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Asiraca clavicornis
I am not sure about the english name: Shovel Leafhopper(?)
[In German: Schaufel-Spornzikade]
Quite common in Europe, yet unknown to most people :-)
Objective: Mitutoyo 7.5 NA 0.21, tube lens: 200mm (Nikon)
Illumination: Mix of dark field, oblique and UV (365nm)
Another, wider view of a small mite clinging to an Orchard Orb Weaver taking down its web. Nikon D40, Nikon 105mm f/2.5 AI-S lens focused at infinity, with the objective from a junk Soligor 90-230mm lens reverse mounted on the 105.
Here, using only one instead of two objectives results in significantly more field width than the image of the same spider posted immediately before this one. Exposure was at f/16, ISO 400, 1/2000 second, with lighting provided by a Nikon SB23 speedlight flashed through a home-made diffuser. The D40 provides flash sync up to 1/4000 second when using an external flash.
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large red damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
eggs going into my new pond! The pond is only a week old today and I have damsels already!
so many pond scaters and water beetles have appeared too.
My key objective for this garden wildlife pond is to try to get damsels and dragonflies to come. So seeing this pair today was wonderful.
Blondie - Dragonfly
Number: CT-1807
Rank: ARC Lieutenant Grade I
Nickname: Scout
3rd Regiment of the 253rd Legion
///Log Entry\\\
" Shortly after we left the war torn planet of Atraken and returned to the Republic cruiser Endurance, I received my platoon's... or rather my next assignment. My orders were to select three troopers from my platoon and then report to the Internal Security Bureau on Coruscant. There we would be briefed on an under cover mission with the objective of infiltrating the bounty hunter guild which appeared to be thriving within Coruscant's lower levels. This mission would be dangerous probably the most dangerous one the Republic has thrown at the 253rd, we weren't going up against battle droids this time instead we would be going up against ruthless and trained killers. Originally I planned on going solo on this one, but I eventually agreeded to let Lucky tag along. After a quick visit to the Endurance's armory Lucky and I no longer looked like the disciplined faceless soldiers we were meant to be. Instead of our standard shiny white armor we wore a mix of cloth and steel.
It was here in the armory where an angry Rook confronted me about me decision to bench the rest of the platoon. Though no matter how compelling his argument was my decision stayed the same. We had just barley made it off Atraken without a signal casualtie and there was no way in hell that I was going to risk loosing anyone on the Republic's homeworld..."
inspired by Ordo
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C&C appreciated
This was my first visit to this Church. This is a view looking up at the Dome of the Round Church, Temple Church, Temple, London.. It is one of the most historic and beautiful churches in London and apparently the oldest gothic building in England. The Church was built by the Knights Templar, the order of crusading monks founded to protect pilgrims on their way to and from Jerusalem in the 12th century. It was in use by 1185. For the Knights Templar to be buried in ‘The Round’ was the next best thing to being buried ‘in’ Jerusalem. Negotiations took place in the Church which led to the Magna Carter signed at Runnymede in 1215
The Church is in two parts: the Round and the Chancel. The Round Church was consecrated in 1185 by the patriarch of Jerusalem. It was designed to recall the holiest place in the Crusaders’ world: the circular Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the supposed site of Jesus’ own burial. The chancel was built in 1240. It’s situated ‘off street’ between Fleet Street and the River Thames, in an ‘oasis’ of ancient buildings, courtyards and gardens, including the Inner and Middle Temple. Its main objective now is to serve the Inner and Middle Temple, two of England’s four ancient societies of lawyers, the Inns of Court. The building is only open to visitor’s weekdays.
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A68 with a Sigma 10-20mm lens at 10mm. I took 3 shots for HDR processed in Photomatix using Fusion Natural for a natural look. I copied the minus 2 image in as a new layer and used a layer mask to apply that only to bring down highlights. Further processing using Topaz Clarity for more detail Then I used Topaz Adjust for only the vignette feature to focus more on the Dome. A Photoshop Brightness adjustment layer with a layer mask was used to brighten the centre of the image.
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One of the main objectives when traveling to Iceland was to try to photograph the famous northern lights that can be seen in these latitudes. This is not an easy task and some luck is advisable.
