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Allen die Halloween feiern: Happy Halloween !!!
Den anderen wünsche ich für morgen, ein besinnliches Allerheiligen.
Everyone who celebrates Halloween: Happy Halloween !!!
I wish the others a peaceful All Saints' Day for tomorrow.
Die Totenköpfe habe ich auf dem Friedhof in Chammünster geschossen. Eine der ältesten Kirchen hier im Landkreis, mit ihren 900 Jahren.
I shot the skulls in the cemetery in Chammünster. One of the oldest churches here in the district, with its 900 years.
Cham Oberpfalz
Bayern (Bavaria) - Deutschland (Germany)
Oktober (October) 2021
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#dentophobia
#Necrophobia
#Achluophobia
So many phobias, and so many choices. I should have checked the English list of phobias on Wikipedia first, because there is a phobia called "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia" (fear of the number 666) which would have been worth picking for the word alone, and it would also have been an apt choice for Halloween ;) But since I already had a vague idea of which phobia I wanted to illustrate when I read about the theme, I only looked into the German list for the correct term for the latter: which is trypophobia, a fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes – and I'd strongly advise you not to look for images of that particular fear, because... nope :)
So trypophobia is the main phobia in this photo. When we once had "Mesh" as an MM theme some time ago, I'd noticed that the biggest of the many tiny holes in the mesh of a small laundry sachet looked like a skull when seen from a certain angle. I'd picked a different subject for the theme back then, but I immediately had the idea to use the "laundry sachet skull" when I read about the Phobia theme. Btw, I'm sure there also is a phobia against losing single socks in the washing machine, even if you won't find it on the Wikipedia list ;)
Other phobias that might work with this photo as well are "necrophobia" (fear of death or the dead – and doesn't Mr. Skull remind you of a mummy as well?), dentophobia (fear of the dentist, although poor Mr. Skull has already lost all his teeth, probably because of eating too many "Mon Cherie" chocolates), achluphobia (fear of darkness), and eisoptrophobia (fear of mirrors or seeing one's reflection in the mirror ̵– which is me every morning)...
Stupidly (most stupidly, I should note), I thought that the image I had already taken and processed last night wasn't sharp enough. So I still took several more photos today – alas, none of them were any sharper so I picked the aforementioned first photo from yesterday anyway. Stupid, isn't it? It's a single High Resolution shot processed in Color Efex mainly with the tonal contrast filter which added a nice "oomph" to the image. I chose the "High Resolution" mode so I'd be able to crop the image so that there would be only one "skull" in the frame (the length of Mr. Skull's eyes and mouth is 1,5 cm/0,059 inches each). So what you see is a 3229x3229 image cropped from the original 10368x7776 SOOC photo. I did this because you can get extremely close to the subject with the 30mm macro lens – which in this case meant that the lens blocked out all the light coming from the left and right (which I'd put up to highlight the white mesh). So I had to increase the working distance which made the tiny holes too tiny for cropping out a single "skull" with the regular resolution. Setup: White mesh laundry sachet wrapped around the red, transparent chocolate box lid; the third light source was a soft white photo light from above.
HMM and Happy Halloween, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!
When I took this photo at a small stream, I actually only wanted to photograph the structures of the wave. Only when I developed the photo at home did I notice that the boulder where the wave broke looks like a skull.
Macabre, or just a trick of nature?...wie so vieles im Leben!!!
Als ich dieses Foto an einem kleinen Bachlauf machte, wollte ich eigentlich nur die Strukturen der Welle ablichten. Erst als ich das Foto zu Hause entwickelt habe, bemerkte ich, dass der Feldstein, wo sich die Welle brach, wie ein Totenschädel aussieht.
Makaber, oder nur ein Streich der Natur?...like so many things in life!!!
