Unruly growth on a hedge, seen in the bright winter sun.

Macro Monday

Theme: Candy

Size: Less than 3x3 inches

I used mini M&M Smarties

( approx 9mm in diameter ) and some jelly beans in the background.

A small teaspoon with some honey is placed over a chipped Smartie with a drop of honey falling into the chipped area.

You can see this is the second attempt !

Natural side lighting from 3 o'clock and a small LED torch to illuminate the underside of the teaspoon.

Many thanks for your visit, comments and faves...it is always appreciated.

HMM

Laguna di Grado (GO)

Thank you very much for faves and comments!

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I haven't had a kalanchoe quite like this one. New blooms keep appearing daily. I like using them for macro shots and am having fun experimenting with washi paper backgrounds. I like the way the buds showed up in this pic.

Please note that long lists of group invites will be vapourised.

Hello awesome Flickr People !!

Today is a yellow day at Color my World Daily and the theme at the fabulous *ღღ* Cosas de casa *ღღ Group, is white background.

So what is yellow, full of vitamins, goes great with gin & tonic and looks awesome on white background ? Lemon of course !!

I had this picture on my mind for quite some time now so when I heard the white background theme I was ready !

Well at least in my head, because capturing the picture that I actually like is surprisingly very time consuming (am I too obsessive ??? Am I a photography monster ?? I think we have something here.)… We all (yes, my family’s input is mandatory during the photo shoots !!) almost lost our minds with this one… Luckily we had gin & tonic for my husband and I and video games for my sons to calm down… So cheers my friends and I hope you like the result !

See you later my friends !!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and healthy!! And see you soon on Flickr!!

Press L (can take a Z'ding)

Another from last year. The background is natural - just the early light falling on golden grass with the butterfly in my shadow and a tweak or two of the exposure.

Lotus flowers with front and background bokeh.

background

Moulamein, NSW

Hay rolls against a stormy sky.

Baseball fans entering the stadium at a Texas Rangers game….let’s play ball.

Press "L" to play ball.

Little Egret at Leighton Moss NR...the Redshanks etc at the back were making a bit of a racket!

Looking Close on Friday

Theme: White background

This delicate floral ceramic sulpture was a gift from a client many yrs ago. It is VERY special to me. HLCoF

Cell Phone Shot.

my texture

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perovskia or Russian sage in the Centenary Border, Hilliers

Happy Sliders Sunday!

Sony A7

Walimex Pro 135/2

Adobe PS CC + LR CC

A 2-page spread I did in March. Acrylic paint, collage, ink and white marker.

Tricolored Herons are quite common here in Southeast Florida but given their good looks and antics they are rarely taken for granted. Sometimes they fish like Reddish Egrets, throwing out their wings to cause shade from which they can more easily spot their prey. I see this more often in saltwater environments than fresh water. At Wakodahatchee Wetlands, a freshwater habitat where this image was taken, they tend to fish on the fly, catching small minnows by darting their bill underwater as they fly past. Snowy Egrets tend to fish the same way. In this image, the water was dark and the light was primarily landing on the bird, nicely separating it from its background. It gave me a nice low bank with a reflection to boot. (Egretta caerulea) (Sony a1, 200-600 lens @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/4000 second, ISO 640)

Background not as aesthetically pleasing but the light was better for an open wing shot.

Another image from the woods recently.

old bridge down by the mud (mud river) i have taken a lot of pictures from this bridge and now they have blocked it even for walking on. it is wildly warped and probably shouldn't be walked on.

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird sitting on a Rose Of Sharon bud with the flower in the background.

Photographing signs is not the most original venture. In the background, a few lights from the skyscrapers in Frankfurt downtown can be seen. Just messing around.

my texture - old paper

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Looking close...on Friday - "Pink on white background"

Visit this location at Ibo's home in Second Life

music:

"After the Fox" by Jim O'Rourke, in 'All Kinds of People ~Love Burt Bacharach~ (2010)

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Feathery type.

Callistephus is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Callistephus chinensis.

Its common names include China aster and annual aster.

It is native to China and Korea.

It is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant in cottage gardens and as a cut flower.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for your comments... M, (*_*)

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