ANGLES, ANGLES, ANGLES
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La livrée du machaon se démarque par sa coloration de fond jaune intense tachée et veinée de noir. Les ailes antérieures portent dessus une large bordure noire avec une rangée de taches jaunes et un large miroir sombre poudré de jaune à l'angle des « épaules » ; le dessous reste dominé par le jaune avec des veines et des taches noires. Les ailes postérieures sont nettement plus jaunes dessus avec un bord crénelé, une chaîne de cellules jaunes surmontées d'une rangée de taches bleu sombre et un ocelle rouge, cerclé de noir et de bleu ; dessous, le jaune domine encore plus avec un fin réseau de nervures noires, les taches bleues doublées d'une tache rouge orange pour certaines d'entre elles. Reste le signe peut-être le plus distinctif : un prolongement, une « queue » qui s'insère dans le motif crénelé du bord, qui lui vaut le nom anglais de swallowtail (queue d'hirondelle).
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The livery of the swallowtail is distinguished by its intense yellow background stained and veined black. The forewings carry a broad black border with a row of yellow spots and a large dark mirror powdered with yellow at the corner of the "shoulders"; the underside remains dominated by yellow with veins and black spots. The hindwings are much more yellow above with a crenate border, a chain of yellow cells surmounted by a row of dark blue spots and a red ocellus, circled with black and blue; below, the yellow dominates even more with a fine network of black veins, the blue spots doubled with an orange-red spot for some of them. Remains perhaps the most distinctive sign: an extension, a "tail" that fits into the crenellated edge pattern, which earned him the English name swallowtail (swallow's tail).
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Pentax K-5
Kepcor Auto Wide Angle MC 28mm 1:2.8
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A male sparrowhawk balancing on a perch.
Taken at one of the Scottish Photography Hides' sites operated by Alan McFadyen.
This photo is somewhat similar to another of my photos from that hike but I've decided I still feel it has several merits that make it worth display in its own right.
Plain corrugated iron fence separating residential properties in my local neighbourhood. Fences are commonly raked down as they approach the street to match the lower height of the front fence.
Today while having lunch (work) I saw these....WHOA.
I shot this way. Shot for "Smile on Saturday"
Theme: Dutch Angle
An osprey on its way to the great fishing grounds to seek prey to nourish its mate and itself as the nesting season gets into full swing. Ospreys are the only North American raptor that eat primarily fish. Long-term records indicate they are fairly successful hunters, grabbing fish on an average of 25% of their dives into water. They will position their larger catches in a head-first orientation while flying to make them more aerodynamic. Their feet have barbs on their pads to help hang on to slimy fish.
Ospreys mate for life, and usually use the same nests each year. Despite their large size adults weigh only between 3 to 4.5 pounds.
The Emery Reves Arch of Peace rises dramatically into the sky over Dallas’ Meyerson Symphony Center.
The derelict Fuller's Earthworks factory, in Redhill, Surrey. Now torn down for housing I believe, this site was famous for being on every urbexer in the South-East's "have visited" list.
Shot with my Nikon D40 and a Sigma 10-20mm EX DC HSM lens, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.