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!!
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.
Mayfly on the riverbank.
A species I love to see most years.
Such a photogenic insect, seen here with a backdrop of Buttercups.
Ephemera is a composite image, created from a composite of images licensed from Shutterstock. The watch parts themselves are made of 3 components used in another composite.
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.
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.
My first Mayfly of the season for me this morning.
Thanks to my learned friend Phil I now know that this specimen with clear wings is a fully fledged adult, rather than the sub-imago (teenager)!!
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.
For anyone who follows my photostream, you might be aware I am very fortunate to be surrounded by some wonderfully artistic and creative friends. This includes my very dear friend Maria who creates some truly beautiful and amazing cards from recycled paper and cardboard.
These are just a small selection of Maria's cards I have at my disposal. Several of these have been designed for particular friends of mine, and even use pieces of Christmas wrapping that they have used to package gifts to me in Christmases past. I have sent or given these to my special friends this festive season.
If you want to see more of Maria’s work, visit her Instagram page at: www.instagram.com/daisyandme33/?hl=en
An early morning Mayfly. One of the nicest insects to photograph with their intricate and delicate wings. Every year I take several shots of these insects as they appear the same time as I am hunting out the Demoiselles.
James Place Adelaide. Long exposure of the passing parade (ND 5 stop filter). The sine wave effect from the moving people appealed to me.
I'm sharing these for historical interest and information empowerment for Eichler Home owners.
More on our journey of preserving a 1955 Eichler Home in South Land Park Hills + telling the current state & past history of mid-century modern in Sacramento, California -- eichlerific.blogspot.com/
If I could transmit the sweet smell of these roses, you'd all be hooked. They are heaven (unless you're allergic, of course).
From the same day as Battle Royale. More fun with extension tubes.
I last photographed Richmond Bridge a little under a year ago. At the time, there was one red boat moored beside the bridge. When I returned late this summer, there were more than a dozen boats lining the river, and I immediately knew I wanted to reshoot the location.
I've always been drawn to the architecture of this stunning 18th-century bridge, from the texture of its Portland stone to the romanticism of its Victorian gas-lit lampposts, but also to the almost ethereal spectacle when its unique shape and structure is reflected in the river. I was fortunate enough to be shooting the bridge on a morning when the wind speed had dropped to 1mph, which helped me get a clear reflection in the water and capture a sharp image of the boats relatively easily, despite the fact that the boats were moored quite loosely and slowly swaying along the width of the river.
Minimal editing was required before I was happy with the final image. I isolated the boats in Photoshop with the pen tool so that I could mask in a brighter exposure and selectively add some saturation and contrast, and then just spent a little time dodging and burning the bridge to recover some of the shadows and to emphasise the glow from the lamplight cast along the bridge's stonework.
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