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Caught a lovely scene with kites cross crossing the sky against a beautiful sky and treeline. The seemed so foreign to the sky and i nearly cropped them out but it made for a lovely distraction as they glided back and forth into the frame I decided they had to stay!. Apparently the kite is an ancient device that is believed to have been invented in China by two philosophers in the fifth century B.C. named Mo Di and Luc Ban.
Screw construction from power amplifiers. Exhibition of music and light. Moscow city. September 15, 2018
"In all universes there will be fanatics, and in our world a new religion has arisen: The Church of the Holy Heart of the Machine. Fervent believers that the machines feel and that they will accompany us to paradise, they advocate caring for the machines, recycling and prayers to the officiants (who with skillful hands manage to fix any device that does not work). Richard has built his style with many iconic elements of steampunk, and the important detail at the heart of Anastyle."
Style showed in our First Second Life 19 Bth Fashion Show, organize by Editorial Suoh and Mahasia Models AGency
Magnificent Frigatebird ~ (Fregata magnificens)
"In the unlikely event of a water landing, your throat pouch can be used as a flotation device".
I always wondered how much the inflated throat pouch got in the way when these birds come down for a drink.
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In the age of Covid-19, folks, it’s important to frequently clean your keyboards and other oft-touched surfaces where the virus can collect. But be sure to use properly prescribed techniques for your devices. A heavy hand with the heel of your shoe is not the way to go.
Smile On Saturdays “Focus On Heels” theme
Thanks to the CDC for the Covid-19 visualizations.
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Skala und Zeiger eines "Directional Gyro Radio Magnetic Indicator" (Hersteller: Aviation Instrument MFG. Corp., Houston, Texas, USA)
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Scale and hands of a "Directional Gyro Radio Magnetic Indicator" (manufacturer: Aviation Instrument MFG. Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA)
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If you fave it, please, post a little comment, it's a pleasure, thanks a lot :-)
Please : NO great Glittery graphics or great animated gifts.
Vous lire est un plaisir. Merci de votre visite, vos commentaires, vos invitations et favoris.
To read your comments is a pleasure. Faves, comments, invites are welcome, great thanks :-
If you fave it, please, post a little comment, it's a pleasure, thanks a lot :-)
Back in the day if your smoking material became too small to smoke but too big to toss, you reached into your pocket for this little device. It looks like a key but when squeezed the blade would separate and it became a handy clip. It has remained on my keychain ever since. It has held up quite well over the years, possibly because it was made in the USA.
I enjoy the grainy aspect when shooting with a low resolution device. Some seem to not favor having large foregrounds or backgrounds but this is how I feel great proportion and balance is gained. I tried many different angles with this shot and personally preferred being able to show the one angler having his morning smoke and the only way I could accomplish this was having their heads above the shore line. By doing this as well highlights the sunrise reflections on the face of the other sportsman. I feel this just ads to the depth of the image. since both heads have a unique presence. Sure I could crop out some of the foreground (Many will say I should) but it's my style and signature if you see my gallery
I took off the tops of several electronic devices and didn't find anything I liked. then I just took off my watch... and now I'm not even sure if it is an "electronic" at all... but the copper inductor may be a hint...
HAVE A HAPPY MACRO-MONDAY everyone :-)
European hornet closeup (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland
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European hornet (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland
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THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO:
I guess you can tell by the look on its face that this is not a happy hornet. That's not unusual for hornets - truth be told, variations of "not happy" "angry", or at least "badly irritated" seem to be pretty much their natural state of mind - but what's interesting about the fella above is that he also wasn't exactly sober.
To spell it out more clearly: that was one hammered hornet. It was so drunk in fact, it couldn't fly for two seconds straight without crashing. I shot that photo in my garden last fall, but as with all my pictures, I'll try to give you a bit more context.
Every year at least one hornet queen decides that some crack or hole inside the thick stone walls of my 400-year old house in Ticino is the perfect place to raise her royal family.
That in itself wouldn't pose a problem, but if there's one thing we know about "royals", it's that they're a complicated bunch (though it has to be said for both princes William and Harry that they rarely build little palaces inside the walls of some stranger's house, but I digress).
There is a slight potential for conflict; in my experience, all hornets are born with a sweet tooth and a bad temper, and particularly when there's ripe figs in my garden, tensions can rise.
That is entirely my fault though, because I still sometimes foolishly try to negotiate the human place in the food- (or rather: fruit-) chain, despite knowing perfectly well that fig season isn't the time to want to improve human-hornet relations, as any attempt in that regard will inevitably follow the same frustrating pattern:
Human: "Oh hello there Ms Hornet, how nice to meet you here at the fig tree - isn't the weather just lovely?"
Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."
Human: "There is really no need to be so angry, dear Ms Hornet: we're all friends here, and there's enough figs for all of us! How are the kids, I mean... larvae?"
Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."
Human: "Jeez, OK - relax! I can see you have a sting, I'm going, all right? You can have all the figs Ms Hornet, see: I'm already leaving!"
Hornet: "Bzzzzz. Yes, I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Don't come back. Bzzzzz."
And that's how THAT conversation goes.
Yet despite our occasional differences (like when I nearly died of smoke inhalation because Her Royal Hornet Majesty had decided my chimney was another suitable place for her nest), I'm happy to report we generally get along quite well, unless... - well, unless the hornets are intoxicated.
It's one of nature's lesser known facts (or perhaps its dirty secret) that many of our friends in the animal kingdom occasionally like to get high, and hornets are no exception. Not on anything illegal, mind; they are law-abiding insects after all, so you won't see them smoke crack or snort cocaine (although with some hornets I wouldn't rule that out completely 😉).
No: their usual drug of choice is alcohol, which my irritable neighbors find - surprise! - in my fig tree. Once some of the overripe fruit start to ferment, their potent juices become a magnet for hornets - and that's when the trouble starts.
It should come as no surprise that "hornets and hooch" are an inherently problematic combination. Because the crux with alcohol is this: it doesn't alter your personality, it only brings out the character traits that are already there without a filter, so you just become a terribly unrestrained version of yourself when you drink too much.
Which with hornets - who aren't the most cheerful bunch even on a good day - is a recipe for disaster. They are MEAN drunks - and I'm not kidding, oh boy. All that bottled-up anger constantly boiling underneath that shiny, chitin surface from the moment they hatch is finally released into the world, and it's not a pleasant sight, let me tell you.
Alcohol REALLY doesn't seem to improve their mood, and the other animals in my garden all agree (and I concur) that the fig tree would be a much happier place if the hornets just smoked weed and listened to Bob Marley instead (if them getting high can't be avoided altogether).
To be fair though, not all hornets have a drinking problem. Most of them behave responsibly and "don't drink and fly" (which I'm sure is a motto that gets taught in hornet school from an early age). And they don't get high all year long: It's only when fall arrives that the hornets like to have a merry get-together in my fig tree to get a good "buzz on".
But you know how it is: just like with any good party, there's always the ONE guy who can't hold his liquor and basically turns into your angry, drunk uncle at Christmas who starts picking fights with every one at the dinner table and insists on letting you know - very loudly - what he thinks about Trump or Biden or the Corona virus once he's had one too many.
Which finally brings me back to the fella in the photo above, because apparently he was THAT guy. That particular "drunk uncle" hornet sat underneath the fig tree on a fallen (and pretty rotten looking) fruit and was deep into its cups. As soon as it saw me, it started to buzz angrily and seemed intent on a confrontation, but it didn't manage to get airborne for more than a second.
After a few more failed attempts to lift off and a few more angry "Bzzzzzz" sounds (I think I actually did hear the words "Trump", "Biden" and "Corona" in there 😉), it just went back to boozing on the juices of the spoiled fig on the ground.
I left it to its own devices, happy that I got this quite expressive shot. 😊
P.S. I think it was actually a crazy, drunk AUNT - not an uncle 😉)
P.P.S. Just to make sure we understand each other (maybe as a disclaimer for readers who come to this gallery for the first time and aren't familiar with my kind of humor): I love the fact that these beautiful insects visit my garden. Watching how these efficient predators hunt wasps, horseflies or other insects is incredibly fascinating (adult hornets themselves mainly feed on sugary plant juices, but they hunt because their young need protein to grow).
Hornets may seem like they're constantly angry (which to me is funny - hence this text), but they're not; they're actually very peaceful towards humans, and even when you compete for a ripe fig with them, their furious buzzing is mostly just a bluff, and I've never been stung (and I don't know anyone who has).
Due to the unfounded fear many people have of hornets, who often get exterminated because they're confused with common wasps, this species is threatened in many countries (in Germany for example, hornets are a protected species). But unless you step (or sit) on them or destroy their nest, hornets don't attack, and even when they're drunk, they are usually so incapacitated that they are completely harmless (just like your uncle/aunt 😉).
So if you have hornets in your garden, just enjoy watching them and please don't harm them! 🙏 🙏 ❤ ❤
With that being said, I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!
Device : yashica 38mm
Genus:
Pardosa - Thin-legged wolf spiders, Thinlegged wolf spiders
Family:
Lycosidae - Wolf spiders
Order:
Araneae - Spiders
Class:
Arachnida - Arachnids, Mites, Ticks, Spiders, Scorpions
Phylum:
Arthropoda - Arthropods
for she is of course privy to the transparent devices by which she snared him ;-)
H. L. Mencken
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hybrid tea rose, 'Secret', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
This is part of a stapling device. The red color in the eyes and lips is reflected from the red top of the device.
Pareidolia is the theme for Macro Mondays Sept. 16th.
Consequences of long-term river sand mining and riverbed deepening by many kinds of powerful devices along the whole river
All elements shot with an iPhone6 using SlowShutter app.
Edited on iPad with Snapseed, Phototoaster and Mextures apps.
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Hallo liebe Flickr Freunde, es macht mir große Probleme ein Foto hochzuladen seit gestern.
"Ein deutsches Gericht hat entschieden, dass das Hochladen von Bildern von Mobilgeräten auf Flickr ein Patent verletzt, weshalb wir die Funktion deaktivieren mussten. Ihr könnt Bilder aber weiterhin vom Desktop Computer hochladen."
