Tried to start playing last year.....couldn't have imagined how difficult it would be.

NGC 2841 Closeup of the core

The picture is a free artistic interpretation of the scientific data.

ACS/WFC F658N F435N

Credit / Original Image Data: NASA / ESA Archive (Hubble Space Telescope)

Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained from the data archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute. STScI is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.

Made in Switzerland by the AVAO Research Team Zurich

Artistic Illustration Technologies for the Hyper Realistic Spatial Visualisation of Astronomical Objects

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Closeup detail of water flowing in an impressive weir, at Amhuinnsuidhe

Thanks Darryn for identifying the animal :)

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Leica MP, Summar5cmF2

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I had to climb down into the ditch and cross the drainage stream to get up close to the clover. It was a test for my new knee.

My dad just got back from safari in South Africa. While he was there, he snapped this shot of a female lion. Be sure to look at the full version for great details!

Here's another picture of an elephant he took on a different safari (sorta NSFW).

Erm, just for the necklace/earring from previous photo.

I believe this is a flying termite. We had them flying around our backyard and crawling under planks earlier this fall.

Minolta X-700, 50mm on a Bellows III

street light

A series of experimental pictures trying out various camera settings.

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pink rose up close

High speed flash photography

a closeup of the turn-down section so you can see it a little better.

Closeup of hibiscus flower

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Closeup of a Wallon church headstone - time flies, a compass with fish and an anchor, and a skull (in profile) and crossbones.

Nov. 2, 2007 Wallon Church grounds Magdeburg, Germany

Olympus e5, Zuiko 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD

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Apis mellifera, European honey bee

Judith is one of life's lovely people.

We met in Leadenhall Market after the Olympic Marathon, where hundreds of people lined the streets to be a part of the final days event, there was a real happy, party buzz in the air.

Judith told me how she had been living in a bubble for the two weeks she had been volunteering as a Games Maker and so was unsure how the world outside the Olympic Park was perceiving the whole event.

She had decided to give away parts of her Games Maker uniform so that she could share the happiness.

I tried to capture Judith's warmth and a sense of the friendly glow of happiness that filled London's streets for two amazing weeks.

Thanks to Judith and all the other Games Makers for their part in showing London is a place to be proud of.

This picture is #6 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page

Via Stephen Greensted

Part of a publicity shot by ROTOL for its contra-prop technology, December 1944. Greensted at the controls.