Hot Semakau Sunday

[Commander]

Let's start a thread here so that everyone can post what they've shot and recorded for the Semakau outing today.

From my own notes, we have added 6 more species to the Semakau checklist! (http://www.butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9612) :jumjoy:



The 6 are :
King Crow
Spotted Black Crow
Indian Cupid
Gram Blue
Pea Blue
Pygmy Grass Blue
:cheers:

[Bluebottle]

Ok, let me start the ball rolling ....
First some non butts shots
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/changi/IMG_3855.jpg?t=1267957036
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/changi/IMG_3858.jpg?t=1267957053
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/changi/IMG_3860.jpg?t=1267957080
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/changi/IMG_3865.jpg?t=1267957101
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/changi/IMG_3866.jpg?t=1267957117
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/changi/IMG_3868.jpg?t=1267957158
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/changi/IMG_3869.jpg?t=1267957187

[Bluebottle]

Thanks to Anthony for the "creative setup" :bsmile:
Nacaduba biocellata (Two Spotted Line Blue)
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_8158p.jpg?t=1267957243

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_8172p.jpg?t=1267957262

Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_8188p.jpg?t=1267957385

[Commander]

Well done, Loke! :thumbsup: Good start for your virgin T180! :bsmile:

[Cruiser]

I got a record shot of the Gram Blue ( Euchrysops cnejus cnejus) so another +1 if this is the 1st sighting there :cheers:

[Commander]

Thanks Ben Jin. That's a Gram Blue all right... :cheers:

Cher Hern and the others who shot the Indian Cupid, can you post your shots here to confirm?

[Great Mormon]

The usual suspects for me...

2 Spotted Line Blue
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/066/4/a/Two_Spotted_Line_Blue_070310_by_inckurei.jpg

H. thecloides
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/066/c/f/thecloides_07032010_by_inckurei.jpg

Tawny Coster
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/066/5/6/Tawny_Coster_070310_by_inckurei.jpg

[Silverstreak]

Injured Cupid..the spots look weird, perhaps due to near side being torn.

Centaur Oakblue

UFO skipper

[Silverstreak]

The Dirty Dozen or issit A Rose and 11 Torns!;P

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/035.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/015.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/021.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/022.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/024.jpg

[horace2264]

It seems that Pea Blue is not in the checklist for Semakau.
Here is a record shot of this species taken today in the open grassland.

[Commander]

Thanks, Horace. I was also wondering. Looks like all the Lycaenidae that feed on that 3-leafed creeper are already there on Semakau now.

One more for the checklist. :cheers:

[Peacock Royal]

Didn't have many opportunities to take butt shots today.
Two orange skippers from me.
1. Looks like Telicota colon stinga (Common Palm Dart) ?
2. ?

[Commander]

Quite a few Common Palm Darts around this morning. I believe Sunny's shot may have been of the female of this species.

Here are a few more shots of the Common Palm Dart, with one cropped shot showing the upperside.

And a shot of a Three Spot Grass Yellow, which seems to be the only "Yellow" fluttering around. All of my catch-and-release subjects were Three Spot Grass Yellow. :thinking:

[Blue Nawab]

Thanks Khew for today's arrangement with all the great companies.:cheers:
Here are my two shots...
#1 Two spotted Line Blue
#2 Indian Cupid

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4412991477_0e20ef57ce_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4413010705_fdc4951d1c_o.jpg

[bluefin]

Thanks all for making this a great outing. The heat aside, the company was great, coupled with humor. :cheers:

I have only 1 pic (non-green BG) to contribute. :)


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4413794090_c02669aa59.jpg

[butterfly_effect]

wow! Great photos everyone! :D Er... I post mine when got a bit more time... :P

[The Plane]

It was really great to meet all of you. Enjoyed the outing, all the nice butts photos and the group photo !

A brown skipper, look like the one posted by Sunny :
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4414249794_85323451db_o.jpg
:cheers:

[Blue Nawab]

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_8158p.jpg?t=1267957243



2 Spotted Line Blue
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/066/4/a/Two_Spotted_Line_Blue_070310_by_inckurei.jpg

And this is mine, taking turns to take "The making of the Next Generation Two Spotted Line Blue"...:bsmile: ;P
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4417050252_47dc5a73bb.jpg

Loke, this is what you requested?
Comparing Canons and Nikon Shot...:bsmile:

[Silverstreak]

Cherhern,

Beautiful shot of the 2SLB!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Just need a little bit of denoising to do justice to the shot!

:cheers:



added the [ /Quote ] for you for the second quoted pic

[Blue Nawab]

Cherhern,

Beautiful shot of the 2SLB!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Just need a little bit of denoising to do justice to the shot!

