Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I once had a job to shoot the cranefly and its pupae for a magazine on the West Coast of the US called Sunset, which (even now) has as one of its major foci, gardening. The editor explained to me that craneflies are important pests because the larvae destroy lawns. They eat the roots. He said "You'll love craneflies". I got that particular job, I think, because he knew that I didn't have much use for lawns in residential settings. It's a personal quirk of mine, I guess. I don't like to mow them, I don't like how much water they consume, and I prefer things that I can eat. Mostly, I don't like the neighborhood politics that revolve around them. I could tell stories, I could. A vernacular name for craneflies out here, anyway, is "Mosquito Eaters". They don't. They eat lawns, as you say, George, "Bottoms up". What I like especially about this image is that it is clear, easy to read, and perfectly descriptive. If you have ever seen one of these things, the recognition is immediate. Larry On 7/11/11 6:54 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > NIce almost abstract photo. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema On 10-7-2011 23:25, > George Lottermoser wrote: >> > <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5472> >> > >> > c&c always welcome >> > >> > Regards, >> > George Lottermoser >> > george at imagist.com >> > http://www.imagist.com >> > http://www.imagist.com/blog >> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > Seehttp://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ----------------------- Fokkema Fotografie www.michielfokkema.com > +31(0)615569576