It's springtime!, a photo from Milan, Lombardia

Photographer's Note

Finally today I had some free time and I immediately went to hunt for butterflies. There are already several, the temperatures are over 20 degrees, although unfortunately it hasn't rained for over 3 months. Considering Treknature's death, I think this year you will get the chance to see some of them here. Today I present a Lycaena phlaeas, very common and also very collaborative with photographers, once identified it can be photographed quite easily.

Finalmente oggi ho avuto un po' di tempo libero e mi sono subito recato a caccia di farfalle. Ce ne sono gi� parecchie, le temperature sono oltre i 20 gradi, anche se purtroppo non piove da oltre 3 mesi. Considerando la morte di Treknature, penso che quest'anno avrete l'occasione di vederne qualcuna qui. Oggi presento una Lycaena phlaeas, molto comune ed anche molto collaborativa con i fotografi, una volta individuata si lascia fotografare abbastanza facilmente.

mcmtanyel, COSTANTINO, ikeharel, aliabazari, jemaflor, Fis2, Royaldevon, pierrefonds, worldcitizen, jean113, ChrisJ, adramad, ahmet54, PaulVDV, ktanska, PiotrF has marked this note useful

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mcmtanyel (69101) 2022-03-26 20:16

Hello Luciano,
What a beautiful little butterfly! The colors in your photo are most agreeable.
Regards,
MT

emka (158680) 2022-03-26 21:11

ciao Luciano, You and Silvio are our masters in butterfly photography. What an amazing picture. it is so sharp and perfect composition. How you make it that the butterflies do not fly away? I never succeed. Fantastic picture.

best regards MAlgo

LondonBoy (2592) 2022-03-26 21:45

Salv� Luciano, a superb close-up with perfect sharpness, colour and POV. Beautiful!
Butterflies are indeed stunning subjects. TFS, Alex

ifege (49297) 2022-03-26 21:52

Hi Luciano
Time for one of your favourite subjects to appear and a great macro to start the season with.
cheers
Ian

Silvio1953 (222779) 2022-03-26 22:14

Ciao Luciano, la prima della stagione ha sempre un fascino particolare, gran bella piccoletta con dettagli super, nitidezza fantastica, splendida luce e magnifici colori naturali, con le macro sei sempre una bomba, bravissimo, buona Domenica, ciao Silvio

COSTANTINO (117672) 2022-03-26 22:26

Hello dear Luciano and have a nice day
and a happy evening
the spring arrived and I am feeling
better after a long long winter
delicate and pretty photo
beautiful macro perfectly
executed
regards
Costantino

pajaran (116947) 2022-03-26 22:29

Pozdrav.

Lep pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lep leptir, dobro pokazan sa lepim bojama, kontrastom i uhvacenim trenutkom.
Lepi detlaji na krilima leptira.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija.

Zelim vam lep dan za odmor, sve najbolje.
Paja

ikeharel (114477) 2022-03-26 22:49

Emerging spring and you were out for the butterflies, Luciano.
magnificent close range picture with light shown through the thin wings, beautiful orange colors.
Buona giornata,
Ike

aliabazari (23143) 2022-03-26 22:49

Hi Luciano
A beautiful portrait of this butterfly. Clarity and lighting done well. You recorded it well. Thanks for sharing

jemaflor (148124) 2022-03-26 23:33

Salut Luciano,
Commun mais photog駭ique avec ces teintes et avec cette superbe pr駸entation, bonne qualit� pour ce gros plan, nettet� et lumi鑽e; c'est bien g駻�.

Fis2 (171823) 2022-03-27 0:59

Witaj Luciano!
Excellent shot, butterfly makes impression.
Good framing, colors and depth.
Very well done.
Have a nice sunday.
Krzysztof

holmertz (103540) 2022-03-27 1:59

Hello Luciano,
The butterfly is well positioned to let us admire its beauty, and there is a nice balance of colours. As always sharpness is perfect. The fine light tells us that spring has arrived in Italy. We have had many sunny days in Sweden this month, but not very warm, and today it's cloudy and only 3 ｰC. How unfair! ;-)
Best regards,
Gert

Royaldevon (86364) 2022-03-27 2:34

Ciao Caro Luciano,

I was wondering when you would be able to photograph your beloved butterflies again. This is a beauty! He looks to be puffing up his chest, as if enjoying the sunshine.
You have achieved your usual, sharp exposure, capturing the details of the butterfly clearly, set against a useful oof b/g.

