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Plano Balloon Festival 2014 #planoballoon
This balloon appeared to be flying away but it actually didn't. I just happened to be close by when it rose up briefly into the air, giving me almost a straight up shot.
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Thousands of these little blue jelly fish were stranded along the shore near the Battery Point lighthouse in Crescent city, CA. They are a striking bright blue and have quite an interesting structure.
They live on the surface of he ocean and move via wind against the little sail. I have seen them stranded a few times in California. But I never saw them in all my many years wandering the Atlantic coast beaches.
Here is the text from Wikipedia:
Velella is a cosmopolitan genus of free-floating hydrozoans that live on the surface of the open ocean. There is only one known species, Velella velella, in the genus.[1] Velella velella is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella.[2]
These small cnidarians are part of a specialised ocean surface community that includes the better-known cnidarian siphonophore, the Portuguese man o' war. Specialized predatory gastropod mollusks prey on these cnidarians. Such predators include nudibranchs (sea slugs) in the genus Glaucus[3] and purple snails in the genus Janthina.[4]
Each apparent individual Velella velella is in fact a hydroid colony, and most are less than about 7 cm long. They are usually deep blue in colour, but their most obvious feature is a small stiff sail that catches the wind and propels them over the surface of the sea. Under certain wind conditions, they may be stranded by the thousand on beaches.
Like other Cnidaria, Velella velella are carnivorous. They catch their prey, generally plankton, by means of tentacles that hang down in the water and bear cnidocysts (also called nematocysts). Though the toxins in their nematocysts are effective against their prey, V. velella is essentially harmless to humans. While cnidarians all possess nematocysts, in some species the nematocysts and toxins therein are more powerful than other species. V. velella has nematocysts that are relatively benign to humans, although each person may respond differently to contact with the nematocyst toxin. It is wise to avoid touching one's face or eyes after handling V. velella, and itching may develop on parts of the skin that have been exposed to V. velella nematocysts.
Today, my mother and I went to the Rhododendron Species Foundation
& Botanical Garden in Federal Way, with Master Gardener Dr. Gary Becker and Todd (who's last name escapes me at the moment), a member for the City Of University Place's staff. This place was mesmerising! I only wish I'd have had more time, as there is approx. 27 acres of varying rhododendrons, ferns, trees and other flowers such as this poppy to take in....I did manage to run through 1.5 sets of batteries!
There will be more of the Species Foundation coming in a few more days :-)
Rhododendron Species Foundation
This is moderately enhanced via PhotoShop Elements 3 with layering, sharpening and a bit more contrast.
Added to EXPLORE for May 15th 2009. Highest position: # 43
**UPDATE: A special THANKS to my friend Alexa (aka greenwoman46) for providing the name of this particular color of poppy. I had no clue what it was called or where it was from, lol.
A lone blue jay (no date for New Year's Eve?). Taken at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA on 12-31-10.
two yongnuo yn560mk3, bowl of water and some colored ink drops.
one speedlight behind the bowl and with a normal sheet of copy-paper working as diffusor.
the other one in the front right. both triggered with the yn560tx remote control with 1/64 of power.
freeze a glass for 30 40 minutes , lay the glass on its side and put in a burning incense stick , the frozen air cools the smoke will float across the ground ,
This small pale blue flower was nestled in among some tall grasses and trees. Sunlight was filtering through the grass and catching part of the flower.
Thank you "VA Nuthatch" for the I.D. of this aptly named "Love in a Mist" (Nigella damascena)
this blue colour has attracted me
this image has been taken at popular botanical garden ooty, Tamilnadu, india.
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Celebrating the return of Ektachrome with a shot on Ektachrome!
Lake Michigan
Mamiya 645
Kodak Ektachrome
Blue Convergence
No light metering, no bracketing, no tripod, just an exposure guess set manually, focus, frame, align in viewfinder opposite to what you want/see, hand held, and gently pressed the shutter release.
Hasselblad *503CWD
Carl Zeiss Distagon 4/50 T* Cfi 50mm
50 ISO
1/125sec
f/4.0
5,000°K Colour Temperature
6 May 2016
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