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Papilio Demolion - Banded Swallowtail Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/38965/papilio_demolion_-_banded_swallowtail.html" title="Papilio Demolion - Banded Swallowtail"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2784/38965_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Lylg5Z%2F4zayJ0U15qIDLVzLnnKM%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="Papilio Demolion - Banded Swallowtail Like most paps, not easy to get close enough for a clean shot.<br /> <br /> BUT, when you do, what a nightmare. The lateral wing strip is a very pale green, but when you get back to the lab, the stripe is inevitably white. This is because the butterfly is predominantly black, which means that the camera metering system tries to make the black into a grey and lengthens the exposure, which in turn, washes the subtle green strip out to white.<br /> <br /> On the next opportunity, you remember this, and adjust the exposure compensation to one stop under. Of course, this gives a problem with the black, but I believe the stripe feature is what counts in this case. I could probably do something clever with Photoshop by masking the stripe and lightening the rest - pfft!<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38963/bf_pap_2903.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38964/bf_pap_2899.html Banded Swallowtail,Bandung,Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Papilio demolion,West Java,banded swallowtail,pap,papilion,papilionidae" /></a></figure> Banded Swallowtail,Bandung,Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Papilio demolion,West Java,banded swallowtail,pap,papilion,papilionidae Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Papilio Demolion - Banded Swallowtail

Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.

Papilio Demolion - Banded Swallowtail Like most paps, not easy to get close enough for a clean shot.<br /> <br /> BUT, when you do, what a nightmare. The lateral wing strip is a very pale green, but when you get back to the lab, the stripe is inevitably white. This is because the butterfly is predominantly black, which means that the camera metering system tries to make the black into a grey and lengthens the exposure, which in turn, washes the subtle green strip out to white.<br /> <br /> On the next opportunity, you remember this, and adjust the exposure compensation to one stop under. Of course, this gives a problem with the black, but I believe the stripe feature is what counts in this case. I could probably do something clever with Photoshop by masking the stripe and lightening the rest - pfft!<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38963/bf_pap_2903.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38964/bf_pap_2899.html Banded Swallowtail,Bandung,Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Papilio demolion,West Java,banded swallowtail,pap,papilion,papilionidae

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    Stuart
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    Awesome close up! Always like seeing your work mate. Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Vodkaman's profile
      Vodkaman
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      So kind - thanks :)

      Dave       Posted 9 years ago

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The Banded Swallowtail

The Banded Swallowtail is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in Asia.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded May 19, 2016. Captured May 30, 2013 08:13 in Jl. Lavender No.8, Ciwaruga, Parongpong, Kabupaten Bandung Barat, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/8.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.