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Seeds stuck in a spider's web under a garden rail. Not sure if this has come out as I wanted, so comments welcome.
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Ten Common Loons were trapped in the pack ice as it was pushed inshore by strong NE winds. They were there for a few days before the local wildlife rescue team was alerted. Five were rescued and released in open water, 2 died and these 3 evaded the rescuers by diving under the ice. They remained trapped for a few more days until finally the winds shifted, the ice moved, and the loons were gone. Hopefully they made it to open water.
Chance Cove, NL
Saturday Self Challenge: schaduw
Schaduw van een trappenhuis aan de Kathleen Ferrierstraat in Almere Muziekwijk. Straten, paden en pleinen in deze wijk zijn vernoemd naar bekende musici, componisten, muziekinstrumenten en -stukken. De trappen zijn een nooduitgang.
Kathleen Ferrier was een Engelse zangeres en zij zingt hier ‘Ombra mai fù’ van Händel, een lied over de heerlijke en lieflijke plataan en zijn schaduw.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5imp4nXODk
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Saturday Self Challenge: shadow
Shadow of a stairwell on Kathleen Ferrierstraat in Almere Muziekwijk (Music district). Streets, paths and squares in this district are named after well-known musicians, composers, groups, musical instruments and pieces. The stairs are an emergency exit.
Kathleen Ferrier was an English singer and here she sings Händel's ‘Ombra mai fù’, a song about the fine and lovely plane tree and its shade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5imp4nXODk
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We're here are visiting trapped. I have this piece of art that always makes me think someone is watching me, as if they are literally trying to push through the glass. Must be in my imagination.
I was going to take more pictures of worms on a apple today, but it was really cold outside and hailing at times.
For The Teleidoscopes Week #29: Traps
Have you ever been so immersed in a book that you feel trapped in it? It happens to me every once in a while when I find that really good story that just seems to pull me in and not let go. It's a good kind of trap I suppose!
I had the day off today (4 day weekends=awesome) and while I did intend to get a bunch of stuff done, I wound up taking it easy and enoying the "nothingness" of a day off.
The feeling of being stuck, unable to get out is something that most of us will go through at some point in life. But there's always a way out. You just have to look for it....
Saucer magnolias - the forgotten pink flowering tree of early spring - engulf a street lamp in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood on a quiet Easter Sunday morning.
Waves are harsh on lobster traps as high tide tends to carry the traps and throw them up on the rocky shorelines. The damaged traps will remain until the fishermen that own the traps claims them.
This poor fly victim was found trapped in a carnivorous plant called sundew .
I took this with my latest dslr , the Canon 5D Classic / mk1. An incredible Value full frame camera that can be had for under £300! AMAZING! :)
Drosera
Drosera anglica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Droseraceae
Genus:Drosera
L.
Drosera, sometimes called Sundews, are carnivorous plants. They use a thick gluey goo called mucilage to trap and digest their prey. They are one of the most numerous carnivorous plants, and have at least 188 species. They are found everywhere in the world except Antarctica. Many sundews species usually live for two or more years, while others live for only one year and reproduce by seed. Some sundew species can live for 50 years.
Description
Its scientific name is from the Greek δρόσος: "drosos" = "dew, dewdrops". Its English name is sundew, from Latin ros solis, meaning "dew of the sun". Both names describe the sweet-smelling, sticky mucilage (goo) that comes down the ends of tentacles on each flower stalk.This mucilage rolls down the plant, attracting sugar-loving insects day and night.The mucilage has enzymes which digests them so that the plants can get the nitrogen it needs from it. Like all plants, the sundew makes its own food, and just uses insects for nitrogen and other nutrients. These tiny flowering plants are about 5 in (127 mm) tall, about as tall as an adult's hand, though some climbing sundews can be much taller. One species of sundew, the Drosera erythrogyne, grew up to 30 ft (9 m). Sundew roots are not very strong. They are usually simply for taking in water and keeping the sundew firmly planted to the ground.
What they eat
Sundews eating dragonflies.
A fly, butterfly, or other nectar-loving insect will find the sweet smell of the mucilage that oozes from the plant. Landing on the colorful tip, the insect will immediately be stuck. The plant has cells that make more mucilage in the place where the insect is. The gooey mucilage will completely surround the insect. Then, the sundew plant wraps its outside tentacles around the insect, absorbing its nutrients. It curls its tentacles around the insect quite quickly: in some species this takes only a few seconds. Some species, like Drosera glanduligera can curl its tentacles towards its prey in less than a second.Many sundews can bend parts of themselves so that the prey will be as sticky as possible. One species, Drosera capensis, actually wraps its leaf around the prey in 30 minutes, as seen in the picture on the right. The prey usually dies in about 15 minutes. The sundew will then eat the entire insect except the outside exoskeleton. When the plant has finished eating, it opens up its tentacles and drops the exoskeleton to the ground.
Nepenthes madagascariensis, upper pitcher designed for trapping flying prey. Canal des Pangalanes, Madagascar.
This image is part of my first experimentation for my final major project. First attempt of creating my character and encapsulating all the themes relevant to my story into one person. I also wanted to further expand on techniques I had grown to enjoy such as chiaroscuro lighting and creating at-home studio like backgrounds for more polished images. The work of Ralph Eugene Meatyard is ever influencing me so I wanted to really bring forth that eerie ambiance again and make the viewer feel uncomfortable. The character is one who is trapped behind a mask he can not escape from. This hinders his life, he can never free his true self from the physical façade forced upon him.