I think the first one is a Lesser Purple Emperor...

the second one is either a Hairstreak or a Blue...

the brown bands are telling me Long-tailed Blue FINAL ANSWER !!

Charles

[Charles Nicol]

here are a few more...only two are butterflies though !!

Charles

[Matsukaze]

Interesting thing...you can do some really weird things with caterpillars by moving the centre around.

[Charles Nicol]

Interesting thing...you can do some really weird things with caterpillars by moving the centre around.

could you post some ?... it sounds intriguing. Do the caterpillars mind ?

Charles

[Padfield]

Not so confident about these ones, Charles!

Is that a scarce chaser lurking in the second and fourth pictures?

I think marbled white for the grey-scale picture, but the blue is challenging. Is it Escher's, from one of your French trips? If not, I go for common blue. The chequering isn't far enough out in the fringe for Lysandra.

Guy

PS - I love the demon fish holding hands!! Brilliant!

[Padfield]

Very nice 8-fold pics Guy !!

I think the first one is a Lesser Purple Emperor...

the second one is either a Hairstreak or a Blue...

the brown bands are telling me Long-tailed Blue FINAL ANSWER !!

Charles

I forgot to say - yes, you're right on both counts. Hence Paul's 'alien invader' comment for the second!

Guy

[Matsukaze]

Hi Charles,

I don't seem able to save the images to my PC, even though it tells me that they have...

[Charles Nicol]

Thanks Guy for your kind comments on my pics. You were exactly right with the identities...the blue was indeed Common from Huntingdonshire:

here is the Chaser...again from a local meadow:

I am glad i got the Long-tailed Blue right... i was having serious thoughts about Geranium Bronze afterwards

Matsukase:

i had this problem at first...what you should do is allow the program to choose the .png suffix... but when you save it to your computer ...perhaps to "My Pictures"... choose a name and include .jpg at the end ...for instance kaleido1.jpg .this worked OK for me.
alternatively you can send the .png version to flickr from your download folder without altering the suffix. then flickr changes the format & size so you can post it here.

charles



good luck !!