Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm anti lawn. Took mine out. Now I don't have one here either. We should all take out our lawns and grow vegetables on them. Make salad for dinner. Mark William Rabiner > From: Larry Bullis <kingfisher at halcyon.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:27:14 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cranefly (bottoms up) > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information