Printable View
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The Chocolate Royal
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The Orange Lacewing underside
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The Orange Lacewing upperside
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The Autumn Leaf
How dare you get another Chocolate Royal!!!!:grin2: Brilliant.
Post 90.
Arhopala ariana. Hindwing spot 7 directly on top of spot 6(not shifted inwards). Forewing spot 4 dislocated.
Forwing costal spots in space 10 & 11.
Base of space 10 (directly above central cellspot) no spot.
Markings well-contrasted. (compared to A. elopura.)
TL Seow:cheers:
Today with Arhopala ariana, Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara (not posted because not so good shot) and Arhopala lurida, is a +3 for KPG.
Les, I can see The Chocolate Royal almost every time I get out (no more than one or two), but it is so skittish and fast flying high on the trees making almost impossible to get a proper shot.
And again thank you Seow for the prompt identification of the Arhopala.
PS: forgive me because is not a butterfly, but today I* got also my first Lantern Bug here in KPG:
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Lantern Bug
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A Lantern Bug taking off
Antonio,
Those shots are terrific. You capture colour so well. Are these photos with the Canon 7D or 5Dii? With the Sigma 150mm? The colour and sharpness are certainly better than most of my photos.
The lanterfly was a nice one as well. Nice to see the open wing photo.
Regards,
Antonio: Very nice, crisp, colorful images. Let's hear a bit about the equipment you use and your evaluation of the lens. William
Thanks, David and Williams, for the nice words.
I'm back using the 7D, because with the 5Dii (new) I have focus issues (slow autofocus, weak and imprecise with low light, maybe a problem of back/front focus with my preferred lens).
The lens is always the Sigma 150/2.8 with OS (stabilization), a very good and sharp glass, although very heavy (I cannot think about the weight of the new Sigma 180 OS!)
Very basic post-production with Acdsee Pro (crop, level, de-noise and sharpening)
Ouch!
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Today another good walk, in the same location:
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The Tamil Oakblue
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Unidentified strange Arhopala
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The White-stained Oakblue
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The Common Earl - Female
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The Grand Imperial
And, dulcis in fundo, a find make me very proud and confirm the sighting of Les in Samui:
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The Giant Imperial - Purlisa gigantea gigantea
The Purlisa!!! Oh Bravo!!!!!!. What altitude were you at, as I have only found it on the hilltops?
Unless I am mistaken, your odd Arhopala is A. alaconia media. I came across this species for the first time, myself, only last Tuesday, and could only take an awful photo, which I could not show on this particular forum.
Thanks, Les, it has been a real emotion to see the Purlisa flying in front of me and lucky enough to get a few shots before it flies away.
I got the GPS with me and I was not over 130 mt sl, the 2 small mountain around the site are 380 and 520 meters.
:cheers: :cheers: