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Beautifully iridescent little insect shining like a jewel. About the size of a Lady beetle/Ladybird/Ladybug
I spotted these two on my way home from work today.
My best guess at identifying them is that they are either Cayuga ducks or Black East Indian ducks.
From a distance their plumage is jet black but in the right light they are iridescent - as you can see here.
When you were standing in the wake of devastation
When you were waiting on the edge of the unknown
And with the cataclysm raining down
Insides crying, "Save me now!"
You were there, impossibly alone
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?
You build up hope, but failure’s all you’ve known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go. Let it go
And in a burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars
You felt the gravity of tempered grace
Falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?
You build up hope, but failure’s all you’ve known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go. Let it go
HMM-- the piece itself is just under 2 inches tall and this is a portion of it. need to refresh my memory before i decide whether or not to choose this for the HMM topic of glaze...... but it's SO pretty!!
What a dust battle with this shot, and believe me this was the best I could get with static clean and air blowing as this snapped. I guess the winter static has crept in.
An example of an Ammonite iridescent - from the Cretaceous period that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period. Climate was relatively warm, resulting in high sea levels which created lots of shallow inland seas populated with many examples of ammonites.
My daughter loves glittery things! She gave me these because she couldn't justify buying them for herself, and she thought my camera might like them! Perfect for the Smile on Saturday 'Iridescence' theme!
Once upon a bye I used to collect rocks and minerals. This fine sample of Labradorite looks quite dull .. until you catch it in the right light, at which point the colours burst forth!
This is a close up of a binder clip. I got these clips as Christmas presents and they are just perfect for this theme. I went in close and increased saturation and flipped the image to place the shadows in a more pleasing manner.
Whilst watching Purple Emperors jostling high in the canopy atop the master Hornbeam and Ash trees at Bookham common, there was an emergence of these beautiful Hairstreaks....taking immediately to the wing.I rushed forward totally unprepared, and took a grab shot, not the best shot, but it's probably the only one I will get this year.....besides...you just have to see that iridescent purple on the wings....
On a rare occasion, a grackle or two will stop by to see what's going on here in the backyard. They usually eat a little and then they are on their way elsewhere. If I go out, they zip up to one of the oaks and hang out for a bit to see if I am going to leave so they can come back down.
They are not really very patient because if I stick around for more than a minute off they go. It's just as well, they are messy eaters and seem to drop more for the squirrels than they actually consume.
I do love the iridescent feathers and that gorgeous eye. This image was taken from the living room window. I seriously doubt I could have gotten a snap of him otherwise since they don't particularly like me.
Have a wonderful day and happy snapping.
A noisy, sometimes annoying bird, the Common Grackle exhibits a beautiful iridescence in bright sunlight.
This one was seen drinking from water trickling amid the rocky feature at Celery Fields, Florida.
For Macro Mondays. This week's theme is: Pick Two. I used an iridescent hourglass on its side. Just a photo of the middle part. Gives a nice effect I thought.
murzins focus stacking rail , Nikon D810 and Oshiro 60mm macro 2:1 lens. Dead jewel beetle bought of eBay from taxidermy supplies.
260 images stacked in photoshop
Peacock sunning in the morning light
Browsing the grass, preening, browsing some more
Spectacular feathers kept immaculate
Wax on... Wax off...
Peafowl wander freely at the Brookfield Zoo, seemingly unconcerned with the various admirers. Such amazing colors!
I know peacock colors are kind of cliche, but I really like the lines that the peacock's head/neck make with the spectacular feathers.
These beautiful pollinators are lining up on this weed with the wings that reflect the summer sunlight with all its color !! ( macro of some hoverflies) !!
This is a large damselfly with a total length of up to 48 millimetres (1.9 in) and a hindwing length of up to 36 millimetres (1.4 in).
Male and female are variable in color and pattern. The male has translucent wings which each have a broad, dark iridescent blue-black spot (or band) across the outer part. On immature individuals the spot is dark brown. The body can be a metallic blue or bluish green or a combination of both colours, depending on the time of year and location.
The dark wing patch of the male starts at the nodus (the slight dip midway down the upper edge of the wing) but can reach up to the wing-tip in southern races.[3] In the very similar beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo), the dark patch starts before the nodus.
The female has translucent, pale green iridescent wings with a white patch near the tip (a pseudopterostigma), and a metallic green or bronze/green body.
This was so incredibly difficult to capture the iridescent nature of this bottle but eventually settled on a long exposure and light painting it with a led torch. Still not quite happy with it but there will be other evenings.
The Macro Mondays game is to pick a couple of words and make the shot, so for this 2 inch by 2 inch frame I got the Iridescent Glass, the crystal in a chandelier.
We find this bird so interesting. The iridescent colors of green, purple, blue and pink can be readily seen on this beautiful bird. Starlings mimic the sounds of about 20 other birds and in captivity have even learned to mimic the speech of humans. The European Starling is a medium-sized, black songbird with short, triangular wings, spotted plumage, and a short tail.