sharing something inspiring

>> photography-wise

最近開始 stalk flickr blog...發現他們都會從 users 裡面整理些有趣的主題出來

今天介紹的作者 Dustin Diaz 除了很會用燈光外，還會把自己的場景也照出來給大家當 reference



http://blog.flickr.net/en/2009/04/18/behind-the-scenes/

he got a lot of really nice works working with lights




okay, take a deep breath

now something more on the harsh side =]







>> life-wise

It is very amazing how mother nature keeps everything in balance...

死去化為淨土再重生

(重新創造新生命)

而人類留下的加工過後用品沒有一個可以達到完全分解，零傷害


warning: viewer discretion is advised... may be very disturbing

Rabbit decomposition (time-lapse video)



about what happened in Day 3....

because the outside of the rabbit is just skin, which supplies only a minor amount of food, most scavengers attack the inside first as its where most of the food is, like lions when they kill a zebra, they usually tear it open to get to the inside, as these little bugs cant rip open the rabbit they burrow inside and help themselves, flies also lay eggs in the rabbit and the maggots eat from the inside out. natures awesome....
yeah i watched that one right after this one, once again I think its to do with where flies lay their eggs, in the damper places such as mouth, other creatures burrow under the skin and lay their eggs while others just eat the softer parts eyeballs and such. if you skip the video forward every 30 seconds when you see the little things attack it you will notice its stomach becomes bloted, this may be to do with the amount of life and movment thats going on from inside the pig, care of the maggots
-quoted from youtube comments

Decomposition of Baby Pigs

The film demonstrates the sequence of tissue destruction and the role of insects in the ultimate dismemberment of the pig carcass and soil movement. The pink and purple beads were added to show the intense activities of the insects in moving the carcass and soil.
Payne writes..."My study was the first "detailed" study of succession in animal decomposition and the first with the pig as the model. The significance of the pig is that it closely approximates the human body (skin, body hair, size etc.) so the data generated could be used in modern forensic science to approximate the time of human deaths. At that time it was simply not possibly (moral/ethical/legal concerns) to perform decompositon studies with human corpses, I know because I tried and was denied. Even so there were many instances where some concerned person buried my research pigs."
The pigs used in the experiment were dead when Jerry Payne picked them up from local farmers. Mama pigs (sows) often lay down on their tiny piglets and crush them. This was very common on small farms and led to the invention and deployment of farrowing pens(birthing pens) where the sow is contained and the piglets have a heated space where they are not in danger of being crushed.

Flies have four life stages: adult (the fly), egg, larva (the maggot) and pupa. Maggots crawl into dark, secluded places to pupate (the stage where they undergo the transformation from maggot to adult). Since the maggots are white or cream colored they are easily seen and taken by predators. Going undergroundand away from the carcass offers protection from uv light and predators and allows them seclusion to pupate. This pupal stage is immobile. Maggots don't have to burrow into the soil as they could easily conceal themselves in leaf litter or any decayed organic material.

didn't know that insects actually play a very important role in keeping life balanced...

但...我還是很討厭昆蟲 XD