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This outfit looks like a dress but it’s in fact a combination of a leotard, a separate skirt and a bow belt to blend them together. It has a fantastic metallic shine; nice and tight at the top and free and loose at the bottom with the flaring miniskirt, which shimmers magnificently in many shiny folds.
Metallic blue latex governess dress with double ponytail hood and cape. Made by yours truly. :-) I've got the blues..... ;-D
Canon EOS 300D - f/5 - 1/1600sec - 100mm - ISO 100
- This female dragonfly (Libellula depressa) landed on my garden table, I grabbed my camera and did take a picture from behind. When I walked around to the front she did fly away.
- Deze vrouwtjes libel (Libellula depressa) landde op mijn tuintafel, ik greep mijn camera en fotografeerde haar van achteren. Voor ik de kans kreeg een portretfoto te maken vloog ze helaas weg.
- Libellula depressa, the broad-bodied chaser or broad-bodied darter, is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe and central Asia. It is very distinctive with a very broad flattened abdomen, four wing patches and, in the male, the abdomen becomes pruinose blue.
The male and female have a broad, flattened abdomen which is brown with yellow patches down the sides. In the male the abdomen develops a blue pruinosity that covers the brown colour. Both fore and hind wings have a dark patch at the base. Both the male and female have broad antehumeral stripes. The average wingspan is approximately 70 mm.
L. depressa is found in central and southern Europe, central Asia and the Middle East.
L. depressa is seen near still-water lakes and ponds, feeding on many types of small insects. They occur in both bare and sunny locations, where it is often the first dragonfly to colonise new habitats such as newly created ponds, and well vegetated ponds.
The flight period is from April to September but are mostly seen in May and June. Their flight is very fast as they dart and dive above the water. They are very territorial and will fight with rival males and any other dragonflies they happen to encounter.
They characteristically return to a favoured perch, in the sun. When a female enters a male's territory the male will fly up and grab the female. Mating occurs on the wing and the pair are in tandem for only a brief period, often less than a minute.
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- Libellula depressa (platbuik)
De breedste libel, de spanwijdte van de voorvleugels is ongeveer 65 tot 75 mm. De libel oogt extra groot vanwege het zeer brede achterlijf. Zowel voorvleugels als achtervleugels aan de basis met donkere vlek.
Achterlijf na het uitsluipen oranje, met gele zomen aan de segmentranden. De kleur van het achterlijf verandert ook naarmate de libel ouder wordt en verschilt uiteindelijk per sekse. De vrouwtjes en alleen de jonge mannetjes zijn geelbruin van kleur, de zijkanten van het derde tot het zevende lichaamssegment zijn duidelijk lichter tot geel van kleur. De mannetjes krijgen later een blauwe verkleuring op het achterlijf, dit wordt wel berijping genoemd. Oudere vrouwtjes kleuren donkerder en kunnen ook een blauwe kleur krijgen maar wel in mindere mate. Bij de vrouwtjes blijven altijd de gele segmentranden zichtbaar terwijl deze bij mannetjes geheel verkleuren naar blauw.
Een zeer algemeen voorkomende libel bij stilstaande en zwak stromende wateren die zich in een pionierstadium bevinden, zoals pas gegraven poelen, vijvers, sloten.
Vliegt van eind april tot begin september, met een piek in de tweede helft van mei en de eerste helft van juni. Jonge imago´s vliegen weg van het water en zijn soms in grote dichtheden te vinden langs bosranden en houtwallen. Geslachtsrijpe mannetjes keren terug naar het water waar ze veelvuldig boven het water patrouilleren. Tussen de patrouillevluchten door gaan ze vaak op een vaste uitkijkplaats in de oever zitten, zoals een uitstekende tak. Andere mannetjes worden fanatiek verjaagd, terwijl met vrouwtjes direct in de lucht wordt gepaard. Vrouwtjes zetten klompjes af door vliegend het achterlijf ritmisch in water te dopen. Meestal wordt ze hierbij bewaakt door het mannetje, dat vlak bij haar blijft vliegen en andere mannetjes op een afstand houdt.
trying to create a metallic effect again with this one so used black & white but played about with the contrast
I wouldn't like to fall into this one by accident.....
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I love shiny clothes so this green metallic dress is perfect for me. I combine it with a sparkly green necklace and matching shiny green pumps. The metallic waistbelt with cute bow I made myself, and the different green colour gives a nice extra touch to my outfit.
Elateridae
South Africa, Kruger NP, 2016-02-01
Canon 5DMII, MPE-65mm, flash Canon 270EX with diffusor
A small metallic green bee on an old wooden log at my brother-in-law's place in Brigham, QC, Canada. There were many simillar bees there and they were burrowing into/nesting inside the logs - more shots upcoming. I believe this is a Sweat Bee, and possibly Augochlora pura, though confirmation/infirmation would be welcomed!
Vivitar Series 1 105mm F/2.5 Macro plus Raynox DCR-250 and off-camera Yongnuo YN-560 III. About 2:1 plus a moderate crop. I would put this bee at about 10-12mm long.
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Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallica
January 13th, 2023
Brinsmead, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens
This was an interesting experience, these Metallic Starlings are actually pillaging this nest for materials. I watched dozens of birds have a go at this nest, tugging at the top part of the nest before it eventually fell to the ground, where the birds continued to take materials for their own nests.
The metallic starling, also known as the shining starling, is a bird in the starling family native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland and the Solomon Islands
J-2304 is one of several Mirage 3CS aircraft that the Swiss acquired from Dassault in the 1960s. But the procurement programme was dogged with controversy and huge cost overruns.
This particular aircraft was eventually preserved at Montelimar in France - as I witnessed in 2019.
Dubendorf, Switzerland
21st August 1982
Praktica LTL, Kodachrome
19820821 20732 J-2304 Dubendorf clean
Metallic blue latex governess dress with double ponytail hood and cape. Made by yours truly. :-) I've got the blues..... ;-D
Ce récipient métallique habituellement rempli de petits bonbons a du être vidé pour se faire une beauté afin de servir de modèle dans un spot publicitaire. #Macro #MacroMondays #PickTwo #MetallicBasket
14. And here they are. See how easy that was!? I left the gold faceted bead at top somewhat matte...I didn't buff it very hard.
The rainbow doughnut www.flickr.com/photos/34443858@N07/5253667042/in/photostr... was done the same way as these but I made an effort to make my slices in the same direction.
Find the first image in this tutorial here:
www.flickr.com/photos/34443858@N07/5260163226/in/set-7215...