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The body language suggests that this is a young male Australasian Fur Seal strutting his stuff on the rocks of the non-breeding colony of seals that forms each Winter in Wellington. Around 300-400 pups, females and young bulls use this section of Sinclair Heads as a haul-out site where they can rest after an early morning hunt for food.
I went on my 1st field trip although I had visited lardon chase west Berkshire last year to see my 1st Adonis blue had a really good time met lots of people
I have to say I didn't have much luck taking pics @ this location but I did @ yoesdan bank
I overlooked these pics as I had so much fun & blinding shots that evening in radnage & were far more
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im so missing my camera & rewally hope it gets repaired is there now so who knows
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Flor silvestre / wildflower.
Nombre científico o latino.- Adonis vernalis
Nombre popular.- Adonis de primavera, Ojo de perdiz.
Familia.- Ranunculáceas.
Sacada en Zizur el 04/03/11,todavía con las gotas de la lluvia de la mañana.
Flor precursora de la primavera, de las primeras silvestres interesantes que se ven en la Cuenca de Pamplona.
... by the Renaissance painter Titian, perhaps the most famous painter of the Venetian School.
Here he depicts the mortal Adonis as he departs from the goddess Venus to go on a hunt. The goddess seems to be asking him to stay. The use of rich and contrasting colors were a trademark of Titian's distinctive style.
Titian actually painted many versions of this same composition. Its unclear which is the 'prime' or best version. Some argue that the Getty's version is at least partly by the artist's workshop.
The Getty Center, Los Angeles; March 2019
Venus and Adonis
Peter Paul Rubens
Aphrodite was Adonis' lover and a surrogate mother to him. Cinyras, the King of Cyprus, had an intoxicatingly beautiful daughter named Myrrha. When Myrrha's mother commits Hubris against Aphrodite by claiming her daughter is more beautiful than the famed goddess, Myrrha is punished with a never ending lust for her own father. Cinyras is repulsed by this, but Myrrha disguises herself as a prostitute, and secretly sleeps with her father at night. Eventually, Myrrha becomes pregnant and is discovered by Cinyras. In a rage, he chases her out of the house with a knife. Myrrha flees from him, praying to the gods for mercy as she runs. The gods hear her plea, and change her into a Myrrh tree so her father cannot kill her. Eventually, Cinyras takes his own life in an attempt to restore the family's honor.
Myrrha gives birth to a baby boy named Adonis. Aphrodite happens by the Myrrh tree and, seeing him, takes pity on the infant. She places Adonis in a box, and takes him down to Hades so that Persephone can care for him. Adonis grows into a strikingly handsome young man, and Aphrodite eventually returns for him. Persephone, however, is loath to give him up, and wishes Adonis would stay with her in the underworld. The two goddesses begin such a quarrel that Zeus is forced to intercede. He decrees that Adonis will spend a third of the year with Aphrodite, a third of the year with Persephone, and a third of the year with whomever he wishes. Adonis, of course, chooses Aphrodite.
Adonis begins his year on the earth with Aphrodite. One of his greatest passions is hunting, and although Aphrodite is not naturally a hunter, she takes up the sport just so she can be with Adonis. They spend every waking hour with one another, and Aphrodite is enraptured with him. However, her anxiety begins to grow over her neglected duties, and she is forced to leave him for a short time. Before she leaves, she gives Adonis one warning: do not attack an animal who shows no fear. Adonis agrees to her advice, but, secretly doubting her skills as a huntress, quickly forgets her warning.
Not long after Aphrodite leaves, Adonis comes across an enormous wild boar, much larger than any he has ever seen. It is suggested that the boar is the god Ares, one of Aphrodite's lovers made jealous through her constant doting on Adonis. Although boars are dangerous and will charge a hunter if provoked, Adonis disregards Aphrodite's warning and pursues the giant creature. Soon, however, Adonis is the one being pursued; he is no match for the giant boar. In the attack, Adonis is castrated by the boar, and dies from a loss of blood. Aphrodite rushes back to his side, but she is too late to save him and can only mourn over his body. Wherever Adonis' blood falls, Aphrodite causes anemones to grow in his memory. She vows that on the anniversary of his death, every year there will be a festival held in his honor.
On his death, Adonis goes back to the underworld, and Persephone is delighted to see him again. Eventually, Aphrodite realizes that he is there, and rushes back to retrieve him. Again, she and Persephone bicker over who is allowed to keep Adonis until Zeus intervenes. This time, he says that Adonis must spend six months with Aphrodite and six months with Persephone, the way it should have been in the first place.
Adonis, as a dying god archetype, represents the cycle of vegetation. His birth is like the birth of new plants; his maturation like the ripening of the plant. Once the crop is harvested, it dies—like Adonis returning to the underworld. The new seeds are then placed again in the ground, where they grow into new life, like Adonis returning to the earth to be with Aphrodite.
Adonis amurensis in dry litter.
Taken with Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle 1:1 Macro Lens
Slightly cropped. f/22
Get this stand pose at marketplace.secondlife.com/p/DoubleU-Adonis/9287385 .
This picture is perfect for your laptop's desktop background. Enjoy!
Every now and then I enoy making ooak outfits for dolls. This time it is for the Adonis body.
It's always funny to realize his huge muscles are not as visiually dominant when he's dressed nicely *lol*.
Which one of the three outfits would you choose?
Male adonis blue butterflies (Lysandra bellargus). Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK.
There must have been some precious moisture or mineral in the ground at this location.
Taken in the gardens of HPB Stigliano in Tuscany Italy. Love the sun on this showing the underside of the wing through to the top.