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Sorry about the look of concentration; I was struggling to balance on one leg, making sure my head, foot and hand were all in frame and using the remote all at the same time!
Thought I'd better keep the shirt on this time! :-)
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"Scale. How small can you make something in the frame and have it still be the photo's primary visual subject?" Blake Andrews
Aymeline chooses to take her Honda Valkyrie to the VIP Music awards ceremony - but is she in the driving seat or riding pillion?
Canon 5D Mark III, Nikon CF Plan 50X∞ EPI ELWD on Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 170 images, Helicon Focus.
I have found these metal scale models on several occasions here in Poland. This is in the south eastern part of the courtyard, Stare Miasto here in Poznan. They are pretty well detailed and replicate the courtyard exactly....I wasn't exactly looking for this, but I did end up backing into it and almost falling over while trying to take a photo.
Bandai 1/144 Imperial AT-AT in custom markings.
Build log:
www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235020826-im...
A brief bright spell beneath leaden skies finds Stanier 'Jubilee' 4-6-0 45699 'Galatea' in fine form at Low Scales, shortly after crossing Birkbeck Viaduct, heading the 1Z86 07:10 London Euston to Carlisle 'Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express' on Saturday 17th February 2018.
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I had a big search on Olearia argophylla for a particular Trioza species that I had found there before. I failed on that, but did find some other interesting critters. This is pretty dull though, but a couple of sightings for the record.
This is a small section of the trailing edge of a mosquito’s wing at about x400 time’s magnification. An amazing array of scales protrude from the edges of the wing all the way round. These are layered in a way that must assist with flight. The veins in the wing also have two different types of scale - one type visible on the upper surface and another type on the lower wing surface. You can see the shadowed scales below the surface in this photograph. It is difficult even with multiple exposures combined, [photo stacking], to truly capture it all. Everything is so 3D at high magnification that only the tiniest slice of it is in focus at any one time. By the way - the little greenish flecks scattered over the image are I suspect hairs and other particles on the under side of the cover slip - hard to get everything right!
Looking at such delicate wing structures makes me think of the hymn "All things bright and beautiful'.
I've been busy trying to make a King Leman Russ for my non-existent guard army.
It's been going well.
This, my friends, is the notorious Tokay Gecko. A handsome beast, and one of the largest gecko species. They have a reputation of being rather nasty in the reptile keeping world because their first response to any danger is to bark and bite, and, trust me, when they bite it hurts!
However the main reason for their unsociable attitude is because virtually all those in captivity are wild caught. Cheap and plentiful. Captive-bred indiviuals are few and far between due to the fact that because they are so cheap and plentiful hobbyists don't bother trying to breed them. Another reason is because they are somewhat difficult to breed in captivity - prefering to glue their eggs onto a surface and having a long incubation peiod means the conditions are rarely correct for successful hatching.
However should the hobbyist choose to attempt this the results can be very satisfying, and raising them from hatchling can dispell most of their aggression.