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Photo taken for the Macro Mondays theme Magnet.
In this photo a bar magnet has picked up several small metal nuts from a child’s metal meccano set. The nuts each have a maximum width of 7mm. I’ve taken the liberty of arranging these nuts into the shape of a question mark. This represents the question of balance between the invisible forces of gravity and magnetism, with the latter being the stronger here ensuring that the metal nuts are held within the magnet’s magnetic field and look like they are balancing in mid air and don’t fall to the ground.
The magnet is a bar magnet with just one end exposed, the rest encased in blue plastic. The magnet is at the end of a 40 cm length of wooden rod and at right angles to the rod. It comes from a toy I had as a child. The magnet is permanent and quite strong.
These days the magnet is used for picking up spilled small metal items, such as sewing pins, paper clips or metal nuts and bolts, which readily adhere to it.
(A question of balance - 1970 album by The Moody Blues).
Maximum distance in photo is 4.5cm
A thrill to see this species so early this year. In 2025 only two sightings of the Question Mark with first one in June!
Last year I followed sculptor and friend Mark Rietmeijer during the process of creating a sculpture. When he started working on a new one he asked me to make pictures again.
This time the material is Norwegian Pink - Rose Norwegian, composite marble, multiple stratification, 50 x 70 x 80 cm., 480 kgms.
Adagium to his new sculpture: I never tackled or solved any problems in my life, but instead I learn to dance with them and by considering them as 'questionmarks with wings' I try to escape their weight and gravity.
Mark Rietmeijers website: www.markrietmeijer.nl/
www.markrietmeijer.nl/index-eng.html
See the slideshow: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760382723853...
See also the slideshow of CREATION I: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760022455440...
Je n'ai pas boudé mon plaisir de photographier sous toutes les coutures cette fresque murale sur le thème de la Commune de Paris, rue de la ferme Savy (où furent situées les dernières barricades), au bas du parc de Belleville à Paris. Une fresque réalisée à l'occasion des 150 ans de la Commune par l'artiste Question Mark (projet des Amies et Amis de la Commune)
Last year I followed sculptor and friend Mark Rietmeijer during the process of creating a sculpture. A week ago he started working on a new one and asked me to make pictures again.
This time the material is Norwegian Pink - Rose Norwegian, composite marble, multiple stratification, 50 x 70 x 80 cm., 480 kgms.
Adagium to his new sculpture: I never tackled or solved any problems in my life, but instead I learn to dance with them and by considering them as 'questionmarks with wings' I try to escape their weight and gravity.
Mark Rietmeijers website: www.markrietmeijer.nl/
www.markrietmeijer.nl/index-eng.html
See the slideshow: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760382723853...
See also the slideshow of CREATION I: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760022455440...
It was back to summer today with 81 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny skies. Once again, the butterflies did not disappoint. We saw 12 species including two Question Marks in their bright 'fabricii' fall form with elegant lavender wing fringe.
Tomorrow we will drop to 65 according to forecast. The afternoon breeze signaled the change already.
Je n'ai pas boudé mon plaisir de photographier sous toutes les coutures cette fresque murale sur le thème de la Commune de Paris, rue de la ferme Savy (où furent situées les dernières barricades), au bas du parc de Belleville à Paris. Une fresque réalisée à l'occasion des 150 ans de la Commune par l'artiste Question Mark (projet des Amies et Amis de la Commune)
Question Mark -winter form- (Polygonia interrogationis) Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
Last year I followed sculptor and friend Mark Rietmeijer during the process of creating a sculpture. When he started working on a new one he asked me to make pictures again.
This time the material is Norwegian Pink - Rose Norwegian, composite marble, multiple stratification, 50 x 70 x 80 cm., 480 kgms.
Adagium to his new sculpture: I never tackled or solved any problems in my life, but instead I learn to dance with them and by considering them as 'questionmarks with wings' I try to escape their weight and gravity.
Mark Rietmeijers website: www.markrietmeijer.nl/
www.markrietmeijer.nl/index-eng.html
See the slideshow: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760382723853...
See also the slideshow of CREATION I: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760022455440...
Spent several hours at the gardens and was on my way out when I spotted this lovely Question Mark butterfly basking in the evening sunlight. The summer form seem to have more vivid coloring on the undersides.
I recently posted an Eastern Comma, one of two closely related anglewing butterflies. This is the Question Mark, as identified by the little dot near the comma. Rather unremarkable butterflies when viewed laterally, but when they open their wings they reveal brilliant oranges and blacks.
Last year I followed sculptor and friend Mark Rietmeijer during the process of creating a sculpture. When he started working on a new one he asked me to make pictures again.
This time the material is Norwegian Pink - Rose Norwegian, composite marble, multiple stratification, 50 x 70 x 80 cm., 480 kgms.
Adagium to his new sculpture: I never tackled or solved any problems in my life, but instead I learn to dance with them and by considering them as 'questionmarks with wings' I try to escape their weight and gravity.
Mark Rietmeijers website: www.markrietmeijer.nl/
www.markrietmeijer.nl/index-eng.html
See the slideshow: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760382723853...
See also the slideshow of CREATION I: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760022455440...
Good morning everyone and I hope you had a nice weekend. Although butterfly season has been all but officially over here for a while I'll still be posting late season butterfly pics for the foreseeable future. So please bear with it until I delete my files. With that said, for today is two quick pics of another Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis), more specifically a "winter form" individual, which is typical for October.
This past year, particularly late in the season, I saw more "angle-wing" butterflies as they are sometimes called, than I have in years. Being Question Marks and Eastern Commas, of which I also posted a pic of five (5) individuals feeding together on the same tree. Or at least trying to. An unusual sight for me to come across.
It along with the second pic of the above Question Mark can be found in the comment section and my stream.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great day and week.
Lacey
ISO1600, aperture f/8, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 300mm
I can call my butterfly garden a success after seeing this anglewing nectaring and then a giant swallowtail laying eggs on my rue plant! I may have to go buy more rue for the hungry, hungry caterpillars!
Je n'ai pas boudé mon plaisir de photographier sous toutes les coutures cette fresque murale sur le thème de la Commune de Paris, rue de la ferme Savy (où furent situées les dernières barricades), au bas du parc de Belleville à Paris. Une fresque réalisée à l'occasion des 150 ans de la Commune par l'artiste Question Mark (projet des Amies et Amis de la Commune)
On some evenings on Brighton's derelict West Pier an ever increasing number of starlings can be seen swirling around in the developing gloom. When the last has joined the murmuration they swoop down onto the pier to roost for the night. Here they fleetingly form a giant question mark in the sky. Smaller groups can be seen in the distance coming to join in the fun.
Je n'ai pas boudé mon plaisir de photographier sous toutes les coutures cette fresque murale sur le thème de la Commune de Paris, rue de la ferme Savy (où furent situées les dernières barricades), au bas du parc de Belleville à Paris. Une fresque réalisée à l'occasion des 150 ans de la Commune par l'artiste Question Mark (projet des Amies et Amis de la Commune)
Je n'ai pas boudé mon plaisir de photographier sous toutes les coutures cette fresque murale sur le thème de la Commune de Paris, rue de la ferme Savy (où furent situées les dernières barricades), au bas du parc de Belleville à Paris. Une fresque réalisée à l'occasion des 150 ans de la Commune par l'artiste Question Mark (projet des Amies et Amis de la Commune)
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As far as I can remember, there was a question mark at the end of my sentence!
That's how I gathered a load of knowledge, never been afraid to ask a question, so the subject of this image a very useful tool all through my life!
Always hungry for the how and why.
Yet, I, luckily, do not suffer from morbid curiosity about other people. I am a good listener, they can tell me things, I'm interested, but I will rarely ask personal questions.
I don't consider this indifference, I call it respect.
Think before you ask... there are questions... and: ...you HAVE to be able to live with the answer!
If and when I want to photograph someone or something, I ask, if the answer is yes, I am happy, if it is no, I respect it, at least I ASKED!
There are these four ways of answering questions. Which four?
1. There are questions that should be answered categorically [straightforwardly yes, no, this, that].
2. There are questions that should be answered with an analytical (qualified) answer [defining or redefining the terms].
3. There are questions that should be answered with a counter-question.
4. There are questions that should be put aside.
These are the four ways of answering questions. Buddha
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Last year I followed sculptor and friend Mark Rietmeijer during the process of creating a sculpture. When he started working on a new one he asked me to make pictures again.
This time the material is Norwegian Pink - Rose Norwegian, composite marble, multiple stratification, 50 x 70 x 80 cm., 480 kgms.
Adagium to his new sculpture: I never tackled or solved any problems in my life, but instead I learn to dance with them and by considering them as 'questionmarks with wings' I try to escape their weight and gravity.
Mark Rietmeijers website: www.markrietmeijer.nl/
www.markrietmeijer.nl/index-eng.html
See the slideshow: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760382723853...
See also the slideshow of CREATION I: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760022455440...
Underside of the wing, showing a white curved line and a dot, appearing to create a ?-shaped mark, giving the butterfly its name. Visitng butterfly bush in my backyard.
According to my research, this is a Question Mark butterfly, or in this case, an upside-down Question Mark butterfly, which in its native tongue would be El Signo de Interrogación Invertido Mariposa, or something like that.
I spied this beauty, by the river's edge perched upon a rock. A rare find around here. See below for a different perspective. He was there and gone so very quick, These were the best viewpoints I was able to capture
See shot next to this to see the question Mark..