cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/5519216
Species: Aeshna cyanea
Yes, it was alive at the time and left alone (outside of taking a picture)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1508142
The Nyimi Mabiintsh III is fifty years old. He acquired the throne at the age of twenty. As a descendant of god the creator, the king is attributed with supernatural powers. Due to his top position he is restricted by several contraints: he does not have the right to sit on the ground, and he cannot cross a cultivated field. Apart from his cook, no one has seen him eat. Moreover he never travels without him, and his personal cooking ustensils.
It took Laine three weeks to photograph the Nyimi (king) of the Kuba in his royal apparel, the “bwantshy”. The outfit made out of material stitched with beads and “cauris” (small shells used as money in Africa), weighs 160 lb. It takes more than two hours to dress the King, and two days of spiritual preparation to be sufficiently purified in order to wear the outfit. The weight and the heat of the bwantshy is such, that it is impossible to wear it more than one hour. The preceeding King had only worn it three time during his entire life.
https://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/kings-of-africa-portraits-by-daniel-laine/
As seen at the Silverball Retro Arcade in Asbury Park, NJ.
VoightLander NOKTON 40mm f1.4 S.C, Leica ME Digital Body, ISO 200, f1.4, 1/150s
Berlin and Ione just next to it are two abandoned towns from the gold rush era. I went on this solo road trip about 4 years ago.
I got so lucky with the clouds that day. They're ridiculously picturesque.
Daughter found a piece of obsidian, reluctantly stopped long enough to show it to me and grab a pic.
Leica ME Digital Body, Voigtlander Nokton 40mm SC at f1.4, iso 500, 1/350s
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