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Taken for the Macro Mondays theme of 'Button'
This button is a material covered button on a very colourful African outfit I was gifted.
I got pretty close to this guy before he realized I was there and took off into the field.
101 on Wednesday, October 15, 2008
This button is pretty large at 1½" wide. It dates from the 1900s and it's made of pierced brass and celluloid. The thimble in the background is French and made of silver with a thin band of brass around it. Both the thimble and the china are from the 1910s. Even the single fabric flower is over 100 years old.
Come to think of it, I haven't heard anyone say 'Bold as brass' for a long time, but it's a description my mother used to use. It means 'shameless or audacious'. I'm not sure this button deserves the description, but it just popped into my head. By the way, does anyone else struggle with subject lines? I could just say 'Yes, it's yet another button. So?', but I'll keep trying. :)
A quick test shot this morning and Button did his usual trick of sitting, waiting and being the perfect model.
A Bachelor's Button surrounded by other wildflowers in the pollinator meadow at Terra Nova Rural Park.
Macro Mondays - Button
Decorated in the style of the UK 'Union Jack' flag - each button measures 1.75 cm in diameter.
Button's Bluff, Lyle...whatever you fancy calling this location, it's a classic shot and perhaps the most recognizable location along the old C&O James River sub
When I was looking for things beginning with B recently, somehow I seemed to keep finding buttons. :)
This is another one from the 'Gay Nineties'. It's made of celluloid and metal and dates from around 1890-1910. The 'leg' next to it belongs to a Noritake trinket pot from the 1910s and the postcard on the base is from the same era. The pink flowers are fake and were horribly squashed in the post because they hadn't been packed properly. The seller gave me a full refund, so I don't hate the flowers quite as much as I did. :)
A macro view of a decorative metal button. The frame measures one-inch across.
Strobist/technical info:
The button was placed on top of a piece of elevated plate glass and illuminated by one Nikon SB900 speedlight, the blue and green LEDs of a Coast TX10 Quad Color flashlight, and natural window light before being converted to monochrome.
The SB900 was positioned 80° CL and fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄16 power through a gridded snoot, with a Rogue "Chocolate" gel attached. The Coast TX10 was placed underneath the subject and shown through the plate glass. Soft window light 90° CR was used for fill.
The SB900 was triggered by two PocketWizard Plus X's.
Lens: Tokina AT - X M100 AF PRO D (AF 100mm f / 2.8 Macro).
(Note: Sometimes I convert very colorful images to monochrome because of the contrast control the vibrant color tones allow; that was the choice I made in this case).
Five deer were in our backyard, next to the back porch, feasting on acorns. I took several photos of the group, but it wasn't until I looked at the photos on the computer that I noticed that least two of the deer are button bucks. This one was closest to the house and his buttons are easy to see. The "buttons" are the bumps or knobs on the forehead, where the antlers are beginning to grow. It will be fun watching these youngsters grow up into handsome adults. Backyard wildlife.