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Common spreadwing or Emerald Damselfly perch on Common rush; Juncus effusus against a green colored natural background
Common spreadwing or Emerald Damselfly perch on Common rush; Juncus effusus against a green colored natural background
A female Black Darter perches on a common rush stem against a bright yellow background of the rising sun.
Common Rush, Juncus Effusus. I think it's quite pretty in this state but it's starting to spread too much.
This is a massive departure from my usual style of photography but when I returned from the moors this week my wife said she preferred this shot to any of my bird photographs. There was a covering of snow when I arrived on the Peak District moors, and there were frozen water droplets on some of the vegetation. But as the sun rose and touched the tops of these Soft Rushes (Juncus effusus) the ice melted and created a sparkly effect. It was a fleeting moment as the sun soon rose and illuminated the dark background losing all the contrast on that bubbly bokeh.
Macro Mondays theme: Monday, June 19th theme - Drips, Drops and Splashes
This I think would qualify as a "Drop". My subject this week is our Corkscrew Rush plant in the pond, love the twists and turns of the corkscrew rush.
This is a "real life" rain drop, I thought that I might have to get out a spray bottle, but we have had a number of rain days this past week so didn't have to fake it.
Happy Macro Monday to all ...
could be sharper, but I like it a lot! The plant is called "Juncus effusus", in German "Liebeslocken", which means "curls of love".
Traditionnellement, la semelle supérieure des zōri était faite de paille de riz ou en Juncus effusus (« Jonc épars » ou Igusa). Les brins sont disposés transversalement, puis attachés par des fils courant sur la longueur de la semelle, une technique comparable à celle employée pour la confection des tatamis. Les lanières sont le plus souvent en velours. La semelle inférieure, cousue à la paille, était généralement en cuir. Aujourd'hui, il est toujours possible de trouver des zōri à semelle de paille. La semelle inférieure est généralement en caoutchouc ou en plastique.
Grâce aux matériaux modernes, il existe une grande variété de modèles, le plus souvent à base de caoutchouc recouvert de plastique brillant (imitant quelque peu la laque), avec des hauteurs de semelles variées.
Peu coûteuses, séchant rapidement et permettant la circulation de l'air autour des pieds, les zōri sont adaptées au climat du Japon[Lequel ?]. Elles permettent en outre de se déchausser rapidement en entrant dans les bâtiments traditionnels ou dans les logements.
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Zōri (草履) are flat and thonged Japanese sandals made of rice straw or other plant fibers, cloth, lacquered wood, leather, rubber, or—increasingly—synthetic materials. Zōri are quite similar to flip-flops, which first appeared in New Zealand and the United States sometime around World War II as rubber imitations of the wooden thong sandals long worn in Japan.
The traditional forms of zōri are seen when worn with other traditional clothing; modern forms are fairly common, especially in summer. While geta are nowadays worn with the informal yukata, zōri are associated with the more formal kimono. The formality of the occasion affects the choice of kimono and zōri. The bulrush covered zōri that resemble tatami mats are not used with kimono, but are considered working wear or matched with casual Western or Japanese clothing, for example jinbei. Thus they rank close to the wooden geta.
Women's vinyl (plastic) zōri are formal, but less formal than fabric, sometimes brocade covered zōri, that are used with the most formal of kimono, for example, wedding and funeral wear. Men's zōri are often plastic straw imitation, with foam or cork soles. The hanao, or thongs, for men are often white or black. Women's zōri can also be of straw imitation, but the hanao are usually red, and they rank below colored vinyl or brocade zōri in formality. As formal wear, all plastic and fabric zōri for women require the use of white tabi socks. Men have more latitude, and can use the same imitation zōri with both informal (without tabi) and formal wear with tabi socks.
The hanao is attached symmetrically, so there is no difference between left and right shoe. The hanao of zōri can be made of velour-like material, as in the case of plastic straw imitation zōri. The hanao for more formal coloured vinyl zōri are either thin vinyl or brocade straps, or wider and padded vinyl or fabric straps. The fabric is often either the fabric used for the shoe, or chirimen, crepe-like Japanese silk or rayon fabric. Men's zōri might also feature leather or leather imitation hanao. The hanao wear and stretch easily, and the hanao fashion and the coordination of accessories sometimes calls for replacing the hanao. The hanao can be replaced through flaps of the sole.
Women's zōri are seldom flat, except for the straw imitation zōri. The soles come in different thicknesses and angles. There are even modern zōri that are left uncovered by fabric or vinyl, and the shoe, except for the inner sole, is black, hard plastic with a non-slip outer sole. Usually the outer sole is gray, genuine leather.
Like all Japanese sandals, zōri allow for free circulation of air around the feet, a feature that probably came about because of the humid climate that predominates throughout most of Japan. They are easily slipped on and off, which is important in a culture where shoes are constantly removed and put back on, and where tying shoelaces would be impractical in a tight kimono.
I quite liked the way this Grey Heron was immersed in rush, but just peeping out. They are already adding sticks to their nests ready for this year's nesting season, and this one is starting to develop the pink breeding colouration on the bill.
Whitendale Fell, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England.
A small b&w version was published in a textbook, Understanding cultural geography: places and traces, pp 92, by Jon Anderson [no not that one!], published by Routledge, Abingdon, 2010 [though, kindly, I already have a pre-publication copy from the publishers] (see: www.routledge.com/books/Understanding-Cultural-Geography-....
See my other Bowland photos.
One of the family of rushes - not sure, but probably Juncus effusus - the Soft Rush. Very common on boggy ground on Revidge Moor above Warslow, Staffordshire Moorlands
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Good morning everyone. Just two quick pics of newly emerged Slender Spreadwings (Lestes rectangularis) photographed early last season. Female as seen above, and one of a male posted in the comment section and my stream.
As for the green plants in the above background, it's Rush (Juncus) a herbaceous plant that superficially resemble grasses or sedges and that typically grows in shallow water or very wet soil. I'm pretty sure this Rush is either Common Rush (Juncus effusus L.) or Soft Rush (Juncus effusus).
As for the Spreadwings, they are a large damselfly that measure about 2 inches (5 cm) long, and the wings are typically only about half as long as the abdomen with a wingspan of 1.2 inches (3.3 cm). Males when mature have blue eyes and the shoulder stripes are bluish-green, while the female's shoulder stripes are grayish to yellow or brown with brown eyes. But when first emerged as seen in the first two photos both gender look essentially the same.
Although widespread here locally, these damsels are not very common. It's rare that I see one and the two newly emerged individuals were the only ones I saw last season. As a result I took the liberty to also include one pic of a mature male taken in 2014.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you're having a truly nice week.
Lacey
ISO400, aperture f/13, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 300mm
The Netherlands - Zaanstad
View on a part of nature reserve Westzijderveld.
Common rush (Juncus effusus - Pitrus) grows in large clumps at the water's edge along streams and ditches, but can be invasive anywhere with moist soil. It is commonly found growing in humus-rich areas like marshes, ditches and fens. The species provides wildfowl and wader feeding and nesting habitats, and also habitats for small mammals, like the tundra vole. In this (western) part of the Netherlands, the tundra vole (Noordse woelmuis) is a relic from the ice age and has developed to the subspecies Microtus oeconomus arenicola.
Image made with kite and camera.
The Netherlands - Zaanstad
View on a part of nature reserve Westzijderveld.
Common rush (Juncus effusus - Pitrus) grows in large clumps at the water's edge along streams and ditches, but can be invasive anywhere with moist soil. It is commonly found growing in humus-rich areas like marshes, ditches and fens. The species provides wildfowl and wader feeding and nesting habitats, and also habitats for small mammals, like the tundra vole. In this (western) part of the Netherlands, the tundra vole (Noordse woelmuis) is a relic from the ice age and has developed to the subspecies Microtus oeconomus arenicola.
Image made with kite and camera.