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Look who joined the family last night. I've been told she doesn't work quite right, but let's be honest. Yellow and orange leatherette is tough to resist.
***Just added to my Etsy shop. You can find the link in my profile.
Today's Macro Mondays theme is photographic equipment. This is an old camera with a flip-up cover over the viewfinder. HMM!
Argus Pheasant (Rheinartia ocellata) No post-processing done on photo. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
As I was going to be busy for the whole weekend I decided to get out early and go to Summer Leys with the main aim of photographing butterflies. I was really surprised at the large number of butterflies. There were plenty of common blues, brown argus and small coppers all trying to warm up in the early sun.
This week’s theme for my 52 project is “Bokeh.” As I have been doing recently, I took a number of different shots for this theme. This is one of my alternates. I love this vintage Argus A camera. I haven’t taken pictures with it yet, but I have a roll of film to use with it. I used a pretty short DOF for this shot so that I’d have nice smooth bokeh.
Brown Argus butterfly, Aricia agestis. 7 July 2023. Hanger Hill Park, Ealing, London, England, UK.
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Dans la mythologie, le paon était l'animal préféré de la déesse grecque Héra (Junon chez les Romains).
D'après la mythologie grecque, les « yeux » visibles sur la queue du paon y furent placés par Héra pour commémorer son fidèle gardien, Argos, qui avait cent yeux (Ovide I, 625). Selon la légende, Argos fut engagé par Héra, jalouse de Io, une des nymphes courtisées par son époux Zeus (Jupiter), qu'elle soupçonnait d'adultère. Elle transforma la jeune femme en génisse et confia sa garde au géant pour espionner son époux. Argos possédait cent yeux et en gardait cinquante ouverts qui veillaient en permanence tandis que les cinquante autres dormaient, de sorte qu'il était impossible de tromper sa vigilance. Lorsque Zeus s'en rendit compte, il envoya alors Hermès le tuer, et délivrer Io. Héra décida de rendre hommage à la fidélité du géant Argos en mettant ses cent yeux dans la queue de son oiseau préféré, le paon.
The peacock is mentioned in Greek mythology. It was the bird of Hera, queen of the Gods. One myth told of Argus, Hera's hundred eyed giant whose job it was to spy on Zeus and discover his trysting places. When he discovered Zeus with the maiden Io, Zeus changed Io into a cow to escape Hera's wrath. Hera saw through the disguise and requested the cow as a gift, and Zeus could not refuse her. She entrusted Argus to watch Io day and night so she could not be changed back to her true form. Zeus then sent Hermes, messenger of the gods and god of thieves and trickery, to recover Io. Knowing that he could not escape detection from Argus' 100 eyes, Hermes began to play sleepy tunes on his flute and one by one Argus' eyes closed and he fell asleep. Hermes then cut off his head. When Hera found Argus, she removed his one-hundred eyes and placed them on the tail of her favorite bird, the peacock.
I popped into Smardale Gill in Cumbria on Saturday and managed to find several Scotch Arguses just emerging. This male is absolutely pristine with not a scratch nor scale out of place. It still has that iridescent bloom that freshly emerged butterflies show, but which disappears after a few hours.
Although they are quite widespread in Scotland there are only two native sites in England, both in Cumbria. Although it has appeared in a few former haunts in the Yorkshire Dales recently but it is likely that these had a helping hand. In England, the caterpillars only feed on Blue Moor Grass (Sesleria albicans) which is quite a rare northern limestone speciality. In Scotland they feed on Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea) which is found in acidic (not limestone) habitats.
The name Argus comes from the creature from Greek mythology with a hundred eyes, who was tasked by Hera with guarding Io, the object of Zeus's desires. The name Argus is applied to numerous animals which have multiple eyespots.
The name Erebia comes from Erebus, the dark region between earth and Hades, the underworld. Aethiops means Ethiopian.
L'azuré de l'ajonc : Silver-studded Blue : Plebejus argus
photograhed in the Hautes Pyrenees... elevation 1400m.
Until the 1990s, the Brown Argus has steadily declined as chalk and limestone grasslands were lost to agricultural improvement throughout southern and central England and Wales. Since then, however, it has made a comeback and has increased its range rapidly to the north and east, managing to adapt to other habitats such as railway cuttings, roadside verges and rough, overgrown land.
The Brown Argus is also found in a range of other habitats, such as heathland, dunes and woodland rides, where it usually lives in small colonies.
Adults appear in two broods a year, starting May and lasting until the end of September.
Although one of the "Blues" both sexes are brown on the uppersides with a band of orange spots at the border of each wing. They can be mistaken for other female blues but the Brown Argus never has any blue scales at the base of the wings like other female Blues often do. It could also be mistaken for the Northern Brown Argus ''Aricia artaxrexes'' were it not for the fact that their ranges do not overlap in the UK, unlike on continental Europe. The underside has the typical "blue" pattern of a greyish/brownish ground colour with black spots outlined in white and a row of orange spots along the border. The pattern of the black spots is the best way to distinguish this species from female Common, Chalk Hill and Adonis Blues as they lack the black spot found near the base of the forewing which is present on these three species.
Still life of an Argus C-3, 35mm camera, posed on a 1950's era "Whitehall Elevator Travelite" tripod. The camera still works, it just needs a good cleaning!
Decided to try a simple watermark out until I figure something else out. I kind of like it though.
But this is the last and final image going in my portfolio! So glad to finally have it finished:)
I bought these flowers at Whole Foods and all the tag said was "Filler"..lol. They are really beautiful..filler or not!
I'm loving my Argus and these ttv's :D
Happy Sunday everyone :D
22/04/2010, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain.
A Greek owned bulk carrier, which carried this name for just one year.
Keel laid on 11/01/1984, launched on 16/05/1984, & completed on 27/06/1984, by Imabari Zosen, Marugame, Japan (1126)
17,999 g.t. & 29,099 dwt., as:
'Atlantic Dream' to 1992,
'Crown Rose' to 1999,
'Dimi P.' to 2003,
'C.Brave' to 2006,
'Rosetta' to 2009,
'Argus' to 2010, &
'Mahmut Saka' until sold to India for demolition.
Arrived at Alang on 28/01/2016, work began on 10/02/2016.
Sur un corymbe d'eupatoire....
Celui-là même dont le bleu moiré est si beau, quand il ouvre ses ailes...
12/01/2012, Ijmuiden, Netherlands.
A Damen ASD Type 2810 for Iskes Tugs of Ijmuiden.
Keel laid on 25/11/2010, launched on 18/04/2011, and completed on 14/10/2011.
Hull built by Damen Galati, Galati, Romania (511580)
Outfitted by Damen Gorinchem, Gorinchem, Netherlands (511580)
294 g.t., 98 dwt., & 62.5 tons bollard pull, as:
'Argus'.
Photo with the kind permission of Willem Koper.