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Japanese Friendship Garden
San Jose, California
Check out more of my Potpourri set.
the winter is Toronto is very long, there are more snow on the way however to get a taste of the spring, I went to the Allan Gardens to see the spring flowers.
Dans un parfum de roses blanches
Elle est assise et songe ;
Et l'ombre est belle comme s'il s'y mirait un ange.
Le soir descend, le bosquet dort ;
Entre ses feuilles et ses branches,
Sur le paradis bleu s'ouvre un paradis d'or.
Sur le rivage expire un dernier flot lointain.
Une voix qui chantait, tout à l'heure, murmure.
Un murmure s'exhale en haleine, et s'éteint.
Dans le silence il tombe des pétales.....
CHARLES VAN LERBERGHE
...but finally, yesterday, I found my first dragonfly of 2010 !! I can't tell you how happy I am :o)
What's more, ti's a totally new species to me, with really beautiful colours (colours are sooc). They (I saw about 5 or 6 of them) are really small, and quite shy... they would fly up the trees when I came close.
Pyrrhosoma nymphula (thanks a lot Belgian Dragonflies for the ID !!)
i took several shots of this bee, which appeared to be asleep in the flower. in this one it appears to be missing an antenna, yet in most of the other shots the second antenna is cleearly visible. i can't figure out what happened to it in this shot.
On Explore #17, August 16, 2008 and Explore Front Page
I see by some of the newer comments that this image appeared on the front page of Explore. That would happen when one is not home and able to grab a screen shot...lol.
I caught these two sunbathing in the early morning sunlight a few days ago.
ISO 200,
1/320th,
F/11,
10 mm
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Image info : This Hoverfly is always mistaken to be a Bee, because of its behavior and the way it feeds on nectar just like a Bee.
This photo was cropped to focus on the head and eye.
"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Nietzsche
Someone can help me with ID?
A big jumping spider near of his(or her?) dwellings.
Brazil / Northeast
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha within the Hemiptera. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment and from the fact that they often "hop" for quick transportation in a similar way to that of grasshoppers. However, these planthoppers generally walk very slowly so as not to attract attention. Distributed worldwide, all members of this group are plant-feeders, though surprisingly few are considered pests. The infraorder contains only a single superfamily, Fulgoroidea. Fulgoroids are most reliably distinguished from the other members of the classical "Homoptera" by two features; the bifurcate ("Y"-shaped) anal vein in the forewing, and the thickened, three-segmented antennae, with a generally round or egg-shaped second segment (pedicel) that bears a fine filamentous arista.
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Focus stacking vid here... No image sharpening done. Just plain focus stacking in PS CS4. Shots taken with a reversed 18-55mm D40 kit lens.
This is a macro of of the Parrot Tulips I brought home for a family dinner soiree I'm having tonight. (These are different ones than the other ones I had) I thought my Mother would enjoy seeing these beautiful multi-coloured Parrot Tulips on the dinner table ;)
I should also say that there is no enhancement of this photo the colours are true. I took this photo yesterday on my dining room table with the sunshine streaming through the window............... ;)
I hope everyone has an enjoyable Sunday!!
Odonata oder of insects...Dragonflies are insects that belong to the order of Odonata (also known as odonates), which is further divided into two sub-orders, namely, Zygoptera (damselflies) and Anisoptera (true dragonflies).
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Nikon D90 + Tamron SP 90mm + Ringflash + Handheld.