Sunset on Skull Creek. Skull Creek, part of Port Royal Sound, is an intracoastal waterway that separates Hilton Head Island from the mainland. Shot taken from Hudson's on the Docks, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Sunset on Skull Creek. Skull Creek, part of Port Royal Sound, is an intracoastal waterway that separates Hilton Head Island from the mainland. Shot taken from Hudson's on the Docks, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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Once a beautiful tree, today a sad skull. Carved by humans to impress, for many years, the wooden skull has witnessed the passing of Halloween nights, with hollow eyes and a heart full of rings.
Happy Shocktober!! 💀🎃 HSS!
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• Sand tiger shark, grey nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark, blue-nurse sand tiger
• Tiburón sarda (UY), tiburón toro, escalandrún (AR)
• Cação-mangona, tubarão-touro, tubarão-cinza
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Parvphylum: Chondrichthyes
Class: Elasmobranchii
Subclass: Neoselachii
Infraclass: Selachii
Superorder: Galeomorphi
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Odontaspididae
Genus: Carcharias
Species:C. taurus
~160mm (wide)
Artisanal fishing boats (no recreational)
Atlantic coast, Rocha, Uruguay
A composite of a close-up of a skull found at the 13th century Château de Mauriac in Gaillac. The background is the skull in it's actual location, high up in the ramparts - HSS!
• Yacare caiman, southern spectacled caiman
• Yacaré negro
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Crocodilia
Family:Alligatoridae
Subfamily:Caimaninae
Clade:Jacarea
Genus:Caiman
Species:C. yacare
Ethically sourced specimens
[Beloved Bones] Skull Kicker Stilettos
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Macro Mondays: Phobia
Anyone with a phobia of spiky hairy caterpillars with skull patterns on the body?
Happy Halloween 🎃👻💀
• White-chinned petrel / Cape hen
• Petrel de barba blanca / Pardela gorgiblanca
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Procellariidae
Genus:Procellaria
Species:P. aequinoctialis
118mm
Ethically sourced specimens
Big spring tides are always great days to explore the sea caves at low tide. I've photographed in this one a few times but had never really noticed this wonderful likeness of a skull before! Skull and bones, by A A Bondy is spot on, but the bones may be lacking, unless I got cut off!!
Here are some new pictures of my "Skull´s Deamon" droid part sculpture, 99% made of droid parts.
I added some new details and made better pictures.
Hoplophoneus primaevus was an extinct carnivore that lived in North America during the Early Oligocene, approximately 34 to 30.5 million years ago. It belonged to the genus Hoplophoneus, which ranged more broadly from the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene (~37 to 30 million years ago), and was part of the Nimravidae family—often referred to as “false saber-toothed cats.” Despite their feline-like appearance, nimravids formed a separate evolutionary branch within Carnivora. The name Hoplophoneus comes from the Greek words for "weapon" (hoplo) and "murder" (phonos)—a fitting name for an apex predator equipped with elongated saber-like canines.
Scientific classification:
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: †Nimravidae
Subfamily: †Nimravinae
Genus: †Hoplophoneus
Key species within the genus Hoplophoneus:
Type species:
†Hoplophoneus primaevus (described by Cope in 1874).
Other species:
†Hoplophoneus occidentalis – larger size, with more robust canines.
†Hoplophoneus mentalis – more ancient form, present in the Late Eocene.
†Hoplophoneus dakotensis – characterized by a more elongated skull.
†Hoplophoneus oreodontis – likely specialized in preying on oreodonts.
The skull of H. primaevus presents many of the hallmarks of the genus: prominent upper canines, flanged lower jaws to protect those teeth when the mouth was closed, deep zygomatic arches for strong bite musculature, and a shortened snout. Its limb proportions—short and sturdy—suggest it was an ambush predator, capable of short bursts of speed but not extended chases. Like other nimravids, it likely hunted from cover, quickly overpowering prey with a powerful, slashing bite.
This cast was produced from a remarkably complete original specimen, with only 15% restoration and a unique, naturally occurring coloration. The replica faithfully preserves the most iconic features of Hoplophoneus—its extended saber canines, recessed eye sockets, and muscular jaw contours—capturing the lethal elegance of one of the most specialized predators of its time.