In our case with mostly cloudy and rainy days our probabilities were considerably low but on the sixth day of stay we had a clear night without clouds and a moderate prevision of appearance of the Aurora Borealis and finally we were able to see it and take some shots in the area of Jokulsarlon with the ice blocks floating on the lake in the foreground.
It was an amazing experience and all of us were extremely excited when shooting. I think we will not forget the experience.
This is one of my favourite microscopy images: the small section of a Madagascan Sunset Moth wing, an image created by combining 997 separate frames in the biggest focus stack I have ever completed, shot using a Mitutoyo Plan APO 20x objective. The image is currently in the running for the Visualizing Science People’s Choice contest. It’s in second place.
I would kindly ask for you to vote for this image. Voting can be done here: blog.cdnsciencepub.com/visualizingscience/
Anyone can vote, from anywhere in the world. The website is a little difficult to use on mobile platforms so you might need to use a laptop/desktop – if everyone reading this message were to give me two minutes of your time, this image would take first place easily. If I’m asking you for two minutes, I’ll give you two minutes of my own time with a fun description of what we’re seeing here:
The wings of some butterflies create colour by unconventional means. Colour is usually an absorption / reflection thing; something absorbs all light except for the wavelengths of light we associate with orange, we see that object as orange. Another way to create colour is through optical interference, wherein structures cause light waves to interact with each-other, sometimes cancelling out certain frequencies or amplifying others. We see this all the time around us, in everything from soap bubbles to oil spots; I’ve seen it in ink, coffee and even snowflakes as well. Some insects have evolved to create the same sorts of colours – including this moth.
Because the colours are partially based on the trajectory of the incoming light in relation to the surface of the scales on the wing, if the angle changes than the colour might change as well. This is why we see colour shifts along the curve of these scales, and why I opted to photograph this wing at a rather extreme angle instead of “flat” to the focal plane of the camera. A lot more work in post-processing, but it reveals some extra magic in the process.
On this particular afternoon's walk, I took my old 1980's 35mm Chinon CP-7m SLR with a contemporary wide zoom with me. Loaded with Fujifilm's Neopan Acros 100ii, I had no particular objectives in mind and the weather was grey and light "ordinary". I saw a group of photography enthusiasts, lugging tripods and equipment about, looking for their compositions. Thankfully this lady decided to setup where she did, and I was pleased with the balance and reflection.
Excerpt from wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz:
Albatross has high artistic value. The sculpture is bold in form and materials; its organic shapes echo the hills of Wellington and its use of water blurs the line between the city and the harbour.
Albatross’s maker, Tanya Ashken, is an acclaimed and accomplished New Zealand sculptor. It was Ashken’s’ strong desire to provide Wellington with a public sculpture that. Albatross also has a strong association with the Wellington Sculpture Trust, which was formed from the prolonged process from which Albatross was born. Albatross was a rallying cry for public sculpture advocates and it was a catalyst for the relatively prolific public sculpture scene in Wellington.
Albatross has considerable cultural value to Wellington. It is a significant piece of public art, artistically and socially. It also remains a highly valued sculpture for the Wellington Sculpture Trust.
Albatross is comprised of three large, white, abstract ferro-cement shapes arranged in a raised circular fountain. Water cascades from all three shapes, giving the sculpture significant kinetic and aural qualities.
In Albatross, Wellington curator Aaron Lister sees an artistic connection between the sculpture and the Wellington Sculpture Trust, writing that ‘its abstracted forms, which harness natural rhythms and energies, embody the Trust’s early ideals and objectives’ in a statement of ‘cultural and spiritual values in the face of the city’s redevelopment’. Lister also believes Albatross tries and succeeds at interacting with Wellington’s natural landscape :
Its gleaming white surfaces reflect the light and colours of its harbour-side setting, while its organic shapes echo the hill forms of this evocative natural environment. Ashken’s use of water as both a malleable sculptural form and a symbolic force serves to bring the power of the harbour closer to the heart of the city.
This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust). Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (the European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these cached samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. The Mars 2020 mission is part of a larger program that includes missions to the Moon as a way to prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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From my hiking in the woods. Color version. ( Shared this pic earlier in monochrome, but I like the tonality of this. See my 5 pictures in my Setra stien album)
This is the one place my Dad wanted to visit.
More about Audie Murphy here.
