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This might be the only free "p-stop" in Rome. If you're willing to save a euro, and further jar your bladder by running down those steps, a quick visit to this little bathroom habitat just might make you see clearly.
Multi-exposure (4X).
Pentax in Roma
The railway strike has us stuck in Berlin a couple of more days. No problem, of course, only a small inconvenience. And it gave me a chance to explore some more in the so-called Nordbahnhof Park. It's a pleasant narrow park leading north from the Invalidenstraße that was once the site of the beginning of the Berlin-Szczecin (Stettin) Railway constructed 1842-43. At the end of the 19th century bridges were built at the north end of what today is the park at the Liesenstraße to allow for safe-crossing beneath of road traffic. The line went out of use at the end of the 1950s and then became part of the Berlin 'Wall'. When the wall came down the area became a naturally wild park, a kind of nature reserve in the city.
It's a delightfully wild place with many plants and animals. The photo shows the derelict bridge borne up by macros of two wildflowers, a Brown Knapseed and a Bladder Campion.
Featured in Explore on Dec. 7, 2021.
This photo was taken during a photography course in Haliburton, Ontario, with Canadian wilderness photographer Rob Stimpson.
I'm sorting old photos and posting a few interesting ones. This image was uploaded to Flickr on Dec. 6, 2021.
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Abutilon pictum, the bladder cherry,[Chinese lantern, Japanese-lantern, strawberry groundcherry, or winter cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is a close relative of the new world Physalis peruviana (Cape gooseberry). Unlike the rest of Physalis that is native to the Americas, this species is native to the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Northeast Asia. When I was a kid in Massachusetts, just around this time of year these flowers would actually dry and become paper thin an d more orange than red. We called them "Halloween Lanterns."
Ten years ago, while walking to dog here, I came across four of there trees, brought home four or five the the "flowers" which my wife placed with pine cones and other things as a centerpiece on the dining room table. I went looking for them just after I posted the pomegranate bloom a couple of days ago, but they're nowhere to be found.
I found *this* tree full of flowers at Ruth Bancroft Gardens in Walnut Creek, California. A 27 foot tree was growing in deep shade and made photographing them difficult with the Powershot where any ISO above 400 produces noise that could rival the Indianapolis 500. But, I've had Canon SX series cameras since 2003, and I've learned a few tricks which rarely include using the flash: get close, actually step down the EV, use an ISO of 150 give or take, and take 1200 images. Somewhere in that morass, there should be something like this.
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„Die Welt einer wilden Weißen Lichtnelke“ 😎 (Erscheinungsbild)
Silene latifolia
bladder campion
Weiße Lichtnelke
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bladder that is. It was keeping secret from me the two fairly large precious stones until one got stuck in its neck, which sent me for a week to a hospital room with a nice view downtown. Not only that this was the first time ever spending time in such a facility but over the new year's eve, such an original way to enter the new year, lucky me.
One of the funny things was being told to rest while at the same time there was an army of nurses, PCAs, technicians, doctors, all regularly, even at night, checking on me, taking vitals, drawing blood, changing the IV, meds and on top of that I also had to make the few steps to go pee every 90 minutes because of that nutritious IV keeping me hydrated and with smooth baby skin. Certainly all my respect to the medical staff, I don't know how they do it, I would quit the following round. Sleeping like a baby now at home, wishing you a 2023 the way you like it!
The sunrises at Beluga Point. In the foreground is a patch of bladderwrack, also known as rockweed. Supposedly it is very high in vitamins and minerals like calcium, iodine, zinc, and both vitamins A and C.
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Gas Bladder Sea Kelp can be found up and down the California Coast. The giant kelp forests protect all kinds of sea life living amongst it.
Basically seaweed in closeup, this shows, in detail, one of the bladders from the bladderwrack species of seaweed, one of the most common seaweeds from our British shores.
Nereocystis (Greek for "mermaid's bladder") is a monotypic genus of subtidal kelp containing the species Nereocystis luetkeana. Some English names include edible kelp, bull kelp, bullwhip kelp, ribbon kelp, bladder wrack, and variations of these names.
