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Bower of the Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis). The white objects are snail shells with some green glass and flip-top lids near the entrance. Photographed at the site of Fenton WWII Camp, Northern Territory.
Happy Mother's Day!
(only a day late)
Mom was born near Zadar, Croatia.
Snails are a delicacy form the area.
Ewwww!!
Santorini, Greece.
2007
The snailshell-shaped loop up the the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest point on the Australian Continent. We reached to summit on John Muir's 180th Birthday.
This beautiful blue bee nests in snail shells. I am not sure if there are other species in the East that nest in snail shells, there could be...we know so very little about most species. Collected in Maryland somewhere (probably western Maryland) and Photographed by Wayne Boo.
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All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
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" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
John Keats
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Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
Pyractomena larva using its anal appendage to groom the head. July 2013
joeCicero commented on bugguide.net, "it's a Pyractomena larva cleaning its head and cervix...but the degree of protraction of the head is beyond anything known for the family...it is known that firefly can protract to some degree, so that the head is completely out of the prothorax and the cervix shows as well, but it is not known that the cervix can be so long....this must correlate to the need for larvae to reach the deep interior of the helix of snailshells to get all the food out...find one feeding on a snail or give a snail with a deep helix to this one and watch to see what it can do to reach the core."
The snail shell on a chunk of floating wood out in a back pool caught my eye. Liked the light, mood and textures. Didn't notice the bug on the shell until later on the computer since it was so far way.
Took a very quick walk at the park this morning.
Houston Museum of Natural Science.
This world record shell is an Australian Trumpet and measures 30 inches (72.6 cm) in length.
I see them rarely, so snails are something of a treat. To y'all in the southern areas, I suppose they're more of a nuisance. Visiting California, prior (I think?) to Disneyland, my daughter found this poor guy. Dead & dried up inside - probably a victim of snail poison, although I wouldn't put it past 'im being baked in the southern californian heat.
For a short while, this was the centerpiece on the table. I though it was funny. Relatives though I was funny.
We were both right.
I was staring out my back door one early spring day and I noticed some small birds flying in and out of my clothes pin holder. Uh-Oh they are building a nest in my clothes pin holder, so I went out there to bring it inside, I found a ton of little sticks inside. I pulled them out and reached into the corner and felt it, a full nest. :( I had destroyed their nest. I quickly went inside and found an old pillow case, I made it into the rough shape of the clothes pin holder and hung it up where the holder was and placed the nest carefully in the back corner, exactly where they had it in the pin holder. . After about a week, I saw them again. They had accepted my pillowcase. I listened as the little baby birds squeaked for mom, I was out there on the patio with a friend and her daughter when the birds left the nest clumsily and magically. I have watched them fly with a group of other birds and graze in my yard. I hardly see them anymore. Here is their nest. I am buying some nice birdhouses for next spring and not leaving my clothes pin holder out all winter.
To make these hair clips, like this Christmas Androsia Fabric Flower Hair Barrette, I cut out a flower pattern in Androsia Fabric Scraps. Androsia is a hand batik fabric that the Bahamians make, and the only factory is located here on Androsia Island. After they sew clothes, they bag up their scraps and set them out for sale so they don't waste anything. I like to buy these scraps and use them for my projects, like these hair clips.
I pick a sea shell or sea glass that I have taken right of the shores here in the Bahamas, and glue it to the center of the flower to give it a nice tropical touch.
This beautiful blue bee nests in snail shells. I am not sure if there are other species in the East that nest in snail shells, there could be...we know so very little about most species. Collected in Maryland somewhere (probably western Maryland) and Photographed by Wayne Boo.
~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~
All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth and all ye need to know
" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
John Keats
You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
A little part of the other world for those, who love to dream...
Tiny Flower Gnome with his Cottage is one-of-a-kind handmade Waldorf inspired toy intended for all the forever-young fairytale lovers.
Woolen parts are hand-felted combinating wett and needle felting of plant dyed natural woolfell.
Set consists of:
* cottage with a straw roof and felt flower - diameter 3,35" (8,5cm), hight 4" (10cm) /flower-included hight is 5,5" (14cm)/
* Gnome: 1,6" (4cm) tall with two removable hats: Acorn one for everyday use and crochet one for a bed time
If You are missing some magic spell in Your life, or need a tender gift for Your little friend, please, don't tarry anymore :-)
The spiral staircase of the Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo in Venice.
The Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo is a small Venetian palace best known for its spectacular spiral staircase, decorated with a number of arches and visible from outside.
The palace and its staircase were built by the architect Giovanni Candi in 1499 for the noble Contarini family. The small steps used are known as snail stairs, hence the name of the palace (bovolo is Venetian for snail).
Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all true art.
---Joanna Macy
Woolen cottage just for Your household - gnomes or garden - fairies...
Snail family may be welcomed subtenant as well as the best fiend :-)
Waldorf inspired one-of-a-kind handmade toy intended for all the forever-young fairytale lovers.
Woolen parts are hand-felted combinating wett and needle felting of plant dyed natural woolfell.
One-roomed house of 4,75" (12cm) diameter and 6" (15cm) hight, antenna included 9" (23cm).
Added on May 7, 2009
Glück gehabt Bürschchen. Fast bin ich auf meinem Heimweg auf dich draufgestiegen.
Lucky guy. Nearly stepped on him on my way home.
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Focal Length: 100mm
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/125 sec at f / 7.1
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