A thin slice of apple backlit to show the details within.

Juvenile black-crowned night heron at a rookery in Tampa, FL.

I originally posted this image with the BCNH much more to the left and space to the right. However, after further consideration, I cropped it so the bird was placed more in the center of the image. I usually obey the so-called "Rule of Thirds" and don't place the subject in the center. However, the heron was looking to its right. I could have put it on the right side of the image so that the bird was looking into more space but then I'd have to show a lot of foliage which I didn't like compared to the blurred, homogeneous background you see here. Therefore, I decided to forget the Rule of Thirds and I put the heron right smack in the center. I like it much more than before. I hope you do.

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This was taken a couple of months ago on a trip to some local woodland to try out a new lens I'd just bought (see tags). There was still some lovely colour in the trees and I found this old tree standing on the edge of a field directly in front of a hill that was full of trees that were splashed with those glorious late autumn oranges.

Looking Close... on Friday: Blue on a white background.

Interesting how sometimes the blues go toward green and other times toward mauve with almost the same set-up.

Part of the Grandchildren's wooden toy rainbow.

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Common Kingfisher, juvenile. Shot at Van Vihar National Park, Bhopal.

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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!!

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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.

Tulip [Tulipa - Liliaceae family]

"It is not what you see, but how you see it" -Unknown

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An abstract image made from the M4Photo Logo.

Moulamein, NSW

Hay rolls against a stormy sky.

Processed in Photomatix Essential 4.0, 3 shots (-1, 0, 1 EV).

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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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Rekonstruktion der ältesten Magalanbrücke der Welt . Sie überspannt das Ammertal in 76m Höhe .Im Hintergrund ist die Ersatzbrücke für die Bauzeit zu sehen . Reconstruction of the oldest Magalan bridge in the world. It spans the Ammertal at a height of 76m. In the background you can see the replacement bridge for the construction period.

Happy Sliders Sunday!

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Walimex Pro 135/2

Adobe PS CC + LR CC

in a world where everyone, is in search of a bigger piture, be the one that dosn't need the background to get the message.

-Toy

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

TUNE : youtu.be/-c8m66tf7Rk

A classic three masted ship in the wavy Corinthian gulf sea under a blue sky.

PUERTA DEL SOL

Al fondo ocupando casi toda la imagen, la Real Casa de Correos, sede de la Comunidad de Madrid.

A la izquiera, en primer término, el oso y el madroño, símbolos de la capital de España.

In the background, occupying almost the entire image, the Royal Post Office, headquarters of the Community of Madrid.

On the left, in the foreground, the bear and the strawberry tree, symbols of the Capital City of Spain.

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Background by FairyTaleBacground .hom .pl !

Couple by WESS4U from DéviantArt !

Dauphin byFantasy -Empire .com !

Sirène by\Jecajo \from DéviantArt !

Sirène Sylvestre by Fantasy - Empire . com !

2 Textures by Ron Deviney : impressions :Série 9 et 2!

Que le soleil est beau quand tout frais il se lève ,

Comme une explosion nous lançant son bonjour !

_Bienheureux celui-là qui glorieux qu'un rêve!

Je me souviens!... J 'ai vu tout,fleur,source,sillon,

Se pâmer sous son œil comme un cœur qui palpite....

_ Courons vers l'horizon ,il est tard, courons vite ,

Pour attraper au moins un oblique rayon !

BAUDELAIRE !

The dark background is WATER under a heavily shaded bayou embankment!!! The pelican was on a post along the bayou but partly in sun. I just lined the bird up with the heavy shade. The exposure was taken off his white neck and helped to create the dark background too.

Alien face of an Orchid! LOL

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

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Orchid, portrait, petal, flower, face, "conceptual art", studio, black-background, colour, design, square, "Magda indigo", Bloom

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.

Splendido tramonto con le isole eolie sullo sfondo del golfo di Tindari / Oliveri.

Wonderful sunset with the Aeolian Islands in the background of the Gulf of Tindari / Oliveri.

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my texture - old paper

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WHEN SWEET CORN IS RIPE….

THE HARVEST IS IN... then, you know it is Autumn… here in Northern Europe at least.

All Summer you see the fields getting higher.

Silk is the name for the pistillate flowers, which emerge from the husk.

The fruit of the sweet corn plant is the corn kernel, a type of fruit called a caryopsis.

The ear is a collection of kernels on the cob.

Because corn is a monocot, there is always an even number of rows of kernels.

The ear is covered by tightly wrapped leaves called the husk.

Sweet corn occurs as a spontaneous mutation in field corn and was grown by several Native American tribes.

The Iroquois gave the first recorded sweet corn (called 'Papoon') to European settlers in 1779.

It soon became a popular food all over.

Another personal favourite, cannot say exactly why...

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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth, find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

Rachel Carson

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The story behind this image: woke up early to go out and try my luck at some fog photography, and I was lucky because there was a big cloud of fog coming over some surrounding hills so I grabbed my camera, tripod and went out to see what I could find. I had no particular location in mind so it was kind of a challenge, but I was also in a rush because the fog could lift very fast. I found nothing interesting or worth spending time on the composition, rather than look for a better one, so I was driving and looking around when I saw this. There were some branches sticking out of the water and some birds were sitting on them, with fog covering the background very fast. At some point the birds were barely distinguishable. The problem was that they were too far away for me to capture a more detailed shot of them, so I shot this at 140 mm with my kit lens, reaching out as far as I could but still…. I needed a longer lens. So I felt the frustration of seeing a good image but not being able to take it. Instead I went for a minimal image, my first attempt so far.

Question: Would a Sigma 70-200 2.8 have done a better job? I have one but left it at home because it’s big, heavy and bought it mostly for portraits. Let me know what you think because I always think about taking it with me and end up leaving it at home.

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Looking Close... on Friday: Hobby

I collect the bones of poor dead creatures I find to show the children at my Child Care Centre.

Here I have a tiny bird skull, maybe a rat, one I don't know and a baby crocodile skull in the background (from Kakadu N.T. Australia).

I also have snake, legless lizard, wombat, cow, goat, sheep ...

many in a Display Case for the children to see up close with magnifying glasses.

It's amazing to compare tiny snake backbones with large cow backbones and then feel our own :)

A facade of a building in Havana Cuba