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Macro Mondays

Het uitlopen van een ui

A sea anemone, growing inside a sea shell, a natural container. (1 of 2)

Macro Mondays, theme: Contained

The sea anemone is about half an inch across - it was not possible to hold up a ruler for a more accurate measurement since this was taken in an area of active surf - but the grains of sand give an indication of the small size.

Muir Beach, California

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The Roman Forum's Temple of Venus and Roma, once Rome's largest temple, was designed by Emperor Hadrian himself and formally dedicated to the goddesses Venus Felix (the bringer of good fortune, representing amor {love}) and Roma Aeterna (Eternal Rome) in 135 A.D.

The temple once contained two connecting chambers, each of which represented one of the two divinities. Statues of both goddesses, Venus and Roma, were seated back-to-back on thrones where the chambers adjoined, each facing into her own chamber. (This placement was very deliberate, of course, since 'amor' is 'roma' spelled backwards.)

Macro Mondays: Contained

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Comentarios y favs son siempre bienvenidos

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My little pencil sharpener (less than 1inch) contain a very cute alien ;)

For #Macro Mondays#

Theme of the week: #Contained

"Contained" ~~~ Macro Mondays

#MacroMondays

#Contained

It was a delight watching this fledgling Burrowing Owl as he climbed out of his underground home and investigated the surrounding area. I got a quick shot of him as he pushed through the grass in search of a bit of adventure and a tasty bug. Life is Good : )

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Burrowing Owls are small, sandy colored owls with bright-yellow eyes. They live underground in burrows they’ve dug themselves or taken over from a prairie dog, ground squirrel, or tortoise.

They live in grasslands, deserts, and other open habitats, where they hunt mainly insects and rodents. Their numbers have declined sharply with human alteration of their habitat and the decline of prairie dogs and ground squirrels.

Before laying eggs, Burrowing Owls carpet the entrances to their homes with animal dung, which attracts dung beetles and other insects that the owls then catch and eat. They may also collect bottle caps, metal foil, cigarette butts, paper scraps, and other bits of trash at the entrance, possibly signifying that the burrow is occupied.

Burrowing Owls have a higher tolerance for carbon dioxide than other birds—an adaptation found in other burrowing animals, which spend long periods underground, where the gas can accumulate to higher levels than found above ground.

Unlike most owls in which the female is larger than the male, the sexes of the Burrowing Owl are the same size.

Burrowing Owls often stow extra food to ensure an adequate supply during incubation and brooding. When food is plentiful, the birds' underground larders can reach prodigious sizes. One cache observed in Saskatchewan in 1997 contained more than 200 rodents.

(Nikon, 500/4 + TC 1.4, 1/1000 @ f/7.1, ISO 280, edited to taste)

Eine Pusteblume in Acryl eingegossen steht auf dem Schreibtisch. Gedacht als Briefbeschwerer, er wird mit einer LED Lampe von oben angleuchtet und ist somit zu einem Kunstopjekt geworden. Je nachdem wie es angeleuchtet wird oder seinen Standort wechselt stellt es sich neu dar.

Ich wünsche allen Freunden ein friedliches 2020 das uns mit der Schönheit unser Erde und Frieden erfreuen sollte.

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Herzlichen Dank,liebe Freunde

A dandelion cast in acrylic stands on the desk. intended as a paperweight. It is illuminated from above with an LED lamp and has thus become an art project. Depending on how it is illuminated or how it changes its location it presents itself in a new way.

I wish all friends a peaceful 2020, which should delight us with the beauty of our earth and peace.

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Many thanks,dear friends

Un pissenlit moulé en acrylique se pose sur le bureau. Il est destiné à servir de presse-papiers. Il est éclairé par le haut avec une lampe LED et est ainsi devenu un projet artistique. Selon la façon dont il est éclairé ou dont il change d'emplacement, il se présente d'une manière nouvelle.

Je souhaite à tous les amis une année 2020 paisible, qui devrait nous réjouir de la beauté de notre terre et de la paix.

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Merci beaucoup, chers amis!

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HMM - Theme Contained

Mints

I can appreciate a good cup of coffee. Especially when it is 'decorated'. Mostly it is a heart, but on this occasion not ;-))

Have a nice start of this week, with or without coffee.

HMM

For the Macro Mondays theme "Contained"

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Contained emotions...

Thanks a lot for all, have a nice week!!! :D

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Emociones contenidas…

Muchas gracias a todos, que tengáis una buena semana :D

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This week the theme was "Contained", so I filled a couple of shells with beads, and let a few escape :)

So many good things contained within one photo. Pioneer Peak, the Butte, the airport, Sherrod, the railroad grade, the Matanuska River and much, much more.

Palmer, Alaska

Took a spin to the nearby farmland the other evening, hoping to find a nice location with an interesting foreground to capture the sunset.

Before taking off I consulted with the trusty Google Map and found this farm that contained a cluster of silos. It turned out the location had a few more farm equipment, scattered all over the place, making it a bit more of a challenge to get a good composition given the sun's setting position and the little time I had.

Nevertheless, I am happy to come back with a few usable images. The Farmland @ Blue Hour was taken 16 minutes after this one.

Thanks for your visit, really appreciate it; please be safe and enjoy your day!

PS: I just noticed that I had captured both the sunrise and sunset on this spring day, March 21st!

Thanks so much for visiting!!

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Seeds contained in the seedpod

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Second attempt for Macro Mondays.

Teme: Contained

Macro Mondays ….. Theme " Contained "

Thanks for the views,faves and comments, which are all very much appreciated.

Macro Mondays, January 6th theme: Contained

For macro mondays 'contained'

It's a late one this week, but once I realised this coat button might double up as a mini bowl I couldn't resist and managed a quick session after work today!

The button measures just 2cm. across.

#Contained #MacroMondays

Tiny box is only 2 1/4 in in length.

#MacroMondays #Contained

This is the calm before all the fall colours arrive in two weeks. North Lake has been calm since USFS closed down The Inyo National Forest because of the CA wildfires. Hopefully it will open back up, before all the fall colours are gone. With the creek fire not being contained much, this area will probably be closed for weeks :(

This is just part of the structures at the mine. It opened in 1900 and closed down in 1943. Cinnabar was mined for the mercury that was contained within. It's located on River Road East at Big Bend National Park, Texas.

Three tiny Chocolate Teddybears

Travelling in a Box

Were chased around by a little Fox

Which was not successful

But for the Bears quite stressful

However, they could escape

And even kept their Shape

In the Box they’ve been living happily

But for the Fox it was of course ….

...........…. A Tragedy.......................

(Caren)

😄 Happy 1st Macro Monday 2020 😄

Three Chocolate Bears In a container (<2.5” x 2.5” incl neg space) taken Jan 04, 2020 and

Uploaded for #MacroMondays #Contained

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200

ƒ/2.8

4.5 mm

1/15 Sec

ISO 400

[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]

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If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

Loren Eiseley

The Kenwood Park Water Tower is an octagonal brick and stone water tower in the Kenwood neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1910 and designed by Frederick William Cappelen, the city of Minneapolis engineer at the time. The tower is 110 feet tall, making it the tallest structure in Kenwood. The tower has not been used to store water since 1954. The tower was built to alleviate water pressure and storage problems in the Lowry