Agatha's Deepsea Smokers
(Explored June 2, 2020)
#MacroMonday
#FillTheFrame!
Width of the frame: 1,5 cm / 0,59 inches
Please press "Z" (double-zoom recommended) :-)
Last night, I debated with myself whether I fell short of the "Fill the Frame" theme or not. I have not arranged similar-looking things within the frame, and there are some parts of the image that look like free space, but actually aren't, because all of what you see is the surface of an agate "worry stone", the same that I'd captured for the "Patterns in Nature" theme back in July 2019 (please see first comment). So this frame is entirely filled with agate. And especially this agate is full of those fascinating "macro secrets", which is why I keep returning to it for yet another capture. Well, and since I like the outcome, I've decided to risk to add it to the MM group pool ;-) While my photo for "Patterns in Nature" reminded me of storms on Jupiter, this part of the agate to me actually looks like a volcanic deepsea scene, and those super tiny wick-, or even worm-like (giant tube worms! Please see the quote from Wikipedia below) looking "pipes" reminded me of hydrothermal vents (also know as black or white smokers) found around submarine volcanic activity, while those floret-shaped rings all around those "pipes" remind me of some quite intense hot water / lava bubble action ;-)
Here is some very interesting background info on the "smokers" that I'd rather quote (Wikipedia): "Relative to the majority of the deep sea, the areas around submarine hydrothermal vents are biologically more productive, often hosting complex communities fueled by the chemicals dissolved in the vent fluids. Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea form the base of the food chain, supporting diverse organisms, including giant tube worms, clams, limpets and shrimp. Active hydrothermal vents are thought to exist on Jupiter's moon Europa, and Saturn's moon Enceladus, and it is speculated that ancient hydrothermal vents once existed on Mars."
Like my "Jupiter Weather Report" photo this is a backlit, in-camera focus stack, and I used my Kenko extension tubes (this time the 16 mm extension tube only) and the Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro close-up lens to get closer to the subject. Sharpening and de-noising done in Topaz Sharpen AI and processed in LR and ON1 Photo Raw where I applied the "Natural" HDR filter - ON1's jack of all trades -, and the LUT filters "Keen" and "1975" (each filter with some individual tweaking and sliding).
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and Happy Pentecost Monday to the Flickr friends who celebrate Pentecost :-) !
Agatha's Deepsea Smokers
(Explored June 2, 2020)
#MacroMonday
#FillTheFrame!
Width of the frame: 1,5 cm / 0,59 inches
Please press "Z" (double-zoom recommended) :-)
Last night, I debated with myself whether I fell short of the "Fill the Frame" theme or not. I have not arranged similar-looking things within the frame, and there are some parts of the image that look like free space, but actually aren't, because all of what you see is the surface of an agate "worry stone", the same that I'd captured for the "Patterns in Nature" theme back in July 2019 (please see first comment). So this frame is entirely filled with agate. And especially this agate is full of those fascinating "macro secrets", which is why I keep returning to it for yet another capture. Well, and since I like the outcome, I've decided to risk to add it to the MM group pool ;-) While my photo for "Patterns in Nature" reminded me of storms on Jupiter, this part of the agate to me actually looks like a volcanic deepsea scene, and those super tiny wick-, or even worm-like (giant tube worms! Please see the quote from Wikipedia below) looking "pipes" reminded me of hydrothermal vents (also know as black or white smokers) found around submarine volcanic activity, while those floret-shaped rings all around those "pipes" remind me of some quite intense hot water / lava bubble action ;-)
Here is some very interesting background info on the "smokers" that I'd rather quote (Wikipedia): "Relative to the majority of the deep sea, the areas around submarine hydrothermal vents are biologically more productive, often hosting complex communities fueled by the chemicals dissolved in the vent fluids. Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea form the base of the food chain, supporting diverse organisms, including giant tube worms, clams, limpets and shrimp. Active hydrothermal vents are thought to exist on Jupiter's moon Europa, and Saturn's moon Enceladus, and it is speculated that ancient hydrothermal vents once existed on Mars."
Like my "Jupiter Weather Report" photo this is a backlit, in-camera focus stack, and I used my Kenko extension tubes (this time the 16 mm extension tube only) and the Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro close-up lens to get closer to the subject. Sharpening and de-noising done in Topaz Sharpen AI and processed in LR and ON1 Photo Raw where I applied the "Natural" HDR filter - ON1's jack of all trades -, and the LUT filters "Keen" and "1975" (each filter with some individual tweaking and sliding).
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and Happy Pentecost Monday to the Flickr friends who celebrate Pentecost :-) !