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My wife and my oldest son looking for shells along the Cape Cod coast in Chatham, Massachusetts.
I obviously had the "zone focus" on my Olympus Trip 35 set to the wrong zone, but I love the out of focus look.
Camera: Olympus Trip 35 (early version: 1968-77)
Film: Kodak Gold 200
Developed by: The Darkroom
Comb Duck (aka Knob-billed Duck) at Martin Mere WWT. A rather strange looking duck but with gorgeous iridescent feathers on it's back. Not sure if this one was having a good wash, or trying to drench me and Maggie!
More shots below.
Combs Reservoir and Ladder Hill from above Chapel-en-le-Frith. Sketched on site with Artpen and water.
@Macromondays: Usually I post a weekly picture in the swedish flickr group ”Fotosöndag” (Photosunday). Last week I found out, that there also is a group on mondays. Since I love taking pictures (especially with a given theme you have to think about for one week) and I also would like to explore macro photography more than I have done so far, there was no doubt about to join ”macromondays”. This weeks theme ”abstract” is perfekt for macros. My personal challenge was to find an everyday object with any kind of structure or pattern that is interesting enough for a abstract macro picture. I chose a comb (very everyday…) and my children’s Lego Duplo plate.
Comb-crested Jacana
Irediparra gallinacea
June 1st, 2023
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens
Jacana! The Jesus-bird!
Although locally common up North, I get a little bit excited every time I see one of these beauties as we don't see them in my home state.
Their ridiculously long legs & toes, perfectly adapted to enable them to traverse the floating vegetation of the freshwater wetlands, swamps & lakes in which they live, make for really interesting photographic subjects. It's also why they go by the name Jesus-bird, for their ability to seemingly walk on water!
During our Darwin trip, we visited the world-renowned Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, about one hour East of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Situated within the Adelaide & Mary River Floodplains, during the wet season this reserve is home to hundreds of thousands of birds of numerous species. Unfortunately it was a little late in the dry season when we visited & much of the accessible water had receded, however the dam itself was still plentiful.
There were several Jacana dashing about the lily pads, busily hunting prey amongst & underneath the vegetation. I'll always stop & spend some time trying to photograph this species, so I was pleased when I caught this active bird as it landed on a lily pad having flown in from a nearby pad.
See if you can spoot the bonus Dragonfly!
These are small jelly fish that have eight rows of cilia that glow rainbow colors in the dark. I've tried photographing these before but they glow when they move through the water; so it is hard to get a clear photo. I managed to catch this just as they slowed down.
Murex pecten The Venus Comb Shell
I always imagined that this shell would move with the larger end in the foreground being the front, however I saw a video of the living sea snail gliding beneath this shell , with the narrow end being the front. Therefore the shell is definitely the animal's defence against predators, and after accidentally standing on one of these shells in bare feet, can tell you the spines are needle sharp and incredibly strong. I was able to pull the shell out of the bottom of my foot and not a spine had broken. So, as well as being very decorative, the shell serves it's purpose well.