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Much could be done with a caption on that

 

Some people like this one because it makes them salivate (which is what I was going for).
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I realize that a lemon may not be to everyone's liking, so I would add this....to make some salivate...

But, if this one does it for you, I suggest you have a long talk with your salivary glands.

 

Many amateur shutter bugs go through a series of "the usual suspects" photographs.

Like, "the bee":


or "the dragonfly".


and also "the lost opportunity". When you're out there clicking away and something really interesting comes out of nowhere and is gone before you have the chance to change lenses or adjust the ISO or really much of anything but take a blurry shot.


Such was the case with the fellow above. Gone in an instant and I have never seen another one. I sent it to an entomologist friend who identified it as a type of moth (with some parasitic habits as I recall).

*drat*

 

ye old drop

 

Shadow of a vapour trail on the underside of a cloud, cast by strong sunlight reflected off the sea surface.

Pembrokeshire. 2011.

 

Shadow of a vapour trail on the underside of a cloud, cast by strong sunlight reflected off the sea surface.

Pembrokeshire. 2011.

That is definitely cool - did you notice it when you took it (asking because I might not have)?

 

did you notice it when you took it

Yes. Never seen anything like that before or since.

 

Many here have used ferric chloride to etch circuit boards. Another use is to "reclaim" a date on US Buffalo nickels (1913-1938). These nickels were notorious for losing their date with wear. A drop of ferric chloride would etch the area enough to make the date visible. Of course, an etched date is not as valuable numismatically as a non-etched date and it is easy to tell when it has been treated.

 

Gotta love a butterfly with the good sense to land on his name plate...


(j/k it is not his name plate)

 

Hope you're not getting sick of these coin photos, because here are some more....this time, the strange case of how Ben Franklin got Bugs Bunny teeth.

Here is a pic of my 1955 Bugs Bunny Franklin Half.


What makes it a Bugs Bunny are Ben's "teeth".


Those jagged teeth were not, originally, in the die, but came to be, as the result of a "die clash". Consider the obverse and reverse dies and specifically the portions I have marked in red.




Back in the day, if you operated the press without a planchet (the silver slug that becomes the coin), the dies (obverse and reverse) would bang together. If you did this enough times, you would actually "mark up" the die, and the resulting coins minted from the die. Look how the dies line up in this overlay...



Not a variety and not really an error, but it occurred in enough of these, that is, they continued to use the clashed die long enough, that it became desirable to collectors.



That is how Ben Franklin got Bugs Bunny teeth.

 

A picture for today.

Not very special, but I like the trail left by the plane. This is about the best dark sky we'll get in the city here. You'll have to look at it full size to see the stars well.

5DM4 | EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM | 13s f/2.8 ISO400 28mm

 

Really, you can't see useful detail in this small version, so here's a link to a full size version, much more interesting:

https://yaakov.me/night-large.jpg

 

Really, you can't see useful detail in this small version, so here's a link to a full size version, much more interesting:

https://yaakov.me/night-large.jpg

You’re right, that’s way better.

 

A thoroughly disgusting orange fungus

 

A thoroughly disgusting orange fungus

Nice color.

 

A thoroughly disgusting orange fungus

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Yuck!

 

Peek-a-boo



I-see-you

 

Peek-a-boo

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I-see-you

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Boy I wish we had that sort of animals living in the nearby area ... most of the urban wildlife that one gets to see around it is comprised of possums, rats, and stray cats!

 

Boy I wish we had that sort of animals living in the nearby area ... most of the urban wildlife that one gets to see around it is comprised of possums, rats, and stray cats!

Believe me, in many places in the US, there are too many and, without natural predators to keep a balance, they proliferate and can represent a real hazard (e.g., vehicle accidents, tick transmitted disease). They are tasty though.

 

Believe me, in many places in the US, there are too many and, without natural predators to keep a balance, they proliferate and can represent a real hazard (e.g., vehicle accidents, tick transmitted disease). They are tasty though.

I'd be happy if the vermin we have down here were at least edible!