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That should come in pairs.

The matching boot only drives in the UK, Australia, India and South Africa.

 

[Tom.G]

Horch 853 (1937) 1:18

They are exquisitely made and thus quite expensive, and I haven't found one yet for a price
that suits me . But one day I will probably own one.

Straight 8, 120HP
Average Sale Value: USD$624,661
https://www.conceptcarz.com/valuation/16035/horch-853.aspx

(above found with:
https://www.google.com/search?&q=what+engine+in+horch+853)

 

[morrobay]

My uncle, Lindely Bothwell had a about 80 early cars collection on his orange grove ranch in the San Fernando Valley kept in about 5 barns. Sure wish I had photos from my visits
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/20...hwell-collection-is.html?m=0&template=default https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/e...-million-including-73-million-peugeot-gp-car/

 

[DennisN]

My uncle, Lindely Bothwell had a about 80 early cars collection on his orange grove ranch in the San Fernando Valley kept in about 5 barns. Sure wish I had photos from my visits
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/20...hwell-collection-is.html?m=0&template=default https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/e...-million-including-73-million-peugeot-gp-car/

Extremely cool, wow!
I am a fan of early cars, I think they can be beautiful and that's why I started collecting model cars (cars mostly from the years 1900 - 1970 (ca)).

 

[DennisN]

Straight 8, 120HP
Average Sale Value: USD$624,661
https://www.conceptcarz.com/valuation/16035/horch-853.aspx

My wallet thinks I should pass on that one and go for the model car version.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Another batch of photos using the 55mm micro nikkor. For some reason, my camera's light metering doesn't work properly with this 45 year old lens so getting good exposures with this lens is a bit tricky. But having direct sun helps a lot:

Germanium:

Inside a floxglove:

The optical quality of this lens is quite high- here's a 200% crop of a bilobed stigma and pollen of a dandelion:

Lastly, with apologies to @berkeman, I saw this thing either waking up or hatching:

Here's a close-up of it, looking particularly alien:

 

[BillTre]

Lastly, with apologies to @berkeman, I saw this thing either waking up or hatching:

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Here's a close-up of it, looking particularly alien:

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Probably something like waking up.
If it had hatched (exited out of a pupae) it would have left the pupal exoskeleton behind. Also the wings usually have to get inflated by blood pressure after leaving the pupal case.

It looks like its butt is stuck down and holding it up off its feet in the first two or three photos.
It may have been laying eggs.

The round things between the abdomen and wings are the halteres. They are modified wings that sense wind conditions and regulate flying.

 

[morrobay]

After the rain

 

[Flyboy]

… y’know, there’s days where I swear the distribution center is deliberately messing with us.

A whole plastic tote, just for this. Why couldn’t you put it in another box? There’s three other boxes that had more than enough room.

 

[DennisN]

A macro batch from me too... these were shot a while ago...
..it's a lovely morning over here...

Daisy no 1:

Daisy no 2:

A biological... thingie...

Leaf:

A bud which to me looks alien and a bit scary :

A bud from above, still scary:

A tulip (flowers can also become more detailed with macro lenses):

A purple tulip:

And last, a little fly! This rascal got quite a bit attention from me, and I was happy that
it was calm and still:

(all shot with Sony A7R + Canon nFD 100mm Macro + 50mm(ca) extension tube)

 

[Tom.G]

"...alien and a bit scary"
Wife says it's a member of the Aster family: Chrysanthemum, Camomile, Dandelion, etc.

(Aster: from Greek "star shaped")

See also: https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-plants-in-the-family-Asteraceae-2040400

 

[Rive]

A whole plastic tote, just for this.

Well, variations of the old classics are always new

 

[DennisN]

Swan fest!

I had a photo session with mr and mrs Swan at the pond today. They got fed by me and stayed close to me for a long time, which I appreciated very much .

Hello gorgeous...

"...I'm sorry, but I'm already taken..."

"...we are in a healthy relationship..."

"Are you looking at me?"
(actually I think it was patiently waiting for more food from me here )

"Look, my beak is all wet!"

"Let me pose for you one more time..."

(all shot with Sony A6000 + Sony 55-210mm + Neewer CPL filter)

 

[DennisN]

Flying things...

Barnacle geese in formation (1):

Barnacle geese in formation (2):

Airplane:

 

[DennisN]

I found a Eurasian tree sparrow this morning:

 

[DennisN]

Common nettle (Urtica dioica), closeups:

(I kept my distance as I very well remember the burning pain they can give )

(all shot with Sony A6000 + Industar-61 LZ + Neewer CPL filter)

 

[DennisN]

Two more from today which I liked because of the detail...

Daisies in evening sun:

(also shot with Sony A6000 + Industar-61 LZ + Neewer CPL filter)

 

[morrobay]

Friends of sister in Friday Harbor, WA.

 

[berkeman]

Friends of sister in Friday Harbor, WA

Holy smokes! What are those things? What do they taste like?

 

[morrobay]

Holy smokes! What are those things? What do they taste like?

Halibut . God could have made a better tasting fish, but he didn't.

 

[BillTre]

 

[Andy Resnick]

Another walk in the woods with my macro lens:

This dude was super chill, let me get right up close with the lens fully extended, maybe 2 inches away from contact. You can see a sliver of the woods and mostly my lens in the eye reflection.

When I accidentally bumped the web of this spider, it gave literal meaning to the phrase "pulling s*** out of your a**":

When it was done, it scuttled off and I got a nice shot of its underbelly:

Then I passed by some spittlebug nymphs, the bug is the light grey blob clinging to the leaf:

And lastly, some flowers. I call this photo "Georgia O'Keefe was Half-Right":

 

[DennisN]

Another walk in the woods with my macro lens

Lovely and very cool photos!
The frog/toad looks awesome!

 

[docnet]

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are they flounders?

 

[morrobay]

are they flounders?

 

[morrobay]

And it looks like my nephew, Kyle above won the Halibut derby

 

[morrobay]

https://fishingbooker.com/blog/halibut-vs-flounder-all-you-need-to-know/

 

[BillTre]

 

[docnet]

the scale of it is terrifying.

 

[jtbell]

Might as well post some pictures from the place where Mookie hangs out. This is the former "back shop" of the Southern Railway (now Norfolk Southern) in Spencer NC, now used by the North Carolina Transportation Museum for exhibits and hosting events like the model-train show that I visited on Sunday.

 

[jtbell]

The NCTM has more than trains. Here's an electric car from 1918. Instead of a steering wheel, it has a steering lever. Two of them, in fact. One in the usual place, and one for the backseat driver.

 

[DennisN]

Macro in the park

I had fun the other day in the park...
...first I unexpectedly happened to see a dragonfly (or damselfly?) sitting on a flower:

(shot with Konica 50mm f/1.7)

I think they are very cool and beautiful insects.

Later I fetched one of my macro lenses and went back to the park.
I didn't find any dragonfly/damselfly, but I found two flies...

Common green bottle fly

...sitting on a leaf:

Calliphora vicina

...sitting on a tree trunk:

On a crop of the image there is a hint of the indivual ommatidia/photoreceptor units of the eye:

(shot with Canon nFD 100mm Macro + 50mm extension tube (ca))

 

[BillTre]

Really nice shots @DennisN!
Insect eye ommatidia (eye units) are really cool things.

Dragonflies hold their wings out perpendicular to their body axis, so probably a damselfly.
Local areas often have websites (wildlife, extension service, researchers, hobbyists) with pictures of local species for identification.

A damselflies in oregon returned this and other sites.
Same goes for birds, amphibians, reptiles, bees, etc.

Having photos makes identification easier and more accurate.

 

[Flyboy]

From a past job… the avionics team made this to log unusual/uncommon issues and their solutions to keep for future reference.

 

[BillTre]

Making good use of your tree: