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Another testshot with the Canon EF 24mm 2.8. With the Aurora not realy dancing, just steady light I stopped it down to f/4 to see the difference in sharpness from 2.8.
For some reason I see the Humerus, tibia and fibula bones in the sky but the tibia and fibula and an ankle in the reflection.
The reflection is real. This night the lake was extreamly calm.
Doi Suthep-Pui NP, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Family : Papilionidae
Sub-Family : Papilioninae
Species : Graphium sarpedon sarpedon
This is probably the most widespread of the oriental species and is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. In Australia it is known as the Blue Triangle. It is a medium size butterfly with a wingspan of 60-70mm. The upper wing pattern is similar to the underside but without the red markings, and the sexes are similarly alike. An unusual feature is that the tibia and tarsus sections of the leg are coloured blue. They are strong and agile fliers. The males are avid 'puddlers' and like other Graphium species they have an interesting method of carrying out this practice. They suck up the water and extract the minerals in the normal way but in addition continually expel the excess water from the anus. This has the effect of dissolving more minerals from the ground which they then re-imbibe. They are sometimes seen in quite large puddling 'groups' with other Graphium and non-Graphium species. Females are more elusive and usually only seen when they are looking for egg-laying sites.
Habitat is a wide range of forested areas up to around 1500m asl. Females lay their eggs singly on young saplings of the host plant and the complete lifecycle takes about 26 days from egg to adult. The larval foodplants are mainly from the aromatic Lauraceae family and in Thailand include Cinnamomum camphora, Cinnamomum porrectus, Litsea cubeba, Litsea glutinosa, and Persea kursii.
All my insect pics are single, handheld shots of live insects in wild situations.
Purple sandpiper - Calidris maritima.
February 26 2023, Brouwersdam, the Netherlands.
Right tibia: (dark) green flag engraved with three white letters TTV.
Left tarsus : metal ring NOS Stavanger 8B42683.
Left tibia : orange colour ring.
= LAO:LBM:RAGW(TTV)F.
Age/sex/biometrics: 1K (hatched 2012, sex unknown).
Wing 131,5mm. Weight: 68,4g. Bill: 26,9 mm.
Ringing date: 23.09.2012, 10 hrs.
Ringing place: Longyearbyen (78*13'13''N-015*40'06''E) Spitsbergen / Svalbard.
Ringers: Vegard Finset Fjeldheim & Kjell Mork Soot.
Loads of recoveries (all from Brouwersdam, the Netherlands, which is 2982 km's south).
List until January 2021:
22.11 2012, Brouwersdam, The Netherlands (51°45'48"N 003°50'48"E) - Bekker, C.P.
24.11 2012, idem - Hendriks, Kasper, Punt, Luuk, Teunissen, Wouter & van Duivenvoorde, Frank.
26.11 2012, idem - Vanboven, Jaques.
01.12 2012, idem - Bot, Sander.
30.12 2012, idem - Becker, Martin.
03.01 2013, idem - van Deijk, Jurrien.
17.02 2013, idem - Jongejan, Wim.
16.03 2013, idem - Zwarts, Jos.
21.03 2013, idem - Peekstok, Rien.
11.05 2013, idem - van Duijn, Menno.
19.05 2013, idem - Meijer, Hans & van der Zwaag, Johnny.
08.01 2014, idem - Duijsens, Inge.
01.02 2014, idem - Fokker, Cornelis.
02.02 2014, idem - Bos, Dick, Steiger, Wolfgang & Verburg, Wilma.
09.02 2014, idem - Méranger, François.
24.02 2015, idem - Sandberg, Ellen.
25.04 2015, idem -van Twest, Rohan.
26.04 2015, idem - van Twest, Rohan.
03.05 2015, idem - Pieters, Yves & Schelstraete, Hilde.
08.05 2015, idem - Huig, Naomi & Keijser, Hans A.
26.12 2015, idem - Nossent, Regis & Van Kerkhoven, Walter.
31.12 2015, idem - Molenaar, Jacob.
02.01 2016, idem - Pahlplatz, Raymond & Zevenbergen, Mark.
11.01 2016, idem - van Zwieten, Wim.
09.03 2016, idem - Prins, Sven.
20.03 2016, idem - Aernaut, Marnix.
24.03 2016, idem - Tewinkel, Stefan.
