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Wikipedia: Pholiota squarrosa, commonly known as the shaggy scalycap, the shaggy Pholiota, or the scaly Pholiota, is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. Both the cap and the stem are covered in small, pointed scales that are pointed downward and backward. The crowded gills are yellowish, then later rust-brown. The mushroom has an odor that, depending on the author, has been described as resembling garlic, lemon, radish, onion, or skunk. It has a strong taste, resembling radishes. (I haven't tasted them, nor have I smelled that garlic odor, etc.) Common in North America and Europe, it is a secondary parasite, in that it attacks trees that have already been weakened from prior injury or infection by bacteria or other fungi. It has a wide range of hosts among deciduous trees, although it can also infect conifers. It can also live as a saprobe, deriving nutrients from decomposing wood. Though edible to some, it may be toxic, especially if consumed in combination with alcohol. The mushroom contains unique chemicals thought to help it infect plants by neutralizing defensive responses employed by them.
Schubbige bundelzwam - Shaggy scalycap (Pholiota squarrosa)
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From a week's family vacation in a rented house in Skagen, Denmark - April 02, 2021.
The photo is taken at the Højen beach west of the town.
Although St. Peter's is (much) bigger than Chartres cathedral, it does not feel that way. So in architecture we spent more time on the so-called Gothic than on the Renaisssance, although one of our profs was a Renaissance geek and called his office the "piano nobile" :-)
St. Peter's design and justification makes me think of Wittgenstein's stint as an architect for his sister's house, where numbers were deemed all important rather than feelings, and by all accounts the design was a disaster, he purportedly spent a fortune changing the ceiling height by millimeters to satisfy some abstract criterion. Make me doubt his philosophical acuity, although he did reneg on much of his formalist ideas later in life, quite inconclusively I thought.
St. Peter's is a bit like that in that it deals in numbers, size and cost. Columbus' New World gold going to the Catholic Church was a factor, and it did trigger Luther to do what he did. The size and cost are impressive, but the experience is more like that of a train station.
There are very few visual or human reference to the huge scale, just lots of multi-coloured visibly garish and expensive marble and mosaics, very nice, but distracting from the whole. St. Peter's is almost the size of the largest Giza pyramid, yet it fails to impress on scale.
Bit of an experiment in trying to get a sense of scale of the pink-feet as they flew in from the Wash. An awe-inspiring sight.
Press L - it does add to it.
The eponymous boulders at the park showed up nicely in the light of the full moon. Unfortunately, with five photographers trying to work the same area, shadows became a significant challenge. They do provide some sense of scale, though.
Tools (scales) I acquired years ago, and
used for measuring ft/lbs of torque. I used smaller scales for lesser rotational force measurement. I always considered them heavy duty and beautiful.
Flickr Friday
Una Peaks (747 m), Renard Island, Antarctic Peninsula.
Named after Una Spivey, a member of staff in the Governor's Office in Stanley, Falkland Islands in the 1950's. It can be found on many maps as Una's Tits, also as Cape Renard Towers .
The tallest tower has only been summited once; by a German team in 1999.
The ship:
SILVER EXPLORER (IMO: 8806747) is a Passenger Ship that was built in 1989.
It’s carrying capacity is 6130 Gross Tonnage and her current draught is reported to be 4.6 meters. Her length overall is 108 meters and her width is 16 meters.
Sometimes you just have to find out what's down there.
An entry for Summer Joust's Subterranean category. More on Cyclopic bricks.
As Cal was walking behind the Aston Martin DB9, he couldn't help but glance at the sunset catching the classic lines of the old DB5 parked alongside. He briefly got so excited, he even reached for the gun which has made a sudden appearance in his holster! Clearly he watches too many movies!
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Not quite a forced perspective, but let's just call it model photography, featuring the 1/18th scale die-cast Aston Martin DB9, and the wonderful Aston Martin DB5, and of course, Cal - my new model employee! Background is a sunset from Big Hill in Stawell, Victoria.
This is technically a single shot, and no photoshop was used or harmed in the production of this image or to insert the background (apart from minor tweaks to overall brightness)!
Sense of scale - The distant and towering skyline of Bla Bheinn dwarfs a white cottage giving a sense of scale to the landscape.
Isle of Skye
SCALE-CRESTED PYGMY-TYRANT Lophotriccus pileatus. This Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant has its head turned to look back as it is perched along the VÃa Cunuco about two and one half miles northwest of Mindo, Ecuador at 11:37 AM on February 7, 2023. These tiny flycatchers are often heard but seldom seen as they tend to remain hidden in dense vegetation.
The Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant belongs to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae and is found from Costa Rica in Central America south to Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, Ecuador, and Perú in South America.
Un Tirano-Pigmeo Crestiescamada Lophotriccus pileatus se observó a la orilla de la VÃa Cunuco unos 5 kilometros al noroeste de Mindo en el noroeste de Ecuador a las 11 y 37 de la mañana el 7 de febrero de 2023.
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Another shot from my trip to Scale Haw Force, Hebden, North Yorkshire - beautiful at any time of year!
Bearded Dragon scales shot at 2:1 magnification.
4 image focus stack, taken with the camera hand held. Canon 80D, Canon 65mm MPE macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash power set to 1/32
A view of the sheer enormity of the marsh grasses at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, September, 2024. I had this one in my mind's eye, with the high winds today bending the grasses.
I had an opportunity to explore remnants of the historic BQ Ranch in western Wyoming. This ranch is so big that it even had its own Post Office at one time. Now the old houses and other buildings are deserted but the ranch is still in business as the Willis Ranch. I went there with Jim on a day that was so muddy we were concerned about getting stuck on the road in, but it was well worth it. My favorite thing there was this ancient scale once used for weighing livestock. The "scale house" is disintegrating around it and I wouldn't be surprised if it collapses in another couple of snowy years.