We "survived" quite easily. Milou behaved perfectly. Only less then an hour for her feeding in the night. We had a lot of fun and of course I made some pictures.
It was her first overnight stay without her mother.
Next week we'll get her sister for the weekend.
In order to grow, crustaceans moult. Effectively they do grow, but their exo skeleton does not, so at a certain stage space gets tight and they need to break out of their skin. Our Geosesarma hagen seem to prefer to do this under water. Their body sets free a hormone that creates an enzyme. This enzyme forms a layer of fluid between the old exoskeleton and the new one. Once done, the crab takes in liquid and pumps that in between the two layers of skin. Some musclepower then causes a seam in the exoskeleton to break and the whole crab comes out there. This seam is located just behind the carapax, and in front of the tail.
If the crab is not strong enough, it might lose limbs in the process because the crab does not possess the power to pull the muscle tissue through the narrow joints of the old exoskeleton. This is more likely to happen if the crab is interrupted in the moulting process.
The freshly moulted crab is quite soft.The new exoskeleton needs a while to harden up. It's vulnerable to attacks during this phase....Show more →
Ok Buddy, so the young one sets the SS while the male crab is poised to press the shutter and the agile female one on the lens turns the focus ring. Got it. Sooooooo, can you post the pics they took?
Not the best specimen, a far cry from the standard "Rafael's condition lens" - BTW Rafael would be appalled with this copy
According to serial it was made in 1971 and includes the scalloped aperture ring.
Anyway it was relatively affordable, mostly considering Brazilian mean prices. When this lens arrives at my hands it will need both an AI conversion (love that scalloped aperture ring!) and a basic repainting.
So I made a U turn in terms of motorcycles. Sold my cruiser for a sports tourer and I have to say I am loving it. Being just an hour away from the North Georgia Mountains, means you just need a reason to ride.
My new to me 2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 Scenic Stop at Chattahoochee National Forest by Ramkumar Sangameshwar, on Flickr
Gansbaai - Western Cape and home of the Great White Shark (as depicted endlessly on National Geographic Channel). Gansbaai is about 180 km from Cape Town and an important fishing harbour. A SE gale coupled to the weekend had these trawlers tied up to the quay. The crews were no doubt delighted to be snugly ashore.
^ Peter (from Knysna) - I really like your fishing-fleet-picture. Very nice B&W, a monochrome-conversion was (at least in my opinion) the perfect choice for the subject.
georgms wrote:
^ Peter (from Knysna) - I really like your fishing-fleet-picture. Very nice B&W, a monochrome-conversion was (at least in my opinion) the perfect choice for the subject.
Thanks Georg - always appreciate compliments from a master
Yesterday we went out to enjoy the good weather, before rain set in. Today we had mostly rain, so the decision seemed to be a good one.
All photos were taken with the 55mm f1,2, wide open, except for this one where the aperture ring seems to have jumped over to f1,4 while I wasn't paying attention
Oosty wrote:
Gansbaai - Western Cape and home of the Great White Shark (as depicted endlessly on National Geographic Channel). Gansbaai is about 180 km from Cape Town and an important fishing harbour. A SE gale coupled to the weekend had these trawlers tied up to the quay. The crews were no doubt delighted to be snugly ashore.
Peter, I really like this image a lot! Looks great in black n white too! Excellent job!
Best wishes,
Don
