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August 2007 Entries
August 2007 Entries
back from Arnside Knott with my entry for this month, a scotch argus
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- Pete Eeles
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This is the August 2007 competition. Please read the competition introduction at:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=991
To enter the August competition, please post a single reply to this message (1 post per member). You'll be able to edit your entry until 5th September.
Cheers,
- Pete
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=991
To enter the August competition, please post a single reply to this message (1 post per member). You'll be able to edit your entry until 5th September.
Cheers,
- Pete
August entry
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- Gruditch
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Rogerdoge & Gwenie told me this was better than my D O B, not to sure myself, I think they may be stitching me up.
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Gruditch
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I decided to change mine. This image combines no less than 4 of my hobbies! Gliding, biking, photography and of course butterflying.
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On the 10th I took the inset picture of a Brown Hairstreak at Hell Coppice near Oakley Wood, Bucks. Canon Powershot A80 (Handheld, no flash, automatic metering and shutter speed (-1/3 programmed in), ISO 50, 3x zoom plus +4 closeup filter - picture cropped and resized, plus light sharpening to 600x600 for my website). I had ridden to site by motorbike and spotted the BH while riding through slowly. I stopped the bike a few meters west of it and took pics with full gear including helmet on.
On the 11th I took the main picture (from the South - North is up) with the same camera (same settings, minus the closeup filter, no zoom, cropped but not resized, light sharpening) from 3000+ feet above site in a DG300 glider while passing during a cross country flight from Lasham Airfield in Hampshire. I took this, added the inset and annotation so you can see where I saw the BH and what it looked like.![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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My original entry was a pair of courting Silver Spotted Skippers at Bald Hill, Aston Rowan. This can still be seen by clicking on http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Butterf ... ppers3.jpg.
-Mike
http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Butterf ... index.html
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On the 10th I took the inset picture of a Brown Hairstreak at Hell Coppice near Oakley Wood, Bucks. Canon Powershot A80 (Handheld, no flash, automatic metering and shutter speed (-1/3 programmed in), ISO 50, 3x zoom plus +4 closeup filter - picture cropped and resized, plus light sharpening to 600x600 for my website). I had ridden to site by motorbike and spotted the BH while riding through slowly. I stopped the bike a few meters west of it and took pics with full gear including helmet on.
On the 11th I took the main picture (from the South - North is up) with the same camera (same settings, minus the closeup filter, no zoom, cropped but not resized, light sharpening) from 3000+ feet above site in a DG300 glider while passing during a cross country flight from Lasham Airfield in Hampshire. I took this, added the inset and annotation so you can see where I saw the BH and what it looked like.
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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My original entry was a pair of courting Silver Spotted Skippers at Bald Hill, Aston Rowan. This can still be seen by clicking on http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Butterf ... ppers3.jpg.
-Mike
http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Butterf ... index.html
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- Dave McCormick
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Small White
Small white taken on 13th:
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Cheers all,
My Website: My new website: http://daveslepidoptera.com/ - Last Update: 11/10/2011
My Nature videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/DynamixWarePro
My Website: My new website: http://daveslepidoptera.com/ - Last Update: 11/10/2011
My Nature videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/DynamixWarePro
- Charles Nicol
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august 2007 entry #3
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this was taken in an olive grove in corfu
charles
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- Jack Harrison
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- Gwenhwyfar
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- Trev Sawyer
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A brown hairstreak with the sunlight shining through its wings:
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Canon 350D camera, 18-55mm canon lens (set on 55mm), 1/500, F5.6, ISO 400, hand-held.
Trev
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Canon 350D camera, 18-55mm canon lens (set on 55mm), 1/500, F5.6, ISO 400, hand-held.
Trev
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- Mike Young
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To Mike
Hi Mike,
Thats a really nice good shot you've uploaded. I love the pose and the lighting through the wings. Its my favourite so far and will get my vote unless I see better!![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Regards
Matt
Thats a really nice good shot you've uploaded. I love the pose and the lighting through the wings. Its my favourite so far and will get my vote unless I see better!
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Regards
Matt
- Mike Young
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- Malcolm Farrow
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