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autumn leaves between sun halos and flashlight

looking up through orange red star leaves into the sun produced an echo of that bokehlicious sun circle that has a few diffractal annuli around it.

autumn leaves with fill-in flash and haloes of the sun

Diffraction .

diffraction patterns occur not only with light but with all waves if they encounter an obstacle.

fill-in flash describes flash used to supplement ambient light in order to illuminate a subject close to the camera that would otherwise be in shade relative to the rest of the scene.

autumn bokeh sun by halo - diffraction through orange red star leaves

black square sun hypeЯReally eclipsed by housing blocks

halo mid 16th century (denoting a circle of light round the sun etc.) from Greek halos

 

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searching twitter's topsy for 'oedipusphinx' results in:

──► Daylight saving blues? Time shifts, such as the the end of daylight saving time, can indeed spell trouble for your body clock, according to sleep experts. Nov 2, 2009, 10:46 AM, SF Health News Examiner, Jefferson Adams

 

──► autumn leaves between sun halos and flashlight @ CosmEpic {Premium Health News} since 4th April 2010. Has no backlink to flickr but at least photocredits are given to oedipusphinx ...

 

──► Falling Leaves @ a word garden @ tumblr (September 2010)

 

──► My Annual Ode to Fall Last days of red and yellow - November 3, 2010 @ Words are Little Gods

 

 

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google-search "autumn leaves between sun halos and flashlight": 8,550 results @ 17Aug2011

──► www.lenaroy.com/2010_08_01_archive.htmlAugust 25th, 2010

──► Allergic to the sun? @ Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals - light, skin, UV and photoprotection blog. February 21st, 2011.

──► Linda Long Writes: On a journey to find peace, love and happiness – today and all days! - Category Archives: Love, Sex & Poetry. February 23rd, 2011

──► Takeda-Blog @yahoo.com. July 23, 2011

──► Garden Design Exposed - Helping you create your own paradise on earth Garden Light changes during different parts of the year. Days are longer during the summer than in the winter. The angle of the sun is different at different times of year, and the light weaker during the winter months. Keeping levels of light in mind as you design can even promote a healthier garden ecosystem. August 17, 2011

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Uploaded on October 13, 2009
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