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Junonia coenia
Wingspan of this brown butterfly is about 1.75 to 2.25 in in width. Forewings have large eyespots surrounded mostly by white and two orange bars on the leading edge. Hindwings have two eyespots on each wing, one of which is large and the other slightly smaller. The hindwings also have an orange band.
It lives in open areas away from forests. Often found perching on the ground or low vegetation.
Spotted on Jun 26, 2012
Submitted on Jun 29, 2012
6 Comments
I couldn't agree more Gordon.
With the number of pixels that "modern" cameras have, one can do lots of cropping and come up with a really nice photo, especially for use on the Internet. I like the challenge of getting a frame-filling subject, but sometimes it's not possible and cropping is the way to go.
I've cropped my spotting of it too, but you do need a clear shot to keep the quality like this when cropping that much.
I've been photographing quite a few buckeyes the same way. It's hardly "cheating" though. It's called being an "opportunist"!
Thanks. They are difficult to approach aren't they? In this instance, I "cheated"....grin. I was actually photographing birds when this buckeye landed about five feet away, so I turned my close-focusing telephoto on it and snapped several shots. During processing I cropped off about half of the frame to get the photo above.
Nice shot Gordon! I found these really hard to photograph up close.