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March 5, 2007: Lepidoptera, Interrupted: dead bugs gallery
Once again, it's Neatorama collaboration Monday!
If you feel like sometimes you're the windshield, but more often you're the bug, you'll love this set of award-winning photos from photographer Volker Steger. His gallery of dead bugs, retrieved from a plastic ersatz windshield after driving around in a car, is highlighted at this Spiegel Online story.
The article is in German, but one of Mr Steger's statements translates as
| I find, the mosquitoes and flies look like pleased angels. |
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MIRROR ON-LINE ONE: How do such microscopic photographs function technically? Steger: Only I dried the animals at air, afterwards then you are also scanned gold vaporized, so that they become electrically leading, and in a vacuum chamber with an electron beam. With these data one can produce pictures. MIRROR ON-LINE ONE: And those see in such a way from as in the photo distance? Steger: Not yet completely. The pictures are first black-and-white, I them later koloriert. I hope that one also sees, because I want to give the chance to the viewer to recognize that what they see is not completely material. |
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Sheldonrs Monday Mar 5 10:28 AM
Ever notice that dead bugs are never as cute as live ones?
Ever notice most of the live ones ain't that cute to begin with?
Sundae Monday Mar 5 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
Ever notice that dead bugs are never as cute as live ones?
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It's the pathos of the sprawled positions vs the candy cartoon colouring.
I can just imagine a little Far Side bubble coming out of the bottom one saying, "Oops, think I lost my guts there..."
Clodfobble Monday Mar 5 10:41 AM
Reminds me of a rather gruesome book I had as a child, written as the journal of a girl who caught fairies by slamming the book closed on them. It had the most awesome illustrations of squashed fairies on every page.
Elspode Monday Mar 5 10:55 AM
I don't think I want to eat them after they've been sputtered with gold, though. Perhaps as jewelry?
The bug on top looks like he's doing a Jolson impression. And none of them look terribly pleased to me.
BigV Monday Mar 5 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Reminds me of a rather gruesome book I had as a child, written as the journal of a girl who caught fairies by slamming the book closed on them. It had the most awesome illustrations of squashed fairies on every page.
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EDIT: Lady Cottington's Fairy Album. Recommended.
Pie Monday Mar 5 11:56 AM
The top photo looks like he's (she's?) holding a teddy bear.
glatt Monday Mar 5 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Reminds me of a rather gruesome book I had as a child, written as the journal of a girl who caught fairies by slamming the book closed on them. It had the most awesome illustrations of squashed fairies on every page.
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Imagine the sick twisted mind came up with an idea for a book like that!
Sundae Monday Mar 5 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt
That's hysterical!
Imagine the sick twisted mind came up with an idea for a book like that! |
Or am I thinking of a more recent book....?
We bought something like that for my mother in law about 10 years ago
Elspode Monday Mar 5 12:33 PM
Lady Codrington's Pressed Fairy Book, by ex-Python Terry Jones and artist Brian Froud, better known for inspiring the creatures in "Labyrinth".
Sundae Monday Mar 5 12:38 PM
I've got to go and get myself a copy - I never saw the one bought for MIL otherwise I'd have adopted it... Looks great (am loving the reviews which call it cruel and gross - makes me want it more).
glatt Monday Mar 5 12:59 PM
Ha. Had to be a Python.
Trilby Monday Mar 5 04:12 PM
This whole thread just bugs me for some reason.
Shawnee123 Monday Mar 5 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Brianna
This whole thread just bugs me for some reason.
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Elspode Monday Mar 5 04:35 PM
Its the bug equivalent of closeups of people who have jumped off of buildings...
xoxoxoBruce Monday Mar 5 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Elspode
Its the bug equivalent of closeups of people who have jumped off of buildings...
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Clodfobble Monday Mar 5 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Elspode
Lady Codrington's Pressed Fairy Book, by ex-Python Terry Jones and artist Brian Froud, better known for inspiring the creatures in "Labyrinth".
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Clearly Froud is a fairicist.
Elspode Monday Mar 5 05:38 PM
Fairies are not the harmless and cute beings that many purveyors of children's entertainments and consumer goods would like us to think. Snarky little things, they are.
Sheldonrs Monday Mar 5 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Elspode
Fairies are not the harmless and cute beings that many purveyors of children's entertainments and consumer goods would like us to think. Snarky little things, they are.
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nil_orally Monday Mar 5 06:00 PM
These pics remind my of one of my kids' favourite jokes:
Q. What's the last thing that goes through an insect's mind when it hits the windscreen?
A. Its asshole.
Aliantha Monday Mar 5 07:19 PM
Hey...I was gonna post that joke! Cept I was trying to think of how not to mention the whole Ahole thing since we're supposed to not use that sort of language on this forum.
Elspode Monday Mar 5 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
Not true! I've had some great times with Fairies!
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Sheldonrs Monday Mar 5 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Elspode
Yeah, but I'm talking about Fae, and you're talking about ghey.
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Clodfobble Tuesday Mar 6 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Aliantha
Cept I was trying to think of how not to mention the whole Ahole thing since we're supposed to not use that sort of language on this forum.
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Aliantha Tuesday Mar 6 12:38 AM
We're supposed to keep this forum G rated aren't we? That's my understanding.
The reason is so that more people will be able to look at it.
lumberjim Tuesday Mar 6 01:05 AM
ah yes, the secret directive......
Aliantha Tuesday Mar 6 01:15 AM
The very same
monster Tuesday Mar 6 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Aliantha
We're supposed to keep this forum G rated aren't we? That's my understanding.
The reason is so that more people will be able to look at it. |
G for Ghey?
Gawa Tuesday Mar 6 11:19 AM
I'm impressed with the photos...they're like a new art form...plop-art?...also, you think fairies are snarky? Come to Minnesota, i'll show you some snarky mosquitos.
Aliantha Wednesday Mar 7 01:23 AM
G for general I believe.
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