[Tangshooters] Pulau Ubin - Butterfly Hill

[Benosaurous]

Hi all, thanks for coming to our outing today,

Let me start off with our group photo as usual,


The Tangshooters@Pulau Ubin / Butterfly Hill 140208

For larger size photo please grab from my flickr, or request from me if you find it not large enough.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/...6de06ce8_o.jpg


Please keep this thread clean, only photos and comments, for general chatting please post in our kopitiam thread.

To prevent our thread not overloaded with photos, please post only your best 5 shots.

[shgfun]

A quick one to post first, not tack sharp, but pretty good pose.
Face to face with leopard:

[juste_millieu]

All photos will be uploading to TS gallery week later

[poondq]

[gglankie]

Originally Posted by Benosaurous Hi all, thanks for coming to our outing today, Let me start off with our group photo as usual, The Tangshooters@Pulau Ubin / Butterfly Hill 140208 For larger size photo please grab from my flickr, or request from me if you find it not large enough. Please keep this thread clean, only photos and comments, for general chatting please post in our kopitiam thread. To prevent our thread not overloaded with photos, please post only your best 5 shots.

fwah, gotch camee forrows chius allz arh??

[zh3ng]

Originally Posted by gglankie fwah, gotch camee forrows chius allz arh??

wasted chiur nose comes!

[tagorean]

I also got leopard, but off-balance leh.

[Redsun]

Originally Posted by tagorean

wa nice spider shot

[Redsun]

i dun have any spider shots
only managed to get the butterflies

Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) identified by Papilio.Thanks!


Genus Potanthus.Lesser Dart identified by Papilio.Thanks!


Utetheisa lotrix identified by Papilio.Thanks!


Female Plain Tiger identified by Papilio.Thanks!


Male Striped Albatross identified by Papilio.Thanks!

[Papilio]

Ahhh... finally some butts.

First shot is the Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus). This one looks like it's lost its tails.

Second shot is of one of those many lookalike skippers from the genus Potanthus. This looks like a Lesser Dart.

Yes, the third shot is of a colourful day-flying moth, Utetheisa lotrix. You can read more about it here, courtesy of Dr Roger Kendrick.

The fourth shot is a female Plain Tiger trying to lay eggs on the flower of its host plant.

The final shot is a male Striped Albatross.

Good attempts, Redsun. Shooting butts not as easy as it looks eh?

[Redsun]

Originally Posted by Papilio Ahhh... finally some butts. First shot is the Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus). This one looks like it's lost its tails. Second shot is of one of those many lookalike skippers from the genus Potanthus. This looks like a Lesser Dart. Yes, the third shot is of a colourful day-flying moth, Utetheisa lotrix. You can read more about it here, courtesy of Dr Roger Kendrick. The fourth shot is a female Plain Tiger trying to lay eggs on the flower of its host plant. The final shot is a male Striped Albatross. Good attempts, Redsun. Shooting butts not as easy as it looks eh?

wow!Thanks for identifying the butts!
shooting butts is really not easy man!spend so much time chasing them around

[Redsun]

Btw how to tell if the butterflies are M or F

[inckurei]

hi redsun,

good attempts! Looks like you have plenty of shots of the butts in action. As i dont normally shoot at such a high shutter speed unless given the right conditions, i will wait for the butterfly to stop on a perch before shooting.

being critical, a tighter horizontal crop of the striped albatross would make the overall image better.

[inckurei]

Originally Posted by Redsun Btw how to tell if the butterflies are M or F

Some butterflies are dimorphic, so it would be easier to recognise which is a male or female.
the striped albatross is quite a good example, the males are white and while the females may look like another species to some people....

Well, as Bluesteel aka Sunny always say, a picture is worth a thousand words:

[Redsun]

Originally Posted by inckurei Some butterflies are dimorphic, so it would be easier to recognise which is a male or female. the striped albatross is quite a good example, the males are white and while the females may look like another species to some people.... Well, as Bluesteel aka Sunny always say, a picture is worth a thousand words:

nice 1
can see the diff very clearly
I tried standing at the same spot to wait for them to stop but they seem to be very active
only stopping for a second or 2 before flying off again

[Teegongkia]

Wah sey...all the butterflies, spiders, ants shot all bery bery nice....

I dun have any to share sia, once i reach the butter5s park i take 50, then after 50 we all pack up and go liao....

[Papilio]

Originally Posted by Redsun Btw how to tell if the butterflies are M or F

In the case of these two species, there are clear differences. The male Plain Tiger has an extra black "spot" on the hindwing, whilst the female Striped Albatross looks totally different from the male.

Sorry for hijacking your thread, but here are two shots to illustrate. Look carefully at your Plain Tiger, and this shot of the male. See the extra white-centred black spot on the hindwing?



As for the Striped Albatross, here's a shot where the male and female butts are feeding. The difference between the two is quite distinct.

[inckurei]

Originally Posted by Redsun nice 1 can see the diff very clearly I tried standing at the same spot to wait for them to stop but they seem to be very active only stopping for a second or 2 before flying off again

hehehe... chase them around loh.. they are probably in their feeding frenzy or some sort... just follow one pristine specimen and im sure it would land around the area for you to shoot :P especially the lemon grass areas near the foot of the hill.

[Papilio]

Originally Posted by Redsun I tried standing at the same spot to wait for them to stop but they seem to be very active only stopping for a second or 2 before flying off again

You chose one of the skittiest butts to shoot. So you can give yourself a pat on the back that you even got this one on the flower. Like you said, they give you very little time to compose, focus and shoot. It'll be the same if you tried to shoot the common "Grass Yellows" that are flying around. They may be common, but very hard to nail a good shot.

[Redsun]

Originally Posted by Papilio In the case of these two species, there are clear differences. The male Plain Tiger has an extra black "spot" on the hindwing, whilst the female Striped Albatross looks totally different from the male. Sorry for hijacking your thread, but here are two shots to illustrate. Look carefully at your Plain Tiger, and this shot of the male. See the extra white-centred black spot on the hindwing? As for the Striped Albatross, here's a shot where the male and female butts are feeding. The difference between the two is quite distinct.

no prob
we can learn a lot more about butterflies from your pics