Painted Lady

Steve Liptrot

Painted Lady

In general, the Painted Lady is a large butterfly (wing span 5-9 cm (2 – 2 7/8 in)) identified by the black and white corners of its mainly deep orange, black-spotted wings. It has 5 white spots in the black forewing tips and while the orange areas may be pale here and there, there are no clean white dots in them. The hindwings carry 4 small submarginal eyespots on dorsal and ventral sides. Those on the dorsal side are black, but in the summer morph sometimes small blue pupils are present in some.

Nikon D80 – Sigma 70-300 APO DG at f/8

Featured in the # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE group JUNE 2009.
Featured in the Just Butterflies group JULY 2009.

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Painted Lady by Steve Liptrot
Painted Lady by Steve Liptrot
  • Carlie Hensley

    Carlie Hensley

    Beautiful capture Steve!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you Carlie

  • LjMaxx

    LjMaxx

    love this and the colors you have captured.

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much

  • Beve Brown-Clark

    Beve Brown-Clark

    Fabulous macro!! What a beaut they are!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Beve, appreciated

  • bonso

    bonso

    OMG!!!!!! What a great capture

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Bonso

  • Paulette x

    Paulette x

    Stunning capture light and colours, well done Steve :)

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you Paulette

  • JamieGreen

    JamieGreen

    Wonderful detail, and the flower is..?

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    A purple one! Thanks Jamie

  • Hagen

    Hagen

    Great shot

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much

  • WatscapePhoto

    WatscapePhoto

    Just brilliant, Steve.

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Steve, appreciated

  • mikebov

    mikebov

    excellent steve
    These beauties have been in their hundreds down in Sussex
    posted an image myself last week

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Cheers Mike, appreciated

  • FelicityB

    FelicityB

    Wonderful detail!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you Felicity

  • Denis Molodkin

    Denis Molodkin

    Fantastic capture Steve, amazing colours and details

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Denis

  • JUSTART

    JUSTART

    beautiful shot

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much

  • Maureen Brittain

    Maureen Brittain

    Beautifully captured – lovely colours.

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you Maureen

  • Kate Adams

    Kate Adams

    Fabulous Steve!! one of my favourite subjects – should put this in the group Just Butterflies.

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Kate. Didn’t there was a butterflies group, i’ll look it up

  • Rainy

    Rainy

    Lovely work!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much

  • William Sanford

    William Sanford

    Steve, great capture. I wanted to know if you had the focus directed at the eyes/torso or maybe part of the wing. The flowers that seem to be at that same “Head shot” distance are in more focus than the others.

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    I focused on the eye at f/8 to keep as much of the insect in focus. Thanks

  • Victimized

    Victimized

    Amazing coloring! Just a wonderful picture.

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Marissa

  • ANNETTE HAGGER

    ANNETTE HAGGER

    Stunning capture.So clear and sharp…anna : )

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Annette

  • Heloisa Castro

    Heloisa Castro

    excellent capture

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much

  • Fremme

    Fremme

    beautiful capture with a great description, awesome work as always

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Cheers for that Fremme

  • Elizabeth Burton

    Elizabeth Burton

    absolutely beautiful :)

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you Elizabeth

  • davidShandley

    davidShandley

    Very nice Steve, did you ask it to say cheese

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    I asked it to stick its tongue out! Thanks David

  • Shaun Whiteman

    Shaun Whiteman

    This is brilliant Steve, top hole pip pip!!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Went to Martin Mere yesterday and didn’t get one decent duck shot! Got loads of flower/insect shots though. Cheers mate

  • jesika

    jesika

    A gorgeous image
    j

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you jesika, appreciated

  • BobJohnson

    BobJohnson

    Beautiful…...Love the DOF play .. Colors are Amazing
    Bob

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Bob, there has been a mini explosion of these creatures in the UK.

  • Pamela Plante

    Pamela Plante

    This is so lovely-the purple is magickal.

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much Pamela

  • Susan Gary

    Susan Gary

    simply amazing capture!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much Susan

  • Bonnie T. Barry

    Bonnie T. Barry

    Every superlative that could be applied to this should be! A jewel, a gem, a little masterpiece of artwork. I LOVE THIS!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much Bonnie, appreciated

  • Sandy Stewart

    Sandy Stewart

    Very nicely composed, exposed and just the right amount of dof! The warm shaded Painted Lady stands out so nicely against the cool shade of the purple flowers and soft purple background. Great work! : )

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks again Sandy

  • Glenda Remaklus

    Glenda Remaklus

    How beautiful. You have captured this butterfly in an amazing way. Exquisite!!!!!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you Glenda

  • Susan Gary

    Susan Gary

    fantastic and beautiful image! I love the b-fly and the colors and the bokeh! Congrats on being featured in the group!

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you Susan, appreciated

  • jodyangel

    jodyangel

    Wow thats just Gorgeous!! I wish I could get that close =)

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    I was about a metre away when I took this. Thanks Jody

  • Kay G Larsen

    Kay G Larsen

    This is gorgeous!! Had to add it to my favorites! : )

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much Kay

  • mikebov

    mikebov

    Just seen Anna’s painting of this Steve
    A superb image mate
    Just watercolours also have a challenge using my Lanty’s Tarn image
    A great honour seeing different representations of one’s work

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks Mike. Its a great honour having my work used in a watercolour challenge. Must be doing something right!

  • Katagram

    Katagram

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thanks for the feature, appreciated

  • Diane Schuster

    Diane Schuster

    The flower color is such a nice contrast to the Painted Lady that it really sets her off nicely. Congrats on your feature, Steve! Dee

  • Steve Liptrot replied

    Thank you very much Dee, appreciated

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