30.01 2017, idem - van Dijk, Robbin.
05.02 2017, idem - van Dijk, Bert.
19.02 2017, idem - Sluijter, Maarten.
25.02 2017, idem - Multhaupt, Holger.
25.02 2018, idem - Verburg, Jeroen.
04.03 2018, idem - Janssen, Hetty.
03.03 2019, idem - Sluijter, Maarten.
08.02 2020, idem - Sluijter, Maarten.
15.12 2020, idem - Tanis, George.
20.12 2020, idem - Ballmann, Monika.
31.01 2021, idem - Ballmann, Monika, Marijnis, Annelies & Muusse, Mars.
TONGUE. This is Euglossa imperialis it, like the rest of its clade of shiny orchid bees, has a long tongue, actually ... this species has a particularly long tongue even compared to other orchid bees. Pretty simple. It sucks nectar with that long tongue from deep throated flowers that other bees often can't reach (because they usually have dinky lapping tongues). As a male it does not gather pollen, but it does have a trick that other bees don't have in that tucked into its expanded hind tibia is a little sachet (note: this is not a technical term) that it stashes various smelly oils and other chemicals to woo orchid bee women. In the American humid tropics they are big time common (as a group). Tim McMahon (whose gets his bank as a government engineer, but in his heart is a complete bee head) collected this in Costa Rica on his annual pilgrimage. Photo by Jade Louis. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~
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Fuentidueña, Segovia.
Se suele relacionar el emblema de la calavera y las dos tibias cruzadas con los piratas o con el símbolo de veneno, sin embargo...
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TONGUE. This is Euglossa imperialis it, like the rest of its clade of shiny orchid bees, has a long tongue, actually ... this species has a particularly long tongue even compared to other orchid bees. Pretty simple. It sucks nectar with that long tongue from deep throated flowers that other bees often can't reach (because they usually have dinky lapping tongues). As a male it does not gather pollen, but it does have a trick that other bees don't have in that tucked into its expanded hind tibia is a little sachet (note: this is not a technical term) that it stashes various smelly oils and other chemicals to woo orchid bee women. In the American humid tropics they are big time common (as a group). Tim McMahon (whose gets his bank as a government engineer, but in his heart is a complete bee head) collected this in Costa Rica on his annual pilgrimage. Photo by Jade Louis. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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
We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde
You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML
Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World:
www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/...
Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf
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
Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections
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
¡Qué bien hubiera venido un filtro amarillo o al menos un polarizador!
Chamonix F1
Nikkor-SW 90/4.5 (no filtro)
Rollei Retro 100
Rodinal 1+50 (13') con SP-445
Epson 4990
I have no time to notice
what takes place around me
Distractions daily duties grab focus
away from who I am might be
I break my leg and the misery
means I must lie still do not move
as every simple motion spasm
cramp serves to reprove
listen listen listen
i go to pieces, Says the Tibia
i feel trapped, Says the Fibula
i cannot move, Says the Knee
there's no common ground, Says Achilles
i need air, Says the Ankle
step on it, Says the Foot
we love the outdoors, Say the Toes
i've got you covered, Says the Cast
we want to go places, Say the Crutches
have a seat, Says the Wheelchair
i'll be back, Says the Leg
Leg leg Leg
I will keep it together
I Broke My Leg
By M.J. Lemon
www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-broke-my-leg/
I was unaware there had been an ice storm overnight. A quarter inch of invisible black ice in the parking lot was my downfall, resulting in a broken wrist and a broken tibia at the knee. After a week in the hospital and a week in a rehab facility I’m finally up to checking in on Flickr.
And for 123 pictures in 2023, topic 117 “Wonky”.
© David K. Edwards. Okay, I lug a big heavy flash down into the Paris catacombs, and I bounce a few test shots off the pale limestone roof, okay, equipment working great, but then when I begin to encounter actual BONES, there is this big sign NO FLASH! because of respect for the dead. No flash. Respect. In fact the dead do not give a crap about flash or available light or much of anything else, being, you know, dead. But the French can be masters of annoyance, and it's their catacomb. I unscrew the flash from my camera, drop it in my bag, and dial the ISO up into the stratosphere. I hope the bony dead are grateful. Or at least amused.
