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HoutHans · 07-08-2020, 11:43 PM

Originally posted by Shedking

A recent Dutch/German study found 75% reduction in flying insects over 27 years. And that was in protected areas!

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

Yes, that is very disconcerting, especially when most people react with a 'but these are anoying bugs anyway', not realising the impact on an ecosystem. Let's just hope that our photo's won't be the only reminder of insects in the future.

**Weevil** · 07-09-2020, 02:00 PM - **9 Likes**

Araignée sauteuse éclatante* / Brilliant Jumping Spider [Phidippus clarus]
2020.07.05 - Parc régional de Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Québec, CANADA

Pentax K-1 + SMC Pentax-D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro with PENTAX AF 160FC Auto Macro Ring Flash
1/200s, ƒ/14, ISO 100

Araignée sauteuse éclatante* / Brilliant Jumping Spider [Phidippus clarus]

#PENTAX #PentaxK1 #K1 #RicohImages

**Kerrowdown** · 07-10-2020, 08:13 AM - **3 Likes**

**aslyfox** · 07-10-2020, 08:54 AM - **1 Like**

spider web

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normhead · 07-10-2020, 01:36 PM - **5 Likes**

Hanging out in the garden....
K-1 and DFA 100 macro with the 1.4 TC.
The 1.4 is a crop TC, but it works well on the DFA 100 macro, and makes. a nice companion lens to the DFA 78-105.

It's really hot. The dogs can stay out as long as the water is cold.
After a half hour or so out, everyone's beat. They are all asleep on the floor in front fo the air conditioners and fans.

**aslyfox** · 07-10-2020, 01:56 PM - **1 Like**

K 3 II + SMC Pentax-D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro

gifthorse · 07-12-2020, 06:46 AM - **6 Likes**

Pentax FA MACRO 100mm f3.5. It's not just for closeups anymore.

**ehrwien** · 07-12-2020, 07:07 AM - **6 Likes**

DFA 100 WR on K-S2

Sneezeweed Bud

Yellow Flower #1

(Buff- or White-)Tailed Bumblebee

**WPRESTO** · 07-13-2020, 07:03 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Weevil

Araignée sauteuse éclatante* / Brilliant Jumping Spider [Phidippus clarus]
2020.07.05 - Parc régional de Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Québec, CANADA

Pentax K-1 + SMC Pentax-D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro with PENTAX AF 160FC Auto Macro Ring Flash
1/200s, ƒ/14, ISO 100

Outstanding detail on that little jumper, especially using 50mm rather than a longer FL macro. Excellent technique.

**steamloco76** · 07-13-2020, 03:37 PM - **6 Likes**

Old Cook stove waffle iron.
DFA 100/2.8 WR, K5iis

Unregistered User · 07-14-2020, 12:36 PM

Although it's an ecological disaster in miniature, still, there's something beautiful about a single worn-out tire in the woods. Somebody, probably no longer extant, used that tire as a normal part of his everyday affairs, a life come and gone, just like the tire, and just as forgotten.

**ivanvernon** · 07-14-2020, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by dlh

Although it's an ecological disaster in miniature, still, there's something beautiful about a single worn-out tire in the woods. Somebody, probably no longer extant, used that tire as a normal part of his everyday affairs, a life come and gone, just like the tire, and just as forgotten.

I think it is only a visual ecological problem as rubber is a natural product which over the centuries will degrade with no real damage to the earth. There is a nostalgia to seeing old artifacts, for sure. I sometimes see old wooden, half fallen down houses, and wonder who lived there, whether any former residents are still living, and even whether they ever return to view their home of long ago . . . nostalgia.

**rgknief60** · 07-14-2020, 05:17 PM - **9 Likes**

Found this little tree frog on the hose reel. By the time I got back with camera, he crawled up the side, and was partially resting on the 5/8 inch garden hose.

The throat, nose area, and tympanic membrane are soft/blurry as they vibrated rapidly as part of the respiratory process, and the exposure time is 1/6 second.

