March 5, 2007: Lepidoptera, Interrupted: dead bugs gallery

Undertoad · 03-05-2007, 09:20 AM

Once again, it's Neatorama collaboration Monday!

If you feel like sometimes you're the windshield, but more often you're the bug, you'll love this set of award-winning photos from photographer Volker Steger. His gallery of dead bugs, retrieved from a plastic ersatz windshield after driving around in a car, is highlighted at this Spiegel Online story.

The article is in German, but one of Mr Steger's statements translates as

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I find, the mosquitoes and flies look like pleased angels.

The photos are not color-accurate because they come from an electron microscope? That's what I take from this bit of Babelfish-translated conversation:

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MIRROR ON-LINE ONE: How do such microscopic photographs function technically?

Steger: Only I dried the animals at air, afterwards then you are also scanned gold vaporized, so that they become electrically leading, and in a vacuum chamber with an electron beam. With these data one can produce pictures.

MIRROR ON-LINE ONE: And those see in such a way from as in the photo distance?

Steger: Not yet completely. The pictures are first black-and-white, I them later koloriert. I hope that one also sees, because I want to give the chance to the viewer to recognize that what they see is not completely material.

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Sheldonrs · 03-05-2007, 09:28 AM

Ever notice that dead bugs are never as cute as live ones?

Ever notice most of the live ones ain't that cute to begin with?

Sundae · 03-05-2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Ever notice that dead bugs are never as cute as live ones?

Really? I thought the opposite!

It's the pathos of the sprawled positions vs the candy cartoon colouring.

I can just imagine a little Far Side bubble coming out of the bottom one saying, "Oops, think I lost my guts there..."

Clodfobble · 03-05-2007, 09:41 AM

Reminds me of a rather gruesome book I had as a child, written as the journal of a girl who caught fairies by slamming the book closed on them. It had the most awesome illustrations of squashed fairies on every page.

Elspode · 03-05-2007, 09:55 AM

I don't think I want to eat them after they've been sputtered with gold, though. Perhaps as jewelry?

The bug on top looks like he's doing a Jolson impression. And none of them look terribly pleased to me.

BigV · 03-05-2007, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Reminds me of a rather gruesome book I had as a child, written as the journal of a girl who caught fairies by slamming the book closed on them. It had the most awesome illustrations of squashed fairies on every page.

!! gave that book as a gift to ... baby sister? daughter? It was a hoot!

EDIT: Lady Cottington's Fairy Album. Recommended.

Pie · 03-05-2007, 10:56 AM

The top photo looks like he's (she's?) holding a teddy bear.

glatt · 03-05-2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Reminds me of a rather gruesome book I had as a child, written as the journal of a girl who caught fairies by slamming the book closed on them. It had the most awesome illustrations of squashed fairies on every page.

That's hysterical!

Imagine the sick twisted mind came up with an idea for a book like that!

Sundae · 03-05-2007, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

That's hysterical!

Imagine the sick twisted mind came up with an idea for a book like that!

Wasn't it one of the Pythons?
Or am I thinking of a more recent book....?
We bought something like that for my mother in law about 10 years ago

Elspode · 03-05-2007, 11:33 AM

Lady Codrington's Pressed Fairy Book, by ex-Python Terry Jones and artist Brian Froud, better known for inspiring the creatures in "Labyrinth".

Sundae · 03-05-2007, 11:38 AM

I've got to go and get myself a copy - I never saw the one bought for MIL otherwise I'd have adopted it... Looks great (am loving the reviews which call it cruel and gross - makes me want it more).

glatt · 03-05-2007, 11:59 AM

Ha. Had to be a Python.

Trilby · 03-05-2007, 03:12 PM

This whole thread just bugs me for some reason.

Shawnee123 · 03-05-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

This whole thread just bugs me for some reason.

Maybe because it makes you flash back to insectuous relationships?

Elspode · 03-05-2007, 03:35 PM

Its the bug equivalent of closeups of people who have jumped off of buildings...

03-05-2007, 09:28 AM	#2
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Ever notice that dead bugs are never as cute as live ones? Ever notice most of the live ones ain't that cute to begin with? __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-05-2007, 09:55 AM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I don't think I want to eat them after they've been sputtered with gold, though. Perhaps as jewelry? The bug on top looks like he's doing a Jolson impression. And none of them look terribly pleased to me. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-05-2007, 10:56 AM	#7
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	The top photo looks like he's (she's?) holding a teddy bear. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-05-2007, 11:33 AM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Lady Codrington's Pressed Fairy Book, by ex-Python Terry Jones and artist Brian Froud, better known for inspiring the creatures in "Labyrinth". __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-05-2007, 11:38 AM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've got to go and get myself a copy - I never saw the one bought for MIL otherwise I'd have adopted it... Looks great (am loving the reviews which call it cruel and gross - makes me want it more). __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-05-2007, 09:41 AM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Reminds me of a rather gruesome book I had as a child, written as the journal of a girl who caught fairies by slamming the book closed on them. It had the most awesome illustrations of squashed fairies on every page.

03-05-2007, 11:59 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Ha. Had to be a Python.

03-05-2007, 03:12 PM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	This whole thread just bugs me for some reason. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-05-2007, 03:35 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Its the bug equivalent of closeups of people who have jumped off of buildings... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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