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This dragonfly landed on a tree branch just ahead of me at Koll. I often see them on reeds and tall grass, but haven't seen tree
branches, 6 feet off the ground!
Any time I shoot dragonflies, my ultimate goal is to see the compound eyes, and a few of the shots of this one did reveal them (enlarge for detail)
As you may have (not) noticed I am a little behind the wave with photography this year. But I am still here; just trying to do too many things at once…
This is for Sliders Sunday and my 100x project. It’s seven images of some CDs that I was clearing out, all lovely and iridescent in diffuse sunlight from a nearby window. They have been stacked in Affinity Photo in various ways and the results combined (mainly using the result of the Range operator stack).
The symmetry was created by flattening to a new separate layer, rotating half a turn and then blending it back (with Darken in this case).
I've done nothing with the colour or the contrast apart from the blending.
A quick bit of graphic art…
Hope you are well and happy!
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Sliders Sunday and 100x :)
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Each of those squares out there is one compound. Out in the middle of the desert, they build a few walls and then build a house in the middle of it.
Terrific Thursday to you.
Compound eyes and long segmented antennae of a large flying longicorn beetle that came clattering on my insect screen door yesterday evening. Body length about 80mm.
What to do on a rainy morning !!. Why not focus stack an unexpected visitor. This image was created using 10 photographs composited together using Zerene Stacker.
I used a bank of LED lights on the right hand side and a white card to the rear to bounce the light.
I used TriggerTrap to fire the camera to avoid camera shake.
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Nachdem die Wespe fast ertrunken war, blieb sie einige Zeit still in dieser Position. Das gab mir Gelegenheit für viele Makroaufnahmen. Die Augen dieser Tiere sind faszinierend.
Shimizu-mon is a gate to the Kitanomaru compound of Edo Castle. The structure in the photo is Yagura-mon (櫓門) meaning the gate with turret. It is combined with the smaller Kourai-mon (高麗門) meaning Korean Gate to form the Masugata enclosure to check the visitor.
It was originally constructed in 1607 along with the Kitanomaru compound and repaired in 1658 after the Meireki Fire in 1657. It remains largely intact since then including not only the Masugata enclosure but also the stone steps leading to the Kitanomaru compound.
I believe it is the best preserved gate of Edo Castle.
Kitanomaru was developed as a residencial area for important Tokugawa clan members. It was converted to a military base after Meiji Restoration. It was converted to Kitanomaru Park after WW II installed with the Budokan concert hall and a few museums. Unlike other parts of Edo Castle that are managed by Imperial Household Agency, Kitanomaru is managed by Tokyo Prefecture.
The tall building with a telecommuication tower is Chiyoda City Hall. Ciyoda City is one of the 23 municipalities that constitute Tokyo in the narrow sense. It occupies the most central location in the capital of Japan.
View from Iidabashi Station (飯田橋駅) toward southwest with the stone base of Ushigome-mitsuke checkpoint (牛込見附) and the Sotobori moat installed with the railway tracks of Chuuou Line.
Two photos were merged to get this image.
Despite intensive urban development, this area retains the original appearance of the citadel and Sotobori. The road in the photo leads to the Tayasu-mon gate of Kitanomaru compound where Budokan is located.
Mitsuke (見附) is a gate with a checkpoint often combined with a bridge over the moat. There were 8 gates in Edo, which were called -mitsuke. Similar checkpoints were often called -mon (門 gate) like Kita Hanebashi-mon and Hirakawa-mon.
Sotobori had been the physical boundary of the Samurai area during the Edo Period, which almost overlaps the present-day Chiyoda City except for the Kanda area that was part of Shitamachi, the downtown and commoners' area.
The left half of this photo belongs to Chiyoda City. Shinjuku City across the moat in the right and Bunkyou City outside of the frame are located outside of Sotobori. I don't know which City Iidabashi Station belongs to.
It was a silly conduct that the local governments of Bunkyou
and Shinjuku Cities decided to fill a short section of the outer moat in the opposite direction of this photo despite its historical, architectural and cultural importance of the neighbourhood.
The highly tangled-up intersection as uploaded previously is also located on the opposite side of Iidabashi Station.
Navigating the winding and narrow dirt roads of Baxter State Park, Maine, on a day of inclement weather.
Thank you for visiting! 🙏
Blue dasher dragonfly close-up at Kardon Park taken with 38mm extension tubes and a macro ring flash
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A Sympetrum striolatum from a while back. This one was a recently emerged individual, it seems that the ommatidia of the compound eye are much more apparent in teneral individuals, I still wonder what Dragon vision would be like, that's not just the compound eyes, you would have to factor in the 3 ocelli as well. I reckon a real case of sensory overload.
This was a natural light focus stack of a Darters noggin :o)
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The theme for “Smile on Saturday” is “insects and co”.