(Yes, the French beheaded Lavoisier, the Father of Modern Chemistry, discoverer of oxygen, of quantitative chemical reactions, and the conservation of mass. Lopped his head clean off his shoulders. For the heinous crime of adulterating tobacco with water, you know.)
And actually I think the two skulls on the right could be female. I need to get my artistic license renewed.
The Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is an a typical member of the cat family (Felidae) that hunts by speed rather than by stealth or pack tactics. It is the fastest of all terrestrial animals and can reach speeds of up to 110 km/h in short bursts. Its body has evolved for speed, with long legs, an elongated spine, adapted claws to grip the ground and a long tail for balance.
It takes a lot of distinct biology to be able to accelerate from 0 to 70 mph in under three seconds: Cheetahs have extra large livers to better mobilize the glycogen molecules that provide quick bursts of energy. They have enlarged adrenal glands, lungs, nasal passages, and hearts to accommodate extra oxygen in order to fuel their muscles. A comparatively long, heavy tail provides a counter balance for tight turns at top speeds. Without claw sheaths, their claws stick out even when retracted - providing cleat-like grip to the bottom of their feet. And fused tibia and fibula bones in the cheetah’s legs make them more stable when sprinting after prey.
This beautiful lone Cheetah was photographed on an early morning game drive in the Maasai Mara Game reserve, Kenya.
Ellos están preñados, así en la Tierra como en el Cielo, unidos pero enfrentados a la fría dulzura de un Across the Universe que se aleja lejos y a la tibia extrañeza de un Marte(s) que se acerca denso.
Como dice Rosa: Toda fecundación se realiza en la oscuridad.
# # #
They are pregnant, and on Earth and Heaven, united but faced with the cold sweetness of an Across the Universe far and away and the strangeness of a lukewarm TuesdayMar(s) approaching dense.
As Rosa says: Any fertilization takes place in the dark.
# # #
Published on Anamorphosis by Kate Andrews.
Also on design:related and on Bevel and Boss.
And on I know and on vi.sualize.us/view/2492ba326d1bf40d424fa1d7115b754b/.
A hoverfly on cosmos flower in our Staffordshire garden this morning. I'm not very good with hoverflies; but this could be Helophilus pendulus. The black on the hind tibia is restricted to the distal third.
Desde luego nada que ver con los del caribe, bueno al menos a mi me gustan mas que el deep y el bloom, lo de la knightley mejor esa la reservamos aparte :)
Wetenschappelijk: Plebejus argus
Scientific name: Plebejus argus
Heideblauwtje
Familie
blauwtjes (LYCAENIDAE)
Kenmerken
Voorvleugel lengte: circa 14 mm. De bovenkant van de vleugels is bij het mannetje helderblauw met een witte franje en bij het vrouwtje donkerbruin met langs de achterrand enkele oranje vlekjes en een bruine franje. De onderkant van de vleugels is bij het mannetje lichtblauw en bij het vrouwtje diepbruin. Op de onderkant van de achtervleugel bevindt zich langs de achterrand een oranje band met zwarte vlekken die zilverkleurig bestoven zijn. De zwarte vlekken op de onderkant van de vleugels zijn groot en rond en meestal omgeven door een lichte ring; op de onderkant van de voorvleugel bevinden zich geen wortelvlekken. Voor het meest zekere determinatiekenmerk moet een mannetje voorzichtig gevangen worden. Met een loep is dan te zien dat de scheen van de voorpoot een krachtige spoor heeft.
Gelijkende soorten
Bij het vals heideblauwtje ontbreekt het spoor aan de scheen van de voorpoot. Het vrouwtje van het vals heideblauwtje is doorgaans lichter van kleur.
Voorkomen
Een schaarse stand vlinder die lokaal voorkomt op de hogere zandgronden in Noordoost-, Midden- en Zuid-Nederland; in de duinstreek vliegt het heideblauwtje vrijwel alleen nog op de Waddeneilanden Texel en Terschelling.
Habitat
Zowel droge als natte heidevelden; vaak op de overgang van droge naar natte heide. De heide is doorgaans vrij open tot zeer open en structuurrijk met hier en daar kale grond.
Waardplanten
Vooral struikhei; soms dophei of vlinderbloemigen zoals rolklaver en heidebrem.