Yesterday, I saw my first butterfly of the year, a tortoiseshell! It wasn't as co-operative as your butterfly and flitted quickly around the garden, before heading off, over the fields!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

mkamionka (75015) 2022-03-27 2:36

Ciao Luciano,
Wow this is an amazing wild life capture. I know you are a master of the butterfly photography and this is a great example of your skills. The butterfly seems to be posing for you in the lovely pose. We see details of the wings but also of the leaf it is standing on while the background is pleasantly blurred.
Did you use flash here?
Excellent quality work,
M

pierrefonds (115436) 2022-03-27 4:37

Bonjour Luciano,

L'insecte est bien plac� dans le cadrage. La prise de vue permet de voir les d騁ails du papillon Lycaena phlaeas. La lumi鑽e met en valeur les couleurs de l'image. Bonne journ馥.

Pierre

jmdias (116341) 2022-03-27 8:47

LUCIANo

a nice close up of this butterfly. I liked the orange hues in evidence here marked with black spots. excellent.

take care

jorge

worldcitizen (16226) 2022-03-27 10:45

Ciao Luciano,
The butterflies are back, and you found a beautiful one. Really great capture, with excellent focus and details. This is an excellent butterfly model. :-) Take care!

jean113 (28249) 2022-03-27 11:43

Hello Luciano, a fabulous close up of the butterfly, the details are so sharp.
The light was perfect for you. The blurred background contrasts in colour and texture, lovely.
Kind regards, Jean.

abmdsudi (95869) 2022-03-27 20:05

Hi Luciano
Nature is wonderful - how we long to see the earth again with fresh signs of spring. Well spotted
Best regards

ChrisJ (172378) 2022-03-28 3:24

Ciao Luciano

Having lived in Europe I can well appreciate the revival of life after the bitterly cold and dark winters, when even the trees and grass appear dead, except for the odd conifer. A superb butterfly shot with impeccable sharpness and nice use of a shallow dof. Tfs!

Tue (93328) 2022-03-28 10:30

Hello Luciano,
A fantastic close-up photo of this beautiful butterfly. It is so sharp we can even see the tiny hairs on its body and wings. The orange tones make a nice contrast with the blurry green in the background.
Lars

adramad (73410) 2022-03-29 11:11

Hi Luciano.
Fascinating image with this beautiful butterfly, I love to see them fly in the fields in this season, but for me it has always been very difficult to photograph them, they are briefly in the same place, so I admire those of you who manage it like you and Silvio .
Very nice color, which together with good sharpness and optimal lighting, gives great quality to the image.
Well done. I like it a lot
You have a good day.
Very best regards
Luis.

PaulVDV (63440) 2022-03-30 9:17

Hello Luciano,
The butterfly hunt 2022 has been declared open!
I hope you will be able to photograph a lot of beautiful specimens in the near future.
The beautiful little insect is presented pin sharp with a nice blurred background.
Best regards, Paul

ahmet54 (3600) 2022-03-30 9:21

Ciao Luciano,
thanks for your welcome. I don't wanted to look at my pics alone. This is a very colorful and sharp picture. Springtime is a time of hope for good things to come. "Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." Heads up.
Kind regards,
Roland

ktanska (45030) 2022-04-01 10:51

Hi Luciano,
Lovely sign of spring. Sharp shot of this beautiful butterfly. There's a lot of colour on the underside of wings unlike many other butterflies.
Kari

PiotrF (55862) 2022-08-03 15:40

Hello Luciano
An interesting view of beautiful butterfly from your collection.
I like great sharpness, nice colors and very good quality.
Fine presentation
Regards
Piotr