MURPHY, AUDIE L.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company B 1 5th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Holtzwihr France, 26 January 1945. Entered service at: Dallas, Tex. Birth: Hunt County, near Kingston, Tex. G.O. No.. 65, 9 August 1945. Citation 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, 1 of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. 2d Lt. Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machine gun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from 3 sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back. For an hour the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate 2d Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep up unnoticed on his right flank. Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound, but ignored it and continued the single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention, and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw. His directing of artillery fire wiped out many of the enemy; he killed or wounded about 50. 2d Lt. Murphy's indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction, and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy's objective.
Just a few days ago, I posted images of the now replaced B&O CPL’s around Warwick Yard in Clinton, Ohio and already, more news of signal replacements has surfaced. Yesterday, BNSF signal crews erected and activated the new Safetran signals at Ancona, Illinois and removed the classic Santa Fe searchlights from service. The old bridge still stands but is nearly impossible to photograph with the massive shiny new cantilever towering in front of it. Back in November, my Dad and I made a trip out to the former Santa Fe Transcon to shoot the last of these signals in service and this was the first location we stopped at along the way. My main objective for the day was the cantilever in Toluca, a town just west of this location, but a work zone near the signals there prevented any kind of shot. However, the dispatcher was crossing trains over from main one to main two at Ancona to run around the work zone on main one at Toluca. This allowed me to try a different angle on the scene for this westbound BNSF stack train, instead of the more common angle from the gravel area next to the grain elevators on the other side of the tracks.
I was disappointed that I was not able to get anything from Toluca that day, and there's also the fact that I was nearly dinged by the only cloud in the sky, but a few night time exposures at Toluca the next evening and the chance to get this shot made up for it. I’m glad I was able to add a few shots of these signals to my collection, and I hope I may be able to make it back at least one more time to shoot the few signals that are left on the Transcon in Illinois before they fade into history.
Not only the light-emitting organs, also the eyes show strong fluorescence. Notice that the pronotum ("hat") is transparent! It is rather thick (~ 5 microns), about 5-10 times the thickness of a typical fly wing.
Refflection spectrum of pronotum
Objective: Mitutoyo 7.5 NA 0.21, tube lense 200mm (Nikon)
Illumination: Oblique (white)
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Anthracinae
Tribe Exoprosopini
Genus Exoprosopa
TENTATIVE
Species doris (Exoprosopa doris)
I think it's a female. The experts at BugGuide.net think the species is doris.
September 13, 2021; Leon County; Lutterloh, Florida.
Canon M6M2; Tak 105mm f/2.8 relay lens; 10x objective; Speedlite; DIY diffuser; WeMacro Rail; Helicon Focus (Methods A, B, & C blended.)
210913_Bee_Fly_Head
Darwin's beetle, Grant's stag beetle, or the Chilean stag beetle. Charles Darwin collected the species in Chile during the second voyage
Variable in size and in the development of the jaws and exhibits a strong sexual dimorphism. Males can reach a length of 60–90 millimetres (2.4–3.5 in) including the mandibles, while females are much smaller, having a body length of 25–37 millimetres (0.98–1.46 in). The upper mandibles of the males are very robust at the base, finely serrated and longer than the body itself.
C. grantii is considered a rare and vulnerable species, with a high probability of extinction, mainly as a consequence of the global climate change.
The male's over-sized jaws are crucial in its objective to secure a mate. It climbs trees, often climbing many meters, searching for a female. As it climbs and searches for females, it also seeks out other males in the vicinity. When two males meet, they fight. Males use their jaws in combat: they hook them under the opposite beetle's wings, pull up and throw their opponent to the ground (from 20 meters above, as they are in great trees most of the time).
I have seen big numbers dead under the big trees.
They can fly ...scary!
5.4.2019, Kopf 2, 21x30 cm, Farbpapiere, Collage.
5.4.2019,Head 2, 8x12 inch, color papers, collage.
Bei der momentanen Durchsicht meiner künstlerischen Arbeiten entdeckte ich einige Papier-Collagen früherer Zeit, die mich spontan zu neuen Gestaltungen anregten.
Ich habe auch viele Papierreste aufgehoben, um einmal aus den vor langer Zeit ausgeschnittenen Formen abstrakte Bilder zu entwickeln. Das Vorhaben sollte nicht länger warten.
Ich zeige zuerst einige Gesichter.