Vliegtijd en gedrag
Begin juni-eind augustus in één generatie; soms een partiële tweede generatie tot half oktober. De vlinders voeden zich vooral met nectar van gewone dophei, struikhei en muizenoor. De mannetjes zoeken naar vrouwtje door het maken van patrouillevluchten of het vertonen van territoriaal gedrag. De vlinders komen vaak 's avonds bijeen in bijvoorbeeld een pol pijpenstrootje en vormen daar een slaapgezelschap.
Levenscyclus
Rups: half maart-half juni. Jonge rupsen eten van de jonge uitlopers van de waardplant. Sommige rupsen worden meegenomen door mieren en verpoppen zich in het mierennest. Rupsen die niet door mieren worden meegenomen verpoppen zich in de grond. De soort overwintert als ei, laag tegen een takje struikhei.
The Silver-studded Blue gets its English name from the row of silvery-blue submarginal "studs" on the underside hindwings. These vary in size between individuals and from site to site, and in some specimens can be entirely absent. The butterfly was once known as the Lead Argus - a reference to the dull steely blue colour of the male's forewings, which are quite unlike the more vivid hues of Common Blues and Adonis Blues.
The butterfly is widely distributed across Europe but is absent from central Spain, southern Portugal, Scotland, Ireland and northern Sweden. Beyond Europe its range extends across temperate Asia to northern China and Japan.
The isolated population at Great Ormes Head, an island off the north coast of Wales, differs in many ways from the typical form, and were once considered to be a distinct subspecies caernensis. The butterflies are noticeably smaller than the normal form, females have extensive blue scaling, and the adults emerge in late May - about 3 weeks earlier than other populations.
In Britain argus can't be confused with any other species, but elsewhere within its range it can easily be mistaken for the near identical Idas Blue Plebejus idas. The two species can only reliably be told apart by examining the tibia on the foreleg of the male - in argus this is spined, in idas it is not.
Other closely related and very similar species occurring in Europe include Reverdin's Blue Plebejus argyrognomon, and the Zephyr Blue P. pylaon.
Habitats
Unlike other British blues, this is primarily a heathland butterfly. Although some populations can be enormous, comprising of hundreds or even thousands of butterflies, this is a very localised species, which rarely flies more than a few metres from its emergence site. It breeds on heaths that are damp but not boggy, primarily in Hampshire, Dorset and Surrey; strongly favouring sheltered areas that have regenerated following burning, clearing, or heavy cattle grazing.
Colonies also exist on coastal dunes in Cornwall, south Devon and the Gower peninsula of south Wales. Populations which once existed on chalk grasslands have all become extinct, but there are still large populations on limestone cliffs at Great Ormes Head (an island off the coast of north Wales ), and in the nearby Dulas valley where it was artificially introduced. Small populations also occur in limestone quarries at Portland, Dorset.
Lifecycle
In warmer parts of Europe the butterfly is double brooded, emerging in May and August, but in Britain there is only a single generation, which emerges in late June.
At most heathland sites the eggs are laid singly in July at the base of young shoots of cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea or gorse Ulex europaeus. On the Suffolk Brecklands however eggs are often laid on the underside of bracken fronds - these possess nectaries whose sole function seems to be to attract ants. Although unproven, it is possible that the butterflies have evolved this egg-laying strategy so that the eggs gain protection from being eaten or attacked by parasitoids, by virtue of the presence of the ants.
On limestone sites the eggs are laid on the stems of bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus or rockrose Helianthemum chamaecistus, very close to the base of the plants. The eggs are always laid close to nests of the ant Lasius niger. The tiny larva develops within the egg in the late summer but doesn't hatch until the following March. It feeds by day on the flowers and tender leaf tips of the foodplants. The larva is constantly attended by the ants which milk it to obtain a sugary substance exuded from an eversible gland on its back. In return the larva gains protection because the presence of ants deters predatory wasps, spiders and carnivorous bugs.
When ready to pupate, the larva is driven or carried into the ant's nests. The pupa is attended by the ants until the butterfly is ready to emerge in late June or early July, at which time it crawls out of the nest and makes it's way up a stem where it settles to expand and dry it's wings.
The butterfly / ant relationship is not a true example of symbiosis - it has been demonstrated that captive larvae which are prevented from having contact with ants invariably die; but the ants are perfectly capable of surviving without the butterfly.