The Bull whip kelp was utilized by the Pacific Northwest Coast Indians for their fishing gear and storage containers. The bulb and parts of the stipe were used to steam bend branches of fir for their bentwood halibut hooks. The fir sticks were shaved to the right thickness and shape, placed in the kelp tubes, water was added and the ends were plugged with a wad of moss. The kelp tubes were buried in hot ashes of a dying fire and left to steam all night. The next morning, the kelp was split open and the steamed fir sticks were bent to shape and pressed into a wooden mold to cool. A lightweight storage container for eulachon oil was also made from the long kelp stems and bulb. The blades were trimmed off and the lower end was cut off to provide an opening in which to fill the long stems with oil. A funnel was made from another kelp bulb to pour the oil into the stem. The open end was plugged with a wooden stopper and tied tightly into place.
Had to wait patiently for the ocean current to line them up just perfectly.
"Summer" started on Aug 31 when we heard the first bladder in Sydney. took a couple of days to catch one to photograph (by NJE)
Bladder Plant Bloom with ants Harvesting its bounty
The name Bladder Pod comes from the Airfilled Bladder pods it will develop later on.
San Diego, California
My grandparents taught us to grasp the old flowers by the petals to pinch into a balloon and pop it on the back of your hand. We call these wildflowers "Poppers".
The Bladder Campion, the flower this Bumblebee is struggling with, creates unique challenges for insects trying to forage and supply the hive’s food supply. The pistil and stamens protrude in a manner that is made more unmanageable by the drooping angle of the ‘bladder’ or calyx of the flowers. Early morning visits to the meadows and abandoned road to observe pollinators exposed me to the delicate extraction process. The Bumblebees trapline - they visit flowers along a designated route and sequence. This is both more efficient in flying and in flower visits, as the Bumblebee can avoid returning to flowers too soon after the last visit.
The Bumblebee uses its tongue or proboscis to get pollen (protein) and nectar (sugar rush for energy) for itself and for the hive. Different flowers suit different Bumblebees more than others depending on the proboscis length, and the Bladder Campion seems one that causes the longest visits. Hanging upside down while holding on to a flimsy flower requires a kind of animal dedication. Especially when you remember that the primary purpose is to provide food for others. That level of social instinct is one of the things I find fascinating about some bees.
Something I hadn’t known until I did some research before heading out is that some flowers, like those on tomato plants, don’t produce nectar but do produce pollen, and the Bumblebee vibrates its wings to cause the pollen particles to fall.
Once the hive’s business in producing the queens for next year’s hives is complete, the work of these foraging males is done. They continue to trapline until the cold catches up with them. Only the new queens survive the winter.
Bladder Cicada - macro
Cystosoma saundersii, commonly known as the bladder cicada, is a species of cicada native to northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland in Australia. Cystosoma saundersii are nocturnal and employ camouflage as a defense tactic.
Olympus OM-D EM1ii with m.zuiko 60mm macro lens PLUS 10mm and 16mm Mieke macro extension tubes. Godox TT350o flash with Cygnustech V2 diffuser.
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Singapore
Olympus Epic Stylus Epic
35mm F2.8
Ilford HP5+ 400
Home developed in Kodak HC-110 (dilution B) for 5-mins.
Kodak Pakon f-135+ Scan
Bladerwrack Seaweed, I always think it looks good on freshly sea washed sand, I like the sprinkling of sand on the sea weed too.
This tiny wild flower grows on the side of country roads or in fields. About 3/4 of an inch in size..
I went to Schiphol Airport to say goodbye to a good friend. To console myself I bussed to the Dr Jac.P. Thijssepark in Amstelveen (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/20434667128/in/photoli...). A wonderful place for quiet reflection with nary another soul. I sat a bit in the Sun and then looked at plants. The intricate and delicate structure of this Bladder Campion, Silene vulgaris, sometimes called Maiden's Tears, caught the attention of my Sony.
Bladder Cicada - macro
Cystosoma saundersii, commonly known as the bladder cicada, is a species of cicada native to northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland in Australia. Cystosoma saundersii are nocturnal and employ camouflage as a defense tactic.
Olympus OM-D EM1ii with m.zuiko 60mm macro lens PLUS 10mm and 16mm Mieke macro extension tubes. Godox TT350o flash with Cygnustech V2 diffuser.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA