Ephemera
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My first opportunity to photograph Mayflies for a couple of years.
As usual the breeze played havoc and made it more difficult, but these insects are such a photogenic subject!!
Mayfly on the riverbank.
A species I love to see most years.
Such a photogenic insect, seen here with a backdrop of Buttercups.
The reflecting lake was created temporarily for a garden exhibition.
The rock on the right is called Bock and is the specific location where the foundation for Luxembourg city was laid in 963 by Count Siegfried. On the left is the "Pont du Stierchen" bridge in the Grund which is said to be the home of one of Luxembourg’s most terrifying and strangest ghosts: the Stierches-geescht.
One of my favourite insects to photograph. The intricate wing detail is always impressive.
This is the first year for some time that I didn't manage to get to the river at the right time, but I do have a few past shots that I didn't post at the time.
The top stone sits resting on the small rounded stone below by virtue of it's own shape and weight.
The small round stone sits easily on the third stone down who's pointed end rests in the niche of the base stone
with a rounded shape
that leans it's weight and finds rest in a hollow in the roots of the tree
which has been rooted deep into the earth for perhaps hundreds of years
All the while, the earth turns
Probably Ephemera vulgata.
I have always enjoyed photographing the local Mayflies, and have lots of photos of them from over the years.
However, I still can't resist getting the camera out yet again for them.
Such intricate wings, that come across in photographs.
When it was my birthday a few months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Amongst the gifts was this pretty ribbon of yellow and white embroidered daisies which I have set up on the back terrace with my garden as a backdrop against one of my antique embroidered Art Deco doilies from the 1930s, and accessorised with two spools of Dewhurst's Sylko lemon yellow cotton, which date from between 1954 and 1958.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
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Paprastasis lašalas, ephemera vulgata
Lithuania, Tauragė, 2022.05.29
Canon 90D
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro
AAW April 4 to 11: Anything Goes
WIT: Went out for a walk today, and came across this feather clinging to a branch. So delicate and ephemeral.
Made Explore
The sun and the tide. Neither wait for any man. The moment is there and it is gone, never to be repeated in that exact form again.
Photographed at the Local Studies Collection at Richmond Upon Thames' Old Town Hall
www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/local_histor...
Following on from yesterdays walk to the River Axe, whilst the main focus was going to be looking for Odonata, there were lots of these Mayflies in the long grass and shrubs, which is not something I've photographed very often. Not an easy subject to compose for either, those long tails will move about in the slightest of breezes.
Best viewed very large.
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Pamphlet for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. (c) 1956. No artist mentioned.
UPDATE: Several people got in touch with me and have said that the illustrator is most likely JP Miller. Thanks for the help, guys!
Again, a shame that there is no credit given to who did the wonderful illustrations on this Metropolitan Life Insurance pamphlet. I'd like to think that the jolly illustrations made for lighter reading on serious issues like illnesses, hearing problems, bad eyesight, cancer. Anything to take your mind off, I guess.