Adult behaviour
The steely blue males are easily seen, as they flutter incessantly over heather or grasses in search of females, stopping occasionally to nectar at bell heather, bird's foot trefoil or rockrose. Females are much harder to find, as they are far more sedentary and duller in colour, being earthy brown with an indistinct series of orange sub-marginal lunules.
When the sexes meet, copulation takes place almost immediately, with no observable pre-nuptial ritual. Mated pairs can sometimes be found basking with wings in the characteristic three-quarters open position. They remain in cop for about an hour.
Overnight or in overcast weather conditions the butterflies roost on cross-leaved heath, heather, or less commonly amongst grasses or on bushes; adopting the typical head-downward posture shown in the above photograph.
On sunny days the butterflies are active until sunset, and at certain sites can sometimes be found basking in groups of 30 or 40, congregating on bushes or heather clumps to soak up the last remnants of sunlight before going to roost or the night. In the morning these same groups bask communally for about half an hour prior to taking flight.
Butterflies from the uk
Distinguished from the similar White Featherleg Damselfly by the relatively narrow tibia with black lines, and the more extensive dark markings on segments 6 and 7 of the abdomen
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This fast and tiny wasp was very busy, collecting materials for cells partitions.
First time I meet this species.
Here are two shots of a tiny Crab Spider (Thomisidae) with cryptic colors that I found on a dandelion-like seedhead of native (but weedy) Telegraph Weed (Heterotheca grandiflora, Asteraceae) along the road in the canyon today. It's really tiny, just 580 pixels in these 1:1 macro shots, which comes to 2.3 mm - less than 1/10 inch. (See here for how I figure.) This is not one of the flower-loving Mecaphesa spiders that I've been showing lately, but something else. It might be a Ground Crab Spider in the genus Xysticus, but I think it's more likely genus Ozyptila. (And that's not to mention genera Coriarachne and Bassaniana!) It has stubby front legs with just two spines (I think) on the first tibia. Whatever it is, it's a surprising spider, so tiny! Arachtober 21a. (San Marcos Pass, 21 October 2019)
From a couple of Decembers ago, in the Titian Sleuth's footed tub in the upstairs bathroom. Great window light -- I love it when bathrooms have windows!
I was going through some archives last night when I ran across this one. (It's so interesting to go back through your archives a year or two after the fact, and see what jumps out at you. The experience is completely different than going through stuff right after you shoot it.)
tibia black, tarsus yellow, last tarsomere with dark apex (in mitteilungen der schweizerischen entomologischen gesellschaft bulletin de la Société Entomologique Suisse 66, 137- 144, 1993 by M. Weinberg & G. Bachli)
Les asiles sont des diptères carnivores qui se tiennent à l'affût en situation généralement ensoleillée d'où elles se précipiteront sur les proies repérées. Elles présentent un rostre dirigé vers l'avant avec lequel elles empalent leurs victimes et, sur leur face, de longs poils qui protègent leurs yeux des gesticulations de leurs proies.
The robber flies are carnivorous Diptera that are kept on the lookout, in a generally sunny situation, from where they will rush on prey. They present a rostrum directed forward with which they impale their victims and, on their face, long hairs which protect their eyes from the gesticulations of their preys.
France; Brenne, Lignac 2/4/20. Strong loop in wing vein R4+5 (Eristalis). Hind tibia half black half yellow. Most like Eristalis intricarius.
Taken at the beginning of September this year 2017 in a local field.
I am fairly certain these are E.arbustorum as their faces were completely yellow dusted and lacked the central black stripe and the metatarsus and tibia are pretty much of equal thickness or are to my eye anyway though more apparent on the live specimens.
I know these Eristalis hoverflies are a common sight in gardens and countryside alike but I do have a soft spot for them and they do make for good subject matter often staying still for a shot or two but they can also be spooked easily too.
Title: Standard Issue #2
Insight: 130 images @ 0.0003in / 6 pre stacked sets made in zerene / with Pmax & Dmap retoutching / Processed in PPPx3.
Tools: Olympus UM Plan FL 10x with Ping pong ball diffuser and jansjo Leds
Special features: Lesser Stag Beetles closely resemble female Stag Beetles, but on a smaller scale. The head is much squarer than the larger female stag beetle, and the middle tibia of the rear leg has just one spur. On a female stag beetle there are three.