As I was reviewing my artworks, I discovered some paper collages of the past that spontaneously inspired me to create new designs.
I also collected a lot of paper remnants to develop abstract images out of the cut shapes. The project should not wait any longer.
I show some faces first.
///Objective-Breach enemy doors///
///Incomplete///
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CT-5572: "Striker, I need you to get that door breached now.
CT-3419: "Yes sir! I'm working on it."
CT-5572: "The rest of you, cover us!"
CT-6719_CT-6719: "Sir yes sir!"
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CT-5572: " Striker, how much more time?"
CT-3419: "I'm just about done sir."
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///Receiving Mission 1.1 Log///
///Log Received///
Well this was our first mission together, and it was going pretty well. At least for now. Breaching this door was too easy. What dimwit left only one droid to guard this door? Let's just hope that what's on the other side of this door is actually something pleasant or doesn't shoot lasers.
///Log Ended///
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Well I hope that this was nice. This is my first time building something like this. Only positive comments and suggestions please. The main part of this build was the door. I haven't really focused on walls or floor yet. Again, I am not in the 457th Corps.
The data on 'People' has been taken from Forrester's website: groundswell.forrester.com but can also contain data from other studies or customized data from a clients market research.
The basic idea of the kit is based on 'groundswell': groundswell.forrester.com and credits to Forrester has been given on the cards and canvas whenever necessary. Pls. drop me a note in case any other rights are affected. Thanks!
In case you have any question feel free to drop me a note via flickr (at) designingstrategy.biz
Objective Esk
The cracks in this company are beginning to show, I could feel everyone’s nerves in the initial assault on the sep ship but once we hit the planet it became bad. Most of the company had fired their first shots aboard the cruiser and so charging up uneven terrain towards a base wasn’t what anyone had in mind. My Sergeant and Lt did their best to keep anyone in line, but at this point I’m amazed these clones passed their training on Kamino. But despite their nerves we carried on. One of my troopers had studied this planet in a prior rotation while hunting the pirates and had noted a secret pathway up the mountain we were on. For once these desk-jockies experience was actually worthwhile. Seeing the rest of the legion press on like it was Geonosis, getting ripped apart by their guns. I took initiative and led a squad of my men on a flanking maneuver towards this secret path. At the end of it I found a small little bunker in the rocks guarded by a handful of B1s who weren’t expecting us. If it wasn’t obvious the seps had a skeleton crew on this planet before it was now. We crept up and Moore fired the first shots , and within seconds we had this bunker under our control and found it leading into the whole network of caves, which my leadership has assured me is our way into the compound. I called for the rest of my company and we began storming through, into the sep base.
Part two of my little story for the 253rd, hope to continue building a few more parts soon. Participation is open to everyone on the Rebellug Discord, join here: discord.com/invite/drDFrCJ
More bees with the Antique Microscope Extreme Macro rig.
Heaps of bee activity at the moment, plan to harvest some honey next weekend, big honey flow at the moment.
Nice shot of the forward ocelli in the centre of his forehead, one of three simple eyes they use for navigation, with the two compound eyes to see stuff. Bears and such.
A bit late, but as they say: better late than sorry!
My first try with my new macro-objective turned out pretty well if I my say so :)
Camera: Expensive. Objective: More expensive. Standing out there in the high grass at the river, getting eaten by mosquitos: priceless!
Once upon a time, the job of a reporter was to objectively report the events of the day. Reporters took pride in remaining neutral and presenting an unbiased perspective. Armed with a camera and notebook, they meticulously recorded details in the field. Back in the bustling newsroom, they would hammer out their stories on typewriters, the clatter of keys echoing through the hazy, smoke-filled room. These stories then passed through a chain of editors at the newspaper before the latest issue rolled off the presses.
Contrast this with today's landscape of citizen journalism, where information is often gathered from the social media posts of biased and untrained bystanders. With an abundance of online news services vying for clicks, sensationalized headlines have become the norm. The era of objective news seems to be behind us, leaving us with the challenge of discerning the truth amidst a flood of information.
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Christian Schad (Miesbach 1894 - 1982 Stuttgart)
Currently in the exhibition “Splendor and misery. New Objectivity in Germany" ("Glanz und Elend. Neue Sachlichkeit in Deutschland") in the Leopold Museum in Vienna
www.leopoldmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/142/splendor-and-misery