reflections

Edisto Island, SC.

Sunday, June 24, 2018.

Botany Bay, Broadstairs, Kent

woodland edge, ditch, roadside.

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Botany Bay, Broadstairs, Kent

Photographed eastern end of St. John, VI, on Rams Head.

Silver Beach at Sunset

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Botany Bay, Broadstairs, Kent

The soft brown grass in the foreground.

Botany Bay Beach

Sinéad Baker for The University Times

Dodecatheon sp. with a matching Misumena vatia. Very cool camouflage ability in this little arachnid helps it capture bees and other prey without the use of webs. John Dean Park, Victoria, BC.

Book illustrated by Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870. Described with an introduction and a key to the natural orders by Johnson, C. Pierpoint (Charles Pierpoint), 1893. Published in London by Sowerby, 1860.

www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/182783

www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1164594

Botany Bay, Broadstairs, Kent

I've no idea how a created the crackled effect, and am devastated because that means I can't repeat it! I somehow managed it when using a combination of clear varnish, PVA and white acrylic paint...

Sunny woodland edge path

Eos 450D with EF100mm f2.8 macro USM

simon-nash.com

Book by Simmonds, Joseph Henry (1845-1936). Published in Auckland, New Zealand, by the Brett Printing and Publishing Company in 1927. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/166317

www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1201771