20 January 2021 - SAMPLES OF MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY

 

SAMPLES OF MACRO

 PHOTOGRAPHY

G'day folks,

As a keen photographer, I'm always looking at brilliant work done by others. Here are some examples of their work.

 

Clancy's comment: Brilliant. Thank you to the photographers for sharing their work. Let's hope 2021 is a lot happier for the world.

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12 March 2018 - SOME FACTS ABOUT THE EARWIG

SOME FACTS 

ABOUT THE EARWIG

G'day folks,

Welcome to some background on these pesty little creatures.

The earwig is a small sized insect that is found in a variety of habitats around the world. There are nearly 2,000 different species of earwig that are found throughout the American, Australian and Eurasian continents.

The earwig has a small body size, that is split into three parts in a similar way to numerous other insect species. The earwig has sharp pincers on its abdomen and large wings that generally remain concealed against the body of the earwig. Although earwigs are able to fly, they often don't.

Earwigs are nocturnal animals that often hide in small, moist crevices during the day, and are active at night. Damage to foliage, flowers, and various crops are commonly blamed on earwigs but they also eat certain insects that damage them.

The earwig is thought to get its name from people fearing that earwigs crawled into your ear to lay their eggs. Although this is not the sole intention of the earwig, it is certainly thought to be possible as they like narrow, warm spaces such as the ear canal.

The earwig is an omnivorous animal meaning that earwigs will eat almost anything they can find. Earwigs spend most of their time feeding on a wide variety of other insects and plants including flowers, fruits and leaves.

Due to their small size, earwigs have a number of natural predators wherever they live in the world. Amphibians such as frogs, newts and toads are among the most common predators of the earwig along with birds and other larger insects such as beetles.

Female earwigs lay up to 80 small eggs which hatch within a couple of weeks. Female earwigs are known to be extremely protective of their young, often watching over them until they have reached their second moult (earwigs moult 5 times over the course of their lifetime).

Clancy's comment: Mm ... Those pincers look fairly wild.

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26 January 2018 - Fantastic French Miniature Museum

Fantastic French 

Miniature Museum

G'day folks,

 

Miniature museums are often packaged as toy museums or assumed to be a very twee exhibit for doll house enthusiasts, but here is an incredible museum located in the French city of Lyon, where the world of miniatures becomes a whole new dimension.

Founded by Dan Ohlmann, a renowned miniature artist himself, the Musée Miniature & Cinema is split into two parts: one part miniature museum, with hundreds of incredible scaled scenes by renowned artists from around the world, and another part cinematic museum of special effects, which often links back to the miniature world– because of course the film industry has a long history of using miniature film sets before computer-generated effects became the norm.

These are creations that required hundreds of photographs and measurements from real locations. Research is a major part of the process and they can take many months to complete, each element being reproduced at the exact scale using a mix of technical know-how and precision.

These are just a few examples from the collection that this five-story museum holds:

Clancy's comment:  Amazing, eh? The passion of some people has no bounds. 

PS: Oh, happy Australia Day! And, a very good friend of mine has her birthday today. Make it a big one, RG. Love ya work!

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