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Sadly, I have seen no Thread-waisted wasps this year yet, so this photo from last year will have to suffice.
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Practice the art of simplicity today by making an interesting photo from a minimalist perspective - Daily Shoot #ds64.
What potential does this thread hold in the hands of a skilled seamstress? This thread is from my Grandmother's sewing basket.
A mating pair of thread-waisted wasps (Eremnophila aureonotata) visits a Wingstem flower. The adults of this species feed on flower nectar, but the larvae live in a burrow dug out by the female and feed on a big caterpillar that she brings for them and places in the burrow.
We watched with bated breath as the plane approached the moon. Just as it was about to pass by, it banked left and crossed the heavenly body. We all cheered!
My camera was on bulb mode (manual timing - no preset), and I was aiming to do a 10 second exposure. When I saw the plane turn towards the moon I completely forgot about the concept of overexposure. I wanted to catch the crossing!
30 seconds later I closed the shutter. I looked at the camera's LCD - it was totally white. I had blown it. What a lost opportunity. But how could we know the plane would do this, from where we were standing?
At home, in front of the computer, I used Aperture to crank the exposure down as much as it would allow (maybe 2 stops), and did the same thing with the brightness control. IMAGE!
I always try to "expose to the right". This was extreme, but thanks to shooting in RAW format I was able to pull this off. Almost no noise, too!
I reprocessed this using Adobe Camera Raw. It is cropped to 75% of original size. Hardly sootc * !
200 mm on Canon Rebel = 320 mm
Gitzo 3531 Tripod
Acratech Ballhead
* "Straight out of the camera"
Urban Threads artist Caitlin dreamed up a grand celestial quilt. See how she made it and what she learned along the way- bit.ly/VOSR4M
didn't quite realise what we had gotten ourselves into, when this guy said he had some thread he didn't need anymore...
Ceremonial rite in which the young Brahmin boy is invested with the sacred thread and initiated into the Gayathri - the Holiest of all mantras in the legacy of the Rishis.
2nd edition China Stormer, gorgeous, mint doll in TANB- near mint and complete.
2nd edition China Kimber, very good left shoulder has chipping in the back, in Set Your Sails- mint and complete. She is wearing real earrings and her hair has been threaded into place to hold the style. Has card with 2 left shoes in it!
We are tied with different threads of time. we cross over and certainly go parallel as destined.
I am a fan of Sci-Fi movies and 've watched the movie (Source Code) in recent time. and seeing the photograph this though was aroused! LOL
Cox's Bazaar, 2011
Rare combination of Leica R6 all mechanical SLR and the fast Leica R Summicron 90mm f2 lens with adjustable lens hood. Note this is the early version with the Series 7 thread with a Duclos Cinema Series 7 -77mm , Series 7-58mm adapters, ultra rare Angenieux UV 58mm , Angenieux UV 77mm filter and Angeniex 77-82mm hood.
Autumn aster flowers are magnets for wasps like this Ammophila sp because so few other flowers are blooming. Weston Bend State Park, Missouri, USA, October 9, 2021.
Oil Cloth thread Basket - approx. 2"T x 9 1/2" W x 2 1/2" D
Oil cloth exterior & interior purchased from CityCraft www.citycraftonline.com/
My thread is stored by type in plastic shoe boxes on a shelf inside a cabinet. This "basket" is the perfect size to sort my threads by color within each shoe box (ie this one holds all my red/pink polyester threads).
Used this tutorial - ayumills.blogspot.com/2011/10/12-gifts-of-christmas-blog-... but didn't add any batting or interfacing - the two layers of oil cloth provided enough rigidity for this purpose.
Such a cute, quick, easy & practical project.
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Silver Thread is easily one of the most unique looking falls I have encountered. It's a beautiful two-tiered 80' spill, which over the past 10,000 years has cut its way through vertical cracks in the shale that upon appearance, looks man made. After reading some material on the nps.gov website, I found that the only sculptor here was nature. Amazing.
Of course, you can't see that here :-) This was my take on the falls. I love panning and zooming and I thought this skinny waterfall would fit the bill nicely. It's my art dammit!
The image below in the comments is a 'regular' shot of the falls, but the perspective doesn't show too well the wonderfully natural sculpted walls of the chute. I was working on a better composition by wading in the pool at the bottom of the falls. That was....uh....after I slipped through the railings of the fence that keeps you on the trail, and out of the falls. I could feel the eyes burning a hole in my back. I nonchalantly tossed a glance over my shoulder knowing damn well I was busted. Sure enough, both hands on hips...head cocked...big 'ole Ranger hat on...'Nuff said :-)
HENRY POOLE IS HERE
I loved this movie.
After sending this off for a friend to see, they immediately pointed out The Blessed Mother. Yes folks, there really is a Virgin in the Pennsylvania Mountains! I knew there just had to be. So now, I'm expecting long lines of people.....My life is about to change...isn't it exciting?!
ISO 100
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See this photo for a full explanation of needle-made lace.
This photo demonstrates the final stage of the process, detaching the piece from its backing. This piece was made using metallic thread which is very finicky, so I wasn't able to get the outline coverings as clean as I'd have liked.