I must confess that I am not a big fan of insects as a general rule. Dragonflies and bees make up the exception to the rule. Dragonflies are just so beautiful, especially their wings; and bees are so fluffy and furry.
This happy bee in the middle of a velvety dahlia I photographed one day after work when I went to Canterbury to do some shopping.
This year throughout summer and autumn I have been delighted to see so many bees pollinating the flowers around Melbourne. There has been a big drive in Melbourne to establish hives for bees on city rooftops and in people's gardens. I hope this is the reason why I have seen so many this year. We need them so badly to enrich our world and brighten our lives!
Explore Apr 20, 2020 #362
I love the fragile filaments upholding yellow orange pollen covered stamens. The leaves form a perfect cup for accumulating water drops. And the purple surrounding edges. A simple groundcover that is simply beatutiful.
Tradescantia pallida is a species of spiderwort commonly known as Wandering Jew, though it cannot be said when, where, or by whom it was first called this. But, considering the term's negative connotation, it would be safe to assume the originator's intent was not to highlight the plant's more favorable qualities. Other common names include Purple Heart and Purple Queen.
T. pallida can be primarily described as an evergreen scrambling perennial plant distinguished by elongated, pointed leaves - themselves glaucous green, fringed with red or purple - and bearing small, sterile three-petaled flowers of white, pink or purple.
Widely used as an ornamental plant in gardens and borders as a ground cover, hanging plant, or - particularly in colder climates where it cannot survive the winter season - houseplant, it is propagated easily by cuttings (the stems are visibly segmented and roots will frequently grow from the joints). It is shade-tolerant and can thrive in a wide range of soil conditions where it has not been intentionally cultivated and carefully maintained. In areas throughout the southern United States and Australia, it is considered an invasive weed and has defied many attempts at control or eradication.
As a houseplant, T. pallida is exceptionally effective at improving indoor air quality by filtering out Volatile Organic Compounds, a class of common pollutants and respiratory irritants, via a process known as phytoremediation.
Tradescantia pallida, Wandering Jew, Purple Heart, Purple Queen
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I have to say that I really like my 65mm macro lens but not all insects are happy to let you get as close as you need for things to be in focus, which is about four inches. This fly was one of those subjects that tolerated me for a bit. I find the compound eyes to be quite something especially when you can resolve to the individual ommatidia in the eye - those tiny photoreceptor cells. I'm going to have to try for some increased magnification but I suspect not on a live insect...
Taken 9 August 2020 in my yard near Wasilla, Alaska.
We made a stop at a marina along our way traveling both Highway 3A and the No. 6. After parking, I went to the end of the marina to get a photo of the very interesting wooden fence and water break.
It was then we noticed the compound fires on a distant mountain and realized the smoke we had come through was from that area.
I wanted to make the shot relevant with a blend of elements in its own structure. So, the outside of the fence along with the distant fires, combined seemingly unrelated subjects forming a more connected story.
Explore #176
Krutitsy Compound (Krutitsy Patriarchal Compound, Krutitsy Bishop's House, Krutitsy) is the former residence of the bishops of Sarsky and Podonsky, founded in the 13th century as a monastery. The name of the compound comes from the word "krutitsy", denoting the elevated left banks of the Moscow River below the mouth of the Yauza River. In 1991, it became part of the Russian Orthodox Church as a compound of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'. Since 2001, the buildings have housed the Synodal Department for Youth Affairs.
13th-17th centuries
In the 9th-11th centuries, the princely village of Krutitsy was located on the territory of the modern compound. Busy trade routes leading to Kolomna and Ryazan passed near the village.
In 1262, a monastery for men was founded in Krutitsy, built in honor of Saints Peter and Paul. Historians put forward two main versions of its origin. According to the first, the decree on the establishment of the monastery was issued by Prince Daniil of Moscow. According to legend, he liked the picturesque nature of those places so much that he decided to found a house on the river bank. However, the ascetic Podon, who lived in one of the huts, warned him about the need to build a church and an archbishop's house in Krutitsy. For this reason, the prince gave up his own chambers and founded a monastery. At the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, the Greek bishop Varlaam the Greek settled in it, later becoming the first Krutitsy bishop. After Varlaam's death, the monastery was transformed into a courtyard of the Sarai diocese, created in the 13th century after part of the population found itself under the Horde yoke and Prince Alexander Nevsky issued a decree on the creation of a separate diocese for the church care of Russians in the capital of the Golden Horde, Sarai-Batu.
A faded ad of a soap powder no longer in production on a wall on Second and 72nd Street in Manhattan. A new building will soon rise and cover the ad forever. You can learn more about the product here:
Unlocking the battered overgrown gates to the compound where the engineering works and a traverser are situated in Asmara. Clearly, nothing has been over the line in a long while. The prickly pear was a formidable barrier in any case.
The traverser worked well, but is a little unexciting photographically, but the staff were proud to operate it.
Asmara, Eritrea. December 2014. © David Hill