St James's Park, London

Flower (2.2 inches wide) of yellow Phalaenopsis backlit by a (glass) candle.

I went in search of a nice poppy field the other day but could only find this lone flower at the edge of a field in Kent. I don't know if it's too early or there just aren't many poppies around this year

At the Tehachapi train loop in Keene California

PIEMONTE-ITALY

This Eastern yellow robin looked wonderfully vibrant in the late afternoon sun.

One from the archives. Taken in the Valley Lake Conservation area in Mount Gambier, South Australia.

Backlit brown hyena, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

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Backlit plant on trek up Horsetooth Rock, Ft Collins, CO.

In controluce

Looking Close...On Friday-Backlight

My Oxalis is giving me some lovely white blossoms at the moment.

Backlit forest

For Macro Mondays 'Backlit' theme - the cat's shnozzle photographed while she was sunbathing on the bedroom windowsill.

Soft golden afternoon light illuminates exposed leaves versus those adjacent cast in shadow. From the front garden.

South Luangwa NP, Zambia

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Yet another leaf, I know... ;-) I found this weeks' theme really challenging, though at first I thought it's a snap... well, it wasn't. My first idea did not work, at least not as a macro (again), and so I found myself stuck with this maple leaf. I put it in front of an "endless light" tealight holder, which also served as light source.

HMM, everyone ;-)!

A colorful daisy from our back yard.

Shot into the light using my laowa 1:1 15mm f4 Wide Macro Tilt shift lens.

I couldn't pass the one up.

Light in the woods

for Macro Mondays

Gypsophila in my garden

A final look at the strange ice structure that formed naturally in the birdbath overnight, completely 3D even forming a slight cup at its top. The morning sunlight reveals the details within.

Backlit lime slice

"Seen From the Back" Flower Theme Week

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Westmoreland County, PA

Every time I see the corner of my keyboard that ESC reminds me, There must be some kind of way outta here, Said the joker to the thief. There's too much confusion I can't get no relief

Tried to shoot something a little different in the morning sunlight - I really like the backlighting against the background in this shot!

Melanerpes carolinus

Ontario

Winter 2019

Quick backlit shot after this guy finished preening. Lots of dander and feathers around.

Late afternoon light on the poppy fields.

shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a venus optics laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x macro lens

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With the engines maxed out, BNSF's Q-NWHLAC6-14X intermodal train is seen gripping over the top of a grade near Edelstein behind an SD70ACe leader, BNSF 9051. The morning's fog has lifted just enough in this location to allow the sun to peer through just a bit. Another mile in either direction and the visibility drops to only a couple hundred feet, if that.

In an abandoned house.

from my garden.