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Honey Bee with pollen basket on each tibia of the hind legs, on a Japanese Flowering Apricot Tree in the Gertrude Carraway Memorial Graden, Tryon Palace, New Bern, North Carolina
tibia black, tarsus yellow, last tarsomere with dark apex (in MITTEILUNGEN DER SCHWEIZERISCHEN ENTOMOLOGISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ENTOMOLOGIQUE SUISSE 66, 137- 144, 1993 by M. Weinberg & G. Bachli)
Les asiles sont des diptères carnivores qui se tiennent à l'affût en situation généralement ensoleillée d'où elles se précipiteront sur les proies repérées. Elles présentent un rostre dirigé vers l'avant avec lequel elles empalent leurs victimes et, sur leur face, de longs poils qui protègent leurs yeux des gesticulations de leurs proies.
The robber flies are carnivorous Diptera that are kept on the lookout, in a generally sunny situation, from where they will rush on prey. They present a rostrum directed forward with which they impale their victims and, on their face, long hairs which protect their eyes from the gesticulations of their preys.
I couldn't resist....I adopted another one. Vomer (center) will be my travel buddy, at least once I find something nice and sturdy for him to live in in my purse!
Ladies and gentlemen... a skeleton.
...
Well, it's kind of limping around.
Yep! Missing a femur.
What? No. The femur is the thigh bone. It's missing its tibia and fibula.
Oh, and not to mention its tarsals, metatarsals and phalanges.
You really should know more about the skeleton.
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I know about the cranium. And I know about my anvil.
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Well, I'm just saying, if you're going to throw around skeletal references you ought to-
THONK!!!
-AAOOOOOOO!!!!
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Cranium, definitely the cranium.
We love you Grand High Heckler!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Monster In My Pocket
Series 1 # 47
"Skeleton"
Sony Alpha 7RII - MPE 65mm @~3X - 2x Godox AD200, Cognisys Stackshot, 36 images, ƒ5,6, 130µm. flic.kr/s/aHsm4CYh61
I’m in a soft cast until the surgery, which is scheduled for Tuesday at 5:30pm. I’m kinda an add-on surgery, so I could get bumped if another emergency comes in and needs the OR. There are two fairly clean breaks, but they help hold my ankle in place, so they have to be plated and pinned in place. The tibia has a lengthwise fracture that could heal on its own, but best to plate. The fibula has a bone broken completely off and has to be pinned back in place to help support the ankle.
My pain tolerance has been reached and I’m a wee bit grumpy at this point, so I’m hoping it gets fixed tomorrow.
Lindsey bought me a knee scooter so I can bend the knee and maneuver around the house without help. Truly, a godsend piece of equipment.....crutches are going to kill me.
Lins has been GREAT, but she doesn’t need this kind of stress on top of work. Things were just getting back to normal and I’ve gone and screwed it up.
Crossed fingers everything will go ahead tomorrow and become a new normal for awhile.
Hello my flickr friends! Miss Me? Well, I have missed being on here looking at all your wonderful pictures.
The reason I have been away so long is because back on June 18th, my leg was broken in 3 places and I had surgery to put a rod in through my tibia bone from my knee to my ankle. This happened while doing what I love most... Photography!
So know this, I will be back to doing what I love it just won't be for at least another month with 2 more months of physical therapy to go. But, at least I have wildlife such as this male cardinal who visited me at my house. :)
Hope you all are doing well and hoping to catch up on pictures in the next month to start sharing with you.
Take Care,
Stacy
Tucson, AZ
I was amazed at the amount of pollen that this tiny bee had collected in his pollen basket.
Definition of pollen basket: a smooth area on each hind tibia of a bee that is edged by a fringe of stiff hairs and serves to collect and transport pollen —called also corbicula.
~ merriam-webster.com
One of the less common sun flies on a fleabane flower at Burton Mere Wetlands.
The ID was based on another shot showing the hind tibia to be mostly dark, but the grey dusting on the face reaching up to the ocelli is another characteristic.
This guy has been hanging out on my front porch all summer. I sometimes wonder if he is waiting for me. I carefully carried him to the crepe myrtle bush and grabbed a few shots of my favorite predator bug. He is waving that front leg at me and saying, "Look Out You!"
My first shot of the wheel bug includes the wheel bug rap: www.flickr.com/photos/drphotomoto/3002340775/