The Echoism of Morning Sounds
Macro Mondays: #ReadyForTheDay
Size of the frame: 1 x 1 cm / 0,4 x 0,4 inches
Onomatopoeia, also referred to as "Echoism" (not egoism!; actually it's the opposite of egoism, or, rather narcissism, but that's an altogether different matter), is "a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes" (Wikipedia). In German it's also called "Lautmalerei" which could be translated as "sound painting". Not only are the English and German words for the sound that is captured here very similar: gurgle, burble, gargle, bubble (= gurgeln, blubbern). But it's very similar in French (gargouiller, gargariser ), Italian (fare i gargarismi), Dutch (gorgelen), Romanian (gargară), Swedish (att gurgla), Portuguese (gargarejar) or Spanish (hacer gárgaras), furthermore grgljati (Croatian), bublat (Czech), gargalizál (Hungarian), gurglovať (Slovakian), gargara (Turkish)... I would imagine that there are similar words in other languages, too, after all the sound we all make when we gurgle is similar, but of course I can't verify it when it comes to languages that use their own script. And I should stop to bore you with my burbling about gargling anyway.
Photo infos: What you see is a small part of the bottom of a Marvis mouthwash bottle which I shook to make the bubbles (you've guessed it!). Lightsources were natural daylight, handheld LED spotlight and handheld LED flashlight (the blue light). The cable release which I bought just the other day (for blue hour shooting with Sabine.R yesterday!) proved to be way more practical than the 2 sec. self-timer I've used for my macros so far, because now I can use both hands to hold lights or other items. OK, nuff said ;-) Oh, please press "Z"!
Thank you for reading this far, and have a fresh Macro (and Whit for those of you who celebrate) Monday!
Der Klang des Morgens
Onomatopoesie ist der aus dem Griechischen stammende Begriff für Lautmalerei. Was Ihr hier seht, verwenden viele von uns nach dem morgendlichen Zähneputzen zum.... Gurgeln. Mundwasser, in diesem Falle geschüttelt, nicht gerührt. Gurgeln klingt nicht nur bei jedem von uns ganz ähnlich, auch die Wörter in den verschiedenen europäischen Sprachen sind einander ähnlich (bitte oben im englischen Text gucken) und umschreiben das Geräusch auf ähnliche Weise.
Hier erwies sich der erst vor wenigen Tagen erworbene Kabelauslöser (für's Blaue-Stunde-Fotografieren mit Sabine.R - es war toll, Fotos folgen in Kürze!) als äußerst nützlich, da ich nun in beiden Händen eine zusätzliche Lichtquelle halten und trotzdem entspannt und verwacklungsfrei auslösen kann.
Bitte "Z" drücken! Danke ;-)
Ich wünsche Euch einen sonnigen, schönen Pfingstmontag, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
The Echoism of Morning Sounds
Macro Mondays: #ReadyForTheDay
Size of the frame: 1 x 1 cm / 0,4 x 0,4 inches
Onomatopoeia, also referred to as "Echoism" (not egoism!; actually it's the opposite of egoism, or, rather narcissism, but that's an altogether different matter), is "a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes" (Wikipedia). In German it's also called "Lautmalerei" which could be translated as "sound painting". Not only are the English and German words for the sound that is captured here very similar: gurgle, burble, gargle, bubble (= gurgeln, blubbern). But it's very similar in French (gargouiller, gargariser ), Italian (fare i gargarismi), Dutch (gorgelen), Romanian (gargară), Swedish (att gurgla), Portuguese (gargarejar) or Spanish (hacer gárgaras), furthermore grgljati (Croatian), bublat (Czech), gargalizál (Hungarian), gurglovať (Slovakian), gargara (Turkish)... I would imagine that there are similar words in other languages, too, after all the sound we all make when we gurgle is similar, but of course I can't verify it when it comes to languages that use their own script. And I should stop to bore you with my burbling about gargling anyway.
Photo infos: What you see is a small part of the bottom of a Marvis mouthwash bottle which I shook to make the bubbles (you've guessed it!). Lightsources were natural daylight, handheld LED spotlight and handheld LED flashlight (the blue light). The cable release which I bought just the other day (for blue hour shooting with Sabine.R yesterday!) proved to be way more practical than the 2 sec. self-timer I've used for my macros so far, because now I can use both hands to hold lights or other items. OK, nuff said ;-) Oh, please press "Z"!
Thank you for reading this far, and have a fresh Macro (and Whit for those of you who celebrate) Monday!
Der Klang des Morgens
Onomatopoesie ist der aus dem Griechischen stammende Begriff für Lautmalerei. Was Ihr hier seht, verwenden viele von uns nach dem morgendlichen Zähneputzen zum.... Gurgeln. Mundwasser, in diesem Falle geschüttelt, nicht gerührt. Gurgeln klingt nicht nur bei jedem von uns ganz ähnlich, auch die Wörter in den verschiedenen europäischen Sprachen sind einander ähnlich (bitte oben im englischen Text gucken) und umschreiben das Geräusch auf ähnliche Weise.
Hier erwies sich der erst vor wenigen Tagen erworbene Kabelauslöser (für's Blaue-Stunde-Fotografieren mit Sabine.R - es war toll, Fotos folgen in Kürze!) als äußerst nützlich, da ich nun in beiden Händen eine zusätzliche Lichtquelle halten und trotzdem entspannt und verwacklungsfrei auslösen kann.
Bitte "Z" drücken! Danke ;-)
Ich wünsche Euch einen sonnigen, schönen Pfingstmontag, liebe Flickr-Freunde!