Ich habe nur einen Laptop, aber ich habe jetzt noch eine Möglichkeit gefunden, dieses Foto hochzuladen, aber es wird sicher auch bald abgestellt werden.
Liebe Grüße, euer Buddylein ❤
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Hi dear flickr friends, it gives me major problems uploading a photo since yesterday
"A German court has ruled that uploading images from mobile devices on Flickr infringed a patent, so we had to disable the feature. But you can still upload images from your desktop computer."
I have only a laptop, but I found yet a way to upload this photo, but it will also soon be turned off.
Love greetings, your Buddylein ❤
As it has no engine, the glider needs help from a tug plane to take off. The take-off of the set connected by a cable is one of the most graceful spectacles in aviation.
The glider is very light. The model we glide, the Grob G 103 Twin Astir is a glass-reinforced plastic two-seat sailplane, made in Germany, weighs just 400 kg (empty). Therefore, when being towed by a motorized aircraft, the device takes off in little space, even before the tug plane.
With the long wings, the glider quickly gains lift and with little speed it can already glide. Takeoff is very short: the aircraft takes off at around 60 km/h and is towed until it reaches a safe altitude for free flight.
With about 300 meters of altitude and speed above 120 km/h, the glider can be released from the cable. At that moment, the aircraft suffers a slight jolt and begins to fly independently. Soon after releasing the trailer, the device starts to fly very smoothly. There is no feeling of an engine pulling the plane forward.
Wingspan: 17.50 m
Fuselage length: 8.12 m
Empty weight: 400 Kg
Maximum weight: 650 Kg
Maximum speed (VNE): 250 km/h
All elements shot with an iPhone6 using Bluristic app.
Edited on iPad with Snapseed, Phototoaster and Mextures apps.
To learn more about creative photography processes and art on an iPhone you might be interested in my book co-written with Bob Weil:
www.amazon.com/Art-iPhone-Photography-Creating-Photos/dp/...
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Quick couple of uploads, a hit and run. I only have a limited few minutes, we are going away for the weekend and my time on electronic devices will be very limited. Will try my best to catch up next week.
Using the Tamron SP AF 60mm f/2 Di II MACRO 1:1 LD (IF) (model G005N II) lens.
Critique is welcomed.
Thank you all very much for your visits, favs and comments.
Anax Imperator ó Libélula Emperador, la reina de las libélulas.
One of the biggest around.
Better on L.
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To make little ones out of big ones. Antique rock crusher for road construction Canon EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Drumhead tensioning device on a conga drum.
Image is two inches square.
The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). Congas were originally used in Afro-Cuban music genres such as conga (hence their name) and rumba, in which each drummer would play a single drum. Following numerous innovations in conga drumming and construction during the mid-20th century, as well as its internationalization, it became increasingly common for drummers to play two or three drums.
Wikipedia
This neat little device (farm implement) turns your tractor into a small combine, or corn picker.
August 17, 2019
Montgomery County Old Threshers Show 2019
Missouri
One of three photos taken after I went for a walk, when the blue skies came out and drove away the rain and overcast skies. There were two bouts of rain showers but I felt so good to be outdoors trying to physically distance from other people enjoying the outdoors.
Stay hopeful and healthy!
A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread from natural fibers. This device replaced the earlier method of hand spinning with a spindle.
Texture: CGtextures, okkibox
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Anchorage
In nautical, the action of anchoring, is to tie the boat to the seabed, or lacustrine by a rope or chain, either using an anchor or a dead. A mooring with dead man and buoy is a permanent device that allows anchoring a boat safely.
They are usually located in a safe place to anchor, which is called anchorage. Its capacity of retention is proportional to the weight of the dead, independently of the type of bed, and depends on the friction produced with the bottom. When the dead is half-buried in the substrate, the suction effect increases its fixing force.
Getting as close as I possibly can on a circuit board, harvested from a remote-controlled power outlet whose remote went belly-up, capturing examples of tiny surface-mount devices, possibly resistors. The ruler scale at the bottom is in millimeters.
Taken with the Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens at 5X magnification. At that setting, the lens has to be less than an inch (25.4mm) from the subject, making lighting difficult. The lens and camera were attached to a macro focusing rail, a necessary but very finicky device (more so at extreme magnification) used to move the camera fore and aft to focus. Given my sometimes uncooperative set of hands I have, it was a challenge, indeed.
IED, improvised explosive device , are modern soldiers worst nightmare.
By the end of 2007 they have been responsible for at least 64% of Coalition deaths in Iraq.
Here is a picture of us special forces targeted by an ied during a night mission in the afghan's desert (yeah it's not in the snow). I keep exploring in the live explosions area, made with bengal fire. You stick several together, and you should get a big blow.
A big thanks to Tiny Tactical and their amazing gear to make this one possible. www.tinytactical.com
Be sure I will do some more modern military pictures !
side view of the apt building i lived in when living in pasadena. they were one room apts and i know which room is mine (top row, 3rd from left) because i had art everywhere and from the window too. it was a cozy experience and i produced a lot of art.
living quarters were terrible but there were so many friends.