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Here's my first good shot using the Raynox DCR 150...I'm not sure if this a carpenter bee or some sort of fly but I'm happy with the capture :)
NOTE: I think I've figured out now, with the help of Flickr members and books that this is a Bulb fly.
Belgian garage jazz band bULBES were at X.Y.Zèbres (Huy, B) for a 4 tracks e.p. recorded by Maxime Wathieu to be released soon.
bULBES are :
Sam Andrianne : bass
Vincent Durieu : drums
Etienne Wathieu : guitar
Belgian garage jazz band bULBES were at X.Y.Zèbres (Huy, B) for a 4 tracks e.p. recorded by Maxime Wathieu to be released soon.
bULBES are :
Sam Andrianne : bass
Vincent Durieu : drums
Etienne Wathieu : guitar
Daffodil bulbs sprouting in the air.
Not the most interesting of compositions, but I am struck by how beautifully the medium format film captured the detailed textures. Again, from my first roll of 120 Tri-X self-developed in D-76 and shot with the Mamiya Super packing the 80mm f1.9.
I took a light bulb from my bathroom this morning and was just playing around with it. So you'll begin to see different shots I made with it.
This used to be Scilla autumnalis, but now is Prospera autumnale, but by any name it's a great late summer/fall flowering bulb. It's native to Europe and North Africa, so somewhat of a surprise it's hardy here...but it is hardy to perhaps zone 5 I think. They're rather small (6-12 inches), but quite a surprise in the flower bed.
The foliage is produced at the same time as the bloom and persists (or is replaced) through mid spring.
A Moon Gate (Chinese: 月门; pinyin: yuèmén) is a circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway, and a traditional architectural element in Chinese gardens. Moon Gates have many different spiritual meanings for every piece of tile on the gate and on the shape of it. The sloping roofs of the gate represent the half moon of the Chinese Summers and the tips of the tiles of the roof have talismans on the ends of them. Chinese Gardens are often used as a display of class and beauty in many different Western Cultures. The purpose of these gates is to serve as a very inviting entrance into gardens of the rich upper class in China. The gates were originally only found in the gardens of wealthy Chinese nobles.
Moon Gates were incorporated into the architecture of Bermuda in the late 19th century, around the same time that the British territory began importing Easter lily bulbs from Japan for cultivation. The Bermuda Moon Gate is slightly different from the original Chinese design, as it is often left free-standing or attached to low wall. In Bermuda, it is regarded as good luck for newlyweds to step through the gate.
Bermuda has long had a reputation for the strange, thanks entirely to the centuries old myth of the Triangle. Yes, I said myth because it’s merely yet another conspiracy theory borne of a few strange incidents. One oddity I discovered while visiting the island though is very real and at first even more perplexing than the fabled geometric phenomenon.
It was a beautiful day and dozens of boaters were out enjoying the weather. But there in front of me on the cusp of the property was what looked just like a Stargate.
If you’re a fan of the movie and ensuing TV series like I am, then you know that a Stargate is a large circle structure through which people transport themselves through space. My imagination went wild and my immature self began to wonder if interstellar travel had first arrived on Bermuda. As I later learned, these gates are found throughout the island but sadly for me are not a gateway to new planets and encounters with aliens.
Originally of Chinese design, moon gates were brought to Bermuda in the late 19th century thanks to the British fascination with Asian culture. In China the gates were meant to serve as ornamental and luxurious doorways to homes and gardens, but in Bermuda they’re mostly freestanding. They’ve also taken on a different meaning altogether on the island as a local told me. She said that it’s good luck for newlyweds to walk through the gates after getting married. No matter the origin or the tales associated with them though, the moon gates do have an undeniable elegance to them.
These odd gates quickly became a favorite sight of mine on the island, I found them everywhere from prominent spots to the most unlikely of locations. I also grew to love them, not because I secretly hoped they would light up when I walked through them but because of their odd history. It’s that unusual quirkiness that makes Bermuda so special, that separates it from other island destinations. They seem to shout out to new arrivals that Bermuda isn’t your normal place, in every positive sense of the word imaginable.
This is not Bermudian originally but Chinese, many centuries old. (In July 2004, a Japanese garden with a structure almost identical to what in Bermuda is called a moongate, won a Silver Gilt prize at the Royal Horticultural Society show at Tatton Garden in the UK). The first plan for one in Bermuda was brought from a Chinese garden in 1860 by a local sea captain. He drew the design of a circular, ornamental wooden gateway to a garden or place of inner repose and, once back in Bermuda, built one of his own. It was copied. It has since been adopted by Bermuda as a national symbol. There are many now in Bermuda.
The Bermuda version is built of Bermuda stone and often but not always used as an entrance to a garden. There is also a New England version, in granite, of the Chinese design.
Legend has it that people who walk through a Moongate, especially young lovers and honeymooners, are blessed with good luck.
The real Oriental origin of the Moongate was almost completely lost locally when the former gardener of the Duke of Westminster in the United Kingdom was employed to lay out the grounds of the (former) Bermudiana Hotel in the 1920s being built at that time by the Furness Withy shipping group. This was the first of the Bermuda Moongates in hotel properties.
Unfortunately, Bermuda Moongates do not export well as Bermuda stone is very heavy. But you might be able to obtain a design from a local architect and have one constructed if you wish, overseas, or refer to Chinese designs for the original kind.
We just did bulb exposure in my darkroom class, and because I didn't really have any time and my brother is a horrible model, I took terrible pictures. So I decided to redeem myself and mess around with my digital camera and use my nephew as a subject seeing as he is far more cooperative. Annnd here is the result!
Belgian garage jazz band bULBES were at X.Y.Zèbres (Huy, B) for a 4 tracks e.p. recorded by Maxime Wathieu to be released soon.
bULBES are :
Sam Andrianne : bass
Vincent Durieu : drums
Etienne Wathieu : guitar