Waterbed

12 responses to “Waterbed”

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   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Feb 3, 2009 at 4:56 am

   Deux libellules accouplées dans l’étang!
   Two coupled dragonflies in the pond!

   Wonderful moment of intimacy in nature! How dare that other guy bud in!

   Beautiful capture!

   In French, a libellule is also called demoiselle which is what we call young ladies or little girls.

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   kirainet

   Feb 3, 2009 at 5:38 am

   wow, imagine the crop if the picture would have been taken with a…. 100Mpx camera 🙂

   Lovely colors.

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   biotron

   Feb 3, 2009 at 12:07 pm

   in a recent episode, driven by overwhelming genetic impulse, i did try jumping onto the back of a "successful competitor" in a back alley, but was subsequently arrested for aggravated assault, the couple also being charged with public indecency *

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   biotron

   Feb 3, 2009 at 12:21 pm

   1/20th total frame? superb resolution / love ripples.

   now here is a true story:

   10 years ago, when i lived in this house, i came across a similar event occuring on a (soccer) football outside in our garden. while crouching down to snap the proceedings with an old Olympus OM-1, the pair (conjoined in opposite directions, unlike in this pic) suddenly flew up and landed on my head (closely-shaven at the time, resembling the football, pallid in the bright sunlight).

   they remained there for 3-4 mins, and i must say it was a rather pleasant experience, not unlike a lightweight Indian Head Massage, concentrated roughly around the juncture betwixt the frontal and parietal bones of my cranium.

   my co-lodger emerged to come and take pictures, but unbeknownst to either of us, the Olympus had previously developed a fault allowing light in through the back door, so all film passing through was drastically overexposed. as a consequence, no evidence exists to support this description, so you’ll just have to take my word for it 🙂

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5. 

   Leino88

   Feb 3, 2009 at 5:01 pm

   curious how the thumbnails of this and the disney sub, just before, share almost an identical shade of…. green chartreuse?

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6. 

   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Feb 3, 2009 at 8:53 pm

   When I was little, I was swimming in a neighbour’s pool with other children here in Saint-Lambert. Suddenly, I saw a dragonfly fly deep into the mouth of one of the boys. His surprise reflex was to swallow it! This is a strong memory of my childhood.

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7. 

   TomiTapio

   Feb 3, 2009 at 11:10 pm

   Nice capture! The ripples boost it up.

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   msamaclean ©

   Feb 4, 2009 at 4:07 am

   Lovely work around for this ‘macro’ image!

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9. 

   nhr

   Feb 4, 2009 at 5:25 am

   Mimosa wrote:
   > In French, a libellule is also called demoiselle

   Note the semantic similarity to the English "damselfly" or German "Wasserjungfer" (^^;

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    biotron

    Feb 4, 2009 at 11:05 am

    @Mimosa – that is some memory… sounds like you were growing up inside a Jodorowsky film… not surprised it has lodged firmly in your mind 🙂

    @nhr / Mimosa: the plot thickens…

    presumably the "nymph" / "naiad" young lady connection is a hangover from ritual cults centred on springs, ponds and wells informed by Celtic and Greek mythology – with some crossover to faerie lore too…

    the "libella" / level implication regarding flight is completely new to me, though.

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    .Astar.

    Apr 10, 2009 at 5:45 am

    wonderful shots my friend

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12. 

    ComputerHotline

    Apr 14, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    Thanks for licensing this image as CC "by" !
    Your photo is uploaded here :
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jurvetson_-_Waterbed_(by)…
    under the terms of the Creative Commons "by" license.

    —
    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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