Skippers
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As the dawn breaks and the bombers leave the protective darkness of the night, “Crossing the Coast” is one of the most welcome intercom messages that returning bomber crews can hear after hours flying over enemy territory. / “Crossing the Coast” was inspired by a previous commission I’d painted called “Skipper, we are on fire!” These most feared words were quoted to me by John ‘Jock’ Morrison. / An ex-Sergeant wireless operator, he now lives in County Durham and returned to Norway in 2000, to collect his flying helmet from the grandchildren of the family who had looked after him and his fellow crewmen, when they crashed their Halifax bomber in Norway after depth charging the Tirpitz in April 1942. You may have read about his Norwegian visit in the newspapers. / “Crossing the Coast Skipper” has been used to illustrate the front cover of Tony Eaton’s book “Two Friends, Two Different Hells.” The story of two school-friend’s different wars. / Acrylic on canvas board 18×24 inches approx. PHOENIX APPEAL donation, Greeting Card only available.
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A Grey Kangeroo posing for a profile view in a rural area outside of Adelaide, South Australia
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Skipper Butterfly
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I love you. / By Elenne Boothe 2008
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. / Silver Spotted Skipper / . /
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Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). Butterflies exhibit polymorphism, mimicry and aposematism. Some migrate over long distances. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. Butterflies are important economically as agents of pollination. In addition, a few species are pests, because they can damage domestic crops and trees in their larval stage. /
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Abstract Skipper Sold – Vanessa Anderberg / Other products available /
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an edited version of a previous post. Canon 450D
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BEST VIEWED FULL SIZE! Featured in “Extreme Close-Ups” March 11, 2009. And who says “Clothes Don’t Make The Man”??? A plain but cute skipper is enjoying the warm summer afternoon by resting on the petal of one of my tiger lilies. Image taken July 15, 2008 with the Nikon D40x, using the 70-300mm vr Nikon lens. Shutter speed 1/125, aperture f/8, exposure 0.33, iso 200.
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Featured in Natural Color and Light May 2, 2009. Best Viewed Full Size! “Oh yeah?” “Yeah!” “YEAH??” “YEAH!!” “WHO Says?” “I Says!” “Oh YEAH???” “YEAH!!!” “Awww … yer mudder wears Army Boots!!!” (Disclaimer … NO disrespect intended toward our fine women in uniform!! You’d have to be a fan of 1930’s or 1940’s era movies to catch the reference, lol!!! A la Mickey Rooney??) One of my all-time favorite moments captured in my garden last summer. Two little skippers in a mighty clash!!!! Image taken with the Nikon D40x and the 70-300mm vr Nikon lens on July 15, 2008. Shutter speed 1/200, aperture f/5.6, exposure +.33, iso 200. Late afternoon / early evening light. Post processing included some duding up of the two somewhat raggedy coneflowers in the foreground with the Wacom Intuos4 tablet in Photoshop.
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Two years ago, I found this old Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera at a garage sale, and I bought it for $2.00! It’s not a rare model, to be sure, but my mom had one very similar to that, and the sight of it brought up a lot of pleasant memories. It was the first camera that I remember seeing in use in our family, and the first one that I ever tried myself as well. I was fascinated by the way it was held at waist level and I felt so grown up when my mom showed me how to use it for the first time. I must have been about 6 or 7 at the time… Another great memory. I decided to make a shot of the Brownie, trying to depict the concept of childhood souvenirs. My sister found my old Skipper doll (Barbie’s younger sister) and gave it back to me some time ago. I received that doll when I was five, as a present when I had my tonsils removed. I can still remember the joy of opening the wardrobe case and fingering all the tiny garments on little plastic hangers. I loved her hair because my Skipper was a redhead just like my baby sister! Finally there is another keepsake from my childhood that I cherish and still use once in a while. It’s my first recipe book, published by the Carnation Company in 1964 (English title was The Fun Cook Book). I love their meat loaf recipe! I chose to make a triptych using the Brownie, the Skipper and the recipe book, as well as some old pictures taken by my mom in the 60s with her own Brownie (she had the one with a flash). I tried to match the colours and tones of all three shots with the pictures in the image on the right made with the Brownie. Those pictures have been masked and have not been altered at all. Please click on the thumbnails below to see a larger version of each shot / /
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I have no idea what kind of moth this is. (Thanks to the group I now know-it’s a skipper!) I shot the photo in Wildwood, FL. I used a Nikon D70s.
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CANON Digital IXUS 980 IS / /
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A Western Skipper enjoying a butterfly bush bloom, making a nice color contrast! Original image taken in Shady Cove, Oregon
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English garden. / Yorkshire. UK / CANON Digital IXUS 980 IS /
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Skippers frolic and flirt in the Owen Rose Garden, Eugene, Oregon. August 2009.
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CAPTURED THIS MANGROVE SKIPPER AT D.J.WILCOX NATURAL AREA NORTH OLD DIXIE HWY FT PIERCE FLORIDA. CAMERA CANON EOS REBEL XTI. LENSE SIGMA 170 TO 500 MM. AUTO. HAND HELD ISO 400 TV SHUTTER SPEED 1/640 av 6.3 FOCAL LENGTH 500 MM.
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Skipper (butterfly) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, and superfamily Hesperioidea (there is only family in this superfamily). They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity occurring in the tropical regions of Central and South America. All butterflies other than skippers are classified into either the superfamily Papilionoidea or the neotropical superfamily Hedyloidea. Collectively, these three groups of butterflies share many characteristics, especially in the egg, larval and pupal stage (Ackery et al. 1999). However, skippers have the antennae clubs hooked backward like a crochet hook, while regular butterflies have club-like tips to their antennae and hedylids have feathered or pectinate antennae, giving them an even more moth-like appearance than skippers. Skippers also have generally stockier bodies than the other two groups, with stronger wing muscles. Hesperioidea is very likely the sister group of Papilionoidea, and together with Hedyloidea constitute a natural group or clade. There are about 3500 species of skippers.
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Butterflies, Bees, and Skippers that have graced my garden with their presence over the past year.
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