Thanks Sunny Shifu for the thumpsup...I am in cloud 9....

[butterfly_effect]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4417085930_3234b47069.jpg

Here's my noisy King crow... so much noise it's hard to even look at it :P
(I took this photo from far far away at ISO1250)... oh that's why I want a D900 too :P

Common Awl (Hasora badra badra)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4416339713_e675c827a0.jpg

[Commander]

The King Crow is a new record for Semakau too.. :cheers:

[Silverstreak]

Loke and Anthony ,

Your shots of the 2SLB might look better if in portrait .

Took the liberty of rotating and straightening the stem .;P

How do they look?

[Silverstreak]

Ellen,

Most people de-noise their shots, even top end cameras at high ISO will need some denoising to clean up the pic.

If you are looking for noiselessness in new camera at high ISO... we are not there as yet.

:cheers:

[Great Mormon]

Loke and Anthony ,

Your shots of the 2SLB might look better if in portrait .

Took the liberty of rotating and straightening the stem .;P

How do they look?

Yupp, i was contemplating on rotating the image too, but after looking at it for a while, i think the curley passiflora vine with the 2 butts mating on it looks a tad bit untural as the stem looks as if it could balance the weight of all that.

However, in lokes picture, the rotation looks better, perhaps of the thicker looking vine, it kinda looks thinner in my shot even though its the same vine.

[Bluebottle]

Loke and Anthony ,

Your shots of the 2SLB might look better if in portrait .

Took the liberty of rotating and straightening the stem .;P

How do they look?
I prefer the portrait one too mainly because the butterfly at the bottom (in landscape mode) looks non-parallel probably due to parallax error introduces by the vein/line running across the wing :bsmile:

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_8172p.jpg?t=1267957262

I notice the color of my shot is cooler (blue incline) and Ant's one is warmer. Cher Hern, you have shot the same butt, do you mind post yours for comparison? Thanks
Setting:
1/250 sec, f/11
ISO: 800
FF

[Blue Nawab]

Hi Loke, have already posted earlier...anyway, here it is...the noisy ones:cry:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4417050252_47dc5a73bb.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2683/4416500771_da84dff259_o.jpg
Two perspectives...


I prefer the portrait one too mainly because the butterfly at the bottom (in landscape mode) looks non-parallel probably due to parallax error introduces by the vein/line running across the wing :bsmile:

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_8172p.jpg?t=1267957262

I notice the color of my shot is cooler (blue incline) and Ant's one is warmer. Cher Hern, you have shot the same butt, do you mind post yours for comparison? Thanks
Setting:
1/250 sec, f/11
ISO: 800
FF

[butterfly_effect]

uncle sunny, the photo is already denoised in pro editor n photo shop. Dunno what else to do.

[Silverstreak]

Ellen,

The pro editor one not very good.... try Noise Ninja (http://www.picturecode.com/) , Dfine 2.0 (http://www.niksoftware.com/dfine/usa/entry.php) or PhotokitSharpener (http://www.pixelgenius.com/sharpener/index.html).

[Silverstreak]

Ellen,

Here is a 30 seconds de-noise routine using screen capture of your image.

1. Your original as posted

2. De-noised with Dfine 2.0 ( 15 secs)

3 Touch up using Smoothing Brush of PhotokitSharpener. ( 15 secs)

4 A bit of touch up to make it looks better. (cloning off blemishes 30 sec)

All in a minute to make it looks like it's taken from a 1D3 at ISO 1250 . ;P

:cheers:

[butterfly_effect]

wa. Amazing. Are the prog expensive?

[Great Mormon]

Sunny, heres the horizontal comp.

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/068/8/1/Two_Spotted_Line_Blue_H_070310_by_inckurei.jpg

[Commander]

And BC's blog article (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2010/03/return-to-semakau.html)... :cheers:

[Leopard Lacewing]

And BC's blog article (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2010/03/return-to-semakau.html)... :cheers:

Congratulation! Good hunt! :cheers:

[Silverstreak]

This orientation is better......maybe it is just me!

Firstly it present the couple on even footing and you can feel the tension in their arched abdomen better in this orientation . The coiled tendril in this orientation also reinforces the tension of the arched abdomen.


:cheers:





Sunny, heres the horizontal comp.

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/068/8/1/Two_Spotted_Line_Blue_H_070310_by_inckurei.jpg

[Great Mormon]

This orientation is better......maybe it is just me!

Firstly it present the couple on even footing and you can feel the tension in their arched abdomen better in this orientation . The coiled tendril in this orientation also reinforces the tension of the arched abdomen.


:cheers:

I guess the orientation is just a personal preference, im sure everyone has mixed feelings about it. :bsmile: