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You voted, and this week's Top Corps Shot comes from Cpl. Reece Lodder. Lodder shot this photo following a squad patrol to clear houses of insurgent activity as part of Operation Tageer Shamal in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. After five hours, the squad stopped to rest in an abandoned compound. All of the Marines and Afghan soldiers were exhausted, as were the IED detection dogs, so this trio decided to catch a quick nap. Even though he was tired, Lodder grabbed his camera and captured the moment. “I liked that the Redskins blanket was in the photo because it was an unusual slice of reality back home in the midst of a long operation and a drab desert. I think our fans like this photo because it’s an unusual, interesting image that visually, physically and emotionally gets to the core of what the Marines and the dog were feeling at this moment in time. It helps them feel, even if only in a small way, what we felt.”
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Lance Cpls. Matthew Scofield (left), 19, from Syracuse, N.Y., and Jarrett Hatley, 21, from Millingport, N.C., a squad automatic weapon gunner and an improvised explosive device detection dog handler with 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, rest next to Hatley's dog Blue after clearing compounds with Afghan National Army soldiers during Operation Tageer Shamal (Shifting Winds) here, Jan. 4. Over the past five years, coalition forces have operated with Afghan National Security Forces to defeat the insurgency in the central Helmand River valley. Driven from the green zones, or populated areas, of districts in southern Helmand, enemy fighters have sought refuge in bed-down locations west of the Helmand River. This area on the outskirts of Garmsir district has been, until now, nearly untouched by the partnered forces and the Afghan government. During the operation, Jan. 4-8, Afghan forces and Marines with 3/3 cleared the area of insurgent activity, weapons and improvised explosive device-making materials, and held shuras to address the concerns of local elders.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary, Saanich, BC
"A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It may consist of thousands of ommatidia, which are tiny independent photoreception units that consist of a cornea, lens, and photoreceptor cells which distinguish brightness and color. The image perceived by this arthropod eye is a combination of inputs from the numerous ommatidia, which are oriented to point in slightly different directions. Compared with single-aperture eyes, compound eyes have poor image resolution; however, they possess a very large view angle and the ability to detect fast movement and, in some cases, the polarization of light." -- Wikipedia
Barton Park, 20th December 2016, Noted in there Compound, where it departed shortly after this shot was taken.
Black Hills Central BALDWIN 2-6-6-2T saddle tank compound #108 is near the end of it's run outside of Keystone SD.
Crop of a dragonfly photograph that I took a couple of years ago. This crop shows the compound eyes rather well.
Photo by and courtesy of Neil Smedley. For more of Neil's photos see this group: www.flickr.com/groups/14774027@N21/.
No 1000 at Nottingham Victoria before working the RCTS 'East Midlander 4' tour to Eastleigh and Swindon. The 'Compound' took the train to Oxford (where it was relieved by 'Standard 5' no 73017) and returned the special from there to Nottingham. The photographer travelled on the train.
In the background is the Victoria Hotel - now a Hilton.
11 September 1960.
McLarens on deck...yachts on deck.
Finally Rich-Chief Keef*
*this song choice may or may not get a few negative comments
Part of the head with the compound left eye of the green stink bug. The green stink bug or green soldier bug (Acrosternum hilare) is a stink bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae.
The picture has been made with magnification 8 and f/8, using the Canon 7D, the MP-E 65 mm/f2.8 and a Canon 2x teleconverter. The large-sized version can be seen on
A big fly in the back garden.
I was invited to participate in the ‘Alice in wonderland’ show at the compound gallery in Portland. *sold
First time I have ever had a chance to photograph a damselfly. Generally, these guys won't let you get within 5 feet of them, but this one stuck around for several photos.
Perusing the isles at Sally Beauty Supply...one of my favorite haunts. Before I'm done with her, Daisy will know this place upside down and inside out. 😍
Hmmm...unless I'm terribly mistaken, I'd say Daisy is enjoying the view in addition to the educational opportunity. 😉
This underside belongs to a northern fruit bug (Carpocoris fuscispinus) which was climbing around on the flowers outside the front of my house back in mid-September of 2025.
From this angle, you can see the long proboscis which shield bugs use to feed on pland sap and fruit.
Leitz SM Compound Microscope.
Camera: Rolleicord Va Type 2
Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach-Xenar 75mm f3.5 with Rondo Close-up attachment II.
Film: Kodak T-Max 100
Developer: Beerenol (Rainier Beer)
This is an all-female compound of hawkers and kayayo (market porters). They're mostly new arrivals from rural areas.
Check this; there are 10 rooms in this compound, five women per room, belongings hanging in bags around the walls. Each paying (back in 2000) ¢5000 per night to live there (total per month: ¢7.5m): they generate all this money from selling or carrying.
The things they sell varies from day today – chewing sticks, oranges, avocado pears, rice and stew – all manner of things. This means that whatever crops come into Accra from any of the ten regions, these people instantly distribute them to the four corners of Accra at the lowest possible price.
By my calculations as a group, these women generate more cash per square metre that we do in our, one family per compound, high rent areas of Accra. Amazing Ghanaians...
I think this dragonfly is a Variegated Meadowhawk. Each dot is a separate tiny eye with a lens, cornea, and photoreceptor for color and brightness. The smooth purple - dotted part of the lower eye are also faceted but are angled downward and do not reflect the overhead light. They are all combined in the brain for an image with a nearly 360° field of view much like (and probably much better than) the new VR movie cameras.
The yellow "nose" area also contains photoreceptors (ocelli) that are used for orientation and navigation - left, right, up and down - using UV light.
MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA
The compound is one of the most important samples of urban medieval architecture preserved in Transylvania. It is an architectural assembly that consist of 13 houses dating back to the XV-XVI - built in Gothic style.
Bistrita - Romania
From my Dad's collection of World War 2 photographs. My Dad served with the Ninth Division of the Australian Imperial Force
19cm x 28cm / 7.5" x 11" / watercolor on paper / 2008
*sold*
*limited edition prints available at Compound Gallery, Portland, OR*