It's been a while, so here's another random assortment of photos from a few things, a field trip to a heath today with some students, a field trip at a marine society conference, and some rings I made in a silversmithing course.
Spot the sand lizard
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5532932564_09256a5218.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532932564/)
Sand Lizard 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532932564/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5532871358_183cd46246.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532871358/)
Juvenile raft spider (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532871358/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/5532855660_50e9db39f5.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532855660/)
Grass snake 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532855660/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5532834486_84c400bd66.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532834486/)
Ants 5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532834486/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
Never seen wood ants do this swarming behaviour before unless they were feeding, but there wasn't any food around.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5299/5532211345_bef3019648.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532211345/)
Ants 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532211345/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5532822636_eda6d102ec.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532822636/)
Ants 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532822636/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
Rings I made
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5532450758_895f7f3e70.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532450758/)
Ring 8 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5532450758/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5179/5531897986_c2ae3a896a.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531897986/)
Discovery Deep Sea Expedition samples (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531897986/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5531844086_64605e8758.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531844086/)
Discovery Deep Sea Expedition samples (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531844086/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
Ammusingly shaped sea-cucumbers
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5531254821_949018c389.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531254821/)
Discovery Deep Sea Expedition samples (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531254821/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/5531827200_02b37c51ce.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531827200/)
Discovery Deep Sea Expedition samples (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531827200/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5531812200_0d3b550959.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531812200/)
Discovery Deep Sea Expedition samples (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531812200/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5531222087_e2b3743920.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531222087/)
Discovery Deep Sea Expedition samples (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531222087/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
Rusting car on the side of the docks:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5531788904_b979874a12.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531788904/)
IMG_5270 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531788904/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
Tiny sea spider
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5254/5531069657_d83407637e.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531069657/)
Pycnogonid (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5531069657/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5530540848_6822d53876.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5530540848/)
Long-spined Sea Scorpion (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5530540848/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5529787689_26ae9323f5.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5529787689/)
View leaving the harbour (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5529787689/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
Taken with Binaries 100-500mm lens
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5056/5505705758_30ab47706b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5505705758/)
Black headed gulls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/5505705758/) by Chris_Moody (http://www.flickr.com/people/zpyder/), on Flickr
What's the strange eel below the penis-cucumbers?
Some of your crazy sealife photos are a timely reminder that we should be looking at going down perhaps more than we should be looking up :thumbup:
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on March 16, 2011, 22:35:02 PM
What's the strange eel below the penis-cucumbers?
+1 looks like an underwater chestburster :gag:
I should have made a note really, but I think it's a species of Dragon fish