Operation Ipoh - Day 2 (Kuala Woh)

[Commander]

This is the shootout on Day 2, where we were out to hunt the "King" of butts... *Mission accomplished* :grin2:

[The Plane]

Uncle Khew taking video of the Rajah Brooke's Birdwing ;P

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[The Plane]

Here are my Rajah Brooke's Birdwing shots to start off :cheers:

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[Archduke]

omg. so many.

[Great Mormon]

Woah, so many Rajah Brookes! Under + upperside covered, mission accomplished!! :thumbsup:

[The Plane]

The Striped Ringlet (Ragadia makuta siponta)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/5804378583_26bbd4ceb0_b.jpg

The Malayan Six-Ring (Ypthima fasciata torone)
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The Banded Swallowtail (Papilio demolion demolion)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/5804378263_d7e50341c7_b.jpg

[Blue Nawab]

From the trip, I realised that there must be hot spring for the RB to puddle...do we have it in Singapore...?

Here are my 3 shots to continue the excitment...:bsmile:

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/5804886290_19f1f4ed0f_z_d.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/5804471287_b2e9cb17a7_z_d.jpg

...to be continued...:bsmile:

[Blue Nawab]

More shots taken at Kuala Woh...:cheers:

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[The Plane]

....the three musketeers :grin2:

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[Commander]

How's your rashes, Chng? Need to go see doctor?

[The Plane]

How's your rashes, Chng? Need to go see doctor?

Thanks Khew. The rashes seems to have subsided, but I'm still going to the doctor later to be safe. Thanks.

[Bluebottle]

Beautiful shots, guys :cheers:
Sharing two for now and will find some time to process and post more tonight.

[Silverstreak]

Beautiful shots guys!!:cheers:

No Great Orange Tip ??

Must have fed the mossies well on the opposite side of the river!!!:bsmile:

:cheers:

[Yamfly]

Wow so many Rajah Brookes!! Open wing, close wing. Got perch on leaf shot somemore!!:thumbsup:

[Commander]

Two more...
#1 : Common Jester (Symbrenthia lilaea luciana)
#2 : Dark Posy (Drupadia theda thesmia) upperside male

[The Plane]

:hmmm:.....Khew, Loke, no RBB shots ? I'm sure your shots are much much better ;P. We seems to shoot ourselves more than butts on day 2 :bsmile:

[Commander]

:hmmm:.....Khew, Loke, no RBB shots ? I'm sure your shots are much much better ;P. We seems to shoot ourselves more than butts on day 2 :bsmile:

Ya... I was shooting videos lah... BC members la... river lah... then forgot to shoot the RBBs. :bsmile:

[Blue Nawab]

Alright, I post three more RBB shots then...:cheers:

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[Bluebottle]

Chng, no time processing lah... unlike someone took leave and rested for the whole day ;P
Ok, here it goes. Introducing the King Of Butterflies...

1. Rajah Brooke's Birdwing
2. Rajah Brooke's Birdwing
3. Rajah Brooke's Birdwing(with flash)
4. Rajah Brooke's Birdwing (without flash)
5. Rajah Brooke's Birdwing (a lucky shot where f=4.0, 1/100, ISO2000) under a shady and breezy conditions

[Bluebottle]

And the last batch of butts photo after working overtime processing the photos :sweat:...

6. A peep on the underside of the Common Jester
7. Common Jester
8. Poritia sumatrae sumatrae (Sumatran Gem)?
9. The Striped Ringlet (Ragadia makuta siponta)

[Leopard Lacewing]

Wow:omg: ... so many butts! Beautiful shots!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Cheers!

[The Plane]

Loke, I prefer the RBB shot with flash, the colour looks more vivid on my screen.

For the underside shot, seems that the green stripes on yours and mine shot turns out "yellowish" on my screen. Below another example. Was it because we had flashed at it directly ?

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5061/5804986822_4f5cc2f57a_b.jpg

[WillFolsom]

Guys: Astonishing work!!!! What great fun! William

[Bluebottle]

For the underside shot, seems that the green stripes on yours and mine shot turns out "yellowish" on my screen. Below another example. Was it because we had flashed at it directly ?


I guess it depends on the direction of the light and the viewing angle. See attached photo. The same butterfly shows two diff colors
Hmm... may be a flash holder will be useful in this situation :)

[Silverstreak]

For the underside shot, seems that the green stripes on yours and mine shot turns out "yellowish" on my screen. Below another example. Was it because we had flashed at it directly ?

Chng,

Ellen and me had the same effect too last year .


I guess it depends on the direction of the light and the viewing ankle. See attached photo. The same butterfly shows two diff colors

Loke you are right , yes the angle of incidence of the flash on the wing affects the color of the green of the RB register on the sensor. What I eventually did was either switch off the flash or tilt the flash slightly to the side in order to get the true green as seen by the naked eyes.

[Psyche]

Surprisingly the 2 Poritia with similar underside markings are philota & sumatrae. A close comparison indicates the ID is correct.

TL Seow:cheers:

[Silverstreak]

Seow ,

Agree, the Poritia is a Sumatrea!

Over the years we have been trying to establish some ID keys between these two species, unfortunately the philota is rather rare and only encountered by a handful of us who had the good fortune of locating few back in 2007. Though there are subtle difference on the color and marking between the two...the only sure way of differentiating them is the upper wing.

here are a few threads that were on the subject:

http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5514&highlight=Poritia+philota+philota

http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4263&highlight=Poritia+philota+philota

http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4992&highlight=Poritia+philota+philota

http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4978&highlight=Poritia+philota+philota&page=2

:cheers:

[Psyche]

Sunny, thanks for the links. It was insightful.

May I add two observations that will help to clinch the ID of PPP.

1. Marginal spot in space 2 usually with a small patch of orange.

2. Marginal spot in space 4 usually large, triangular and dark.

TL Seow:cheers:

[Silverstreak]

Seow ,

Thanks for the pointers on the PPP, noted!!

:cheers:

[The Plane]

I guess it depends on the direction of the light and the viewing angle. See attached photo. The same butterfly shows two diff colors
Hmm... may be a flash holder will be useful in this situation :)


Chng,

Ellen and me had the same effect too last year .

Loke you are right , yes the angle of incidence of the flash on the wing affects the color of the green of the RB register on the sensor. What I eventually did was either switch off the flash or tilt the flash slightly to the side in order to get the true green as seen by the naked eyes.

Thanks Loke, Sunny, hope I will have another chance to shoot the RBBs and will apply the above techniques.