This is a downsized 13.3 MP crop from a focus stack.

After the stack I tried to get the frog to crawl up on a leaf for a better image. And that was the end of the shoot!

Xposted to frogs.

Tree Frog

**WPRESTO** · 07-15-2020, 10:41 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by ivanvernon

I think it is only a visual ecological problem as rubber is a natural product which over the centuries will degrade with no real damage to the earth. There is a nostalgia to seeing old artifacts, for sure. I sometimes see old wooden, half fallen down houses, and wonder who lived there, whether any former residents are still living, and even whether they ever return to view their home of long ago . . . nostalgia.

Some facts about automobile tires.

1) about 290 million per year are discarded in the USA.
2) about 80% of those are recycled in some way, leaving about 60 million to biodegrade in the USA
3) it takes about 50 to 80 years for a tire to biodegrade BUT, that only means you don't see the tire. Most of it still exists as micro particles.

4) tires account for the majority (over half) of plastic micro particles found in seawater off San Francisco (modern tires are not really "rubber").
5) world wide an estimated 1,500,000,000 tires are discarded annually

As with all interactions with Nature or the environment, it isn't what each one of us does, it's how many of us are doing it. There is only one problem = too many people. Just about all other "problems" are symptoms or consequences. And if you treat the symptoms rather than the cause, you will never solve the problem.

Unregistered User · 07-15-2020, 01:31 PM

Interesting points of view as to the tires - on the one hand, discarded tires are merely one of millions of artifacts of human occupation of the land, and when the humans are gone, the Earth will keep spinning, the tires will be just another soil component, and no one will care what they look like.

On the other hand, and especially as to @Wpresto's point #4, I have the idea that tires are mainly "synthetic rubber", i.e., polymers of petrochemicals, which I expect will not make any useful contribution to the soil, and as been noted elsewhere, will probably be toxic until finally broken down by oxidation, UV light and bacterial action.

Here's another observation: a lot of the soil in that part of West Virginia in which that specific tire's located is already black because of anthracite mining: it's full of coal dust.

07-10-2020, 08:13 AM - 3 Likes	#3903
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07-12-2020, 06:46 AM - 6 Likes	#3907
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07-13-2020, 03:37 PM - 6 Likes	#3910
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07-14-2020, 12:36 PM	#3911
Unregistered User Guest	Although it's an ecological disaster in miniature, still, there's something beautiful about a single worn-out tire in the woods. Somebody, probably no longer extant, used that tire as a normal part of his everyday affairs, a life come and gone, just like the tire, and just as forgotten. Last edited by Unregistered User; 10-22-2020 at 08:44 AM.

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07-08-2020, 11:43 PM	#3901
HoutHans Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Appingedam Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,123	Originally posted by Shedking A recent Dutch/German study found 75% reduction in flying insects over 27 years. And that was in protected areas! More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas Yes, that is very disconcerting, especially when most people react with a 'but these are anoying bugs anyway', not realising the impact on an ecosystem. Let's just hope that our photo's won't be the only reminder of insects in the future.

07-09-2020, 02:00 PM - 9 Likes	#3902
Weevil Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Near Montréal, Québec Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,446	Araignée sauteuse éclatante* / Brilliant Jumping Spider [Phidippus clarus] 2020.07.05 - Parc régional de Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Québec, CANADA Pentax K-1 + SMC Pentax-D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro with PENTAX AF 160FC Auto Macro Ring Flash 1/200s, ƒ/14, ISO 100 Araignée sauteuse éclatante* / Brilliant Jumping Spider [Phidippus clarus] #PENTAX #PentaxK1 #K1 #RicohImages

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normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Hanging out in the garden.... K-1 and DFA 100 macro with the 1.4 TC. The 1.4 is a crop TC, but it works well on the DFA 100 macro, and makes. a nice companion lens to the DFA 78-105. It's really hot. The dogs can stay out as long as the water is cold. After a half hour or so out, everyone's beat. They are all asleep on the floor in front fo the air conditioners and fans.

07-12-2020, 07:07 AM - 6 Likes	#3908
ehrwien Site Supporter Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 2,784	DFA 100 WR on K-S2 Sneezeweed Bud Yellow Flower #1 (Buff- or White-)Tailed Bumblebee

07-13-2020, 07:03 AM - 1 Like	#3909
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by Weevil Araignée sauteuse éclatante* / Brilliant Jumping Spider [Phidippus clarus] 2020.07.05 - Parc régional de Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Québec, CANADA Pentax K-1 + SMC Pentax-D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro with PENTAX AF 160FC Auto Macro Ring Flash 1/200s, ƒ/14, ISO 100 Outstanding detail on that little jumper, especially using 50mm rather than a longer FL macro. Excellent technique.

07-14-2020, 03:49 PM	#3912
ivanvernon Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Medina, OH Photos: Albums Posts: 7,224	Originally posted by dlh Although it's an ecological disaster in miniature, still, there's something beautiful about a single worn-out tire in the woods. Somebody, probably no longer extant, used that tire as a normal part of his everyday affairs, a life come and gone, just like the tire, and just as forgotten. I think it is only a visual ecological problem as rubber is a natural product which over the centuries will degrade with no real damage to the earth. There is a nostalgia to seeing old artifacts, for sure. I sometimes see old wooden, half fallen down houses, and wonder who lived there, whether any former residents are still living, and even whether they ever return to view their home of long ago . . . nostalgia.

07-14-2020, 05:17 PM - 9 Likes	#3913
rgknief60 Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 983	Found this little tree frog on the hose reel. By the time I got back with camera, he crawled up the side, and was partially resting on the 5/8 inch garden hose. The throat, nose area, and tympanic membrane are soft/blurry as they vibrated rapidly as part of the respiratory process, and the exposure time is 1/6 second. This is a downsized 13.3 MP crop from a focus stack. After the stack I tried to get the frog to crawl up on a leaf for a better image. And that was the end of the shoot! Xposted to frogs. Tree Frog

07-15-2020, 10:41 AM - 3 Likes	#3914
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by ivanvernon I think it is only a visual ecological problem as rubber is a natural product which over the centuries will degrade with no real damage to the earth. There is a nostalgia to seeing old artifacts, for sure. I sometimes see old wooden, half fallen down houses, and wonder who lived there, whether any former residents are still living, and even whether they ever return to view their home of long ago . . . nostalgia. Some facts about automobile tires. 1) about 290 million per year are discarded in the USA. 2) about 80% of those are recycled in some way, leaving about 60 million to biodegrade in the USA 3) it takes about 50 to 80 years for a tire to biodegrade BUT, that only means you don't see the tire. Most of it still exists as micro particles. 4) tires account for the majority (over half) of plastic micro particles found in seawater off San Francisco (modern tires are not really "rubber"). 5) world wide an estimated 1,500,000,000 tires are discarded annually As with all interactions with Nature or the environment, it isn't what each one of us does, it's how many of us are doing it. There is only one problem = too many people. Just about all other "problems" are symptoms or consequences. And if you treat the symptoms rather than the cause, you will never solve the problem.

07-15-2020, 01:31 PM	#3915
Unregistered User Guest	Interesting points of view as to the tires - on the one hand, discarded tires are merely one of millions of artifacts of human occupation of the land, and when the humans are gone, the Earth will keep spinning, the tires will be just another soil component, and no one will care what they look like. On the other hand, and especially as to @Wpresto's point #4, I have the idea that tires are mainly "synthetic rubber", i.e., polymers of petrochemicals, which I expect will not make any useful contribution to the soil, and as been noted elsewhere, will probably be toxic until finally broken down by oxidation, UV light and bacterial action. Here's another observation: a lot of the soil in that part of West Virginia in which that specific tire's located is already black because of anthracite mining: it's full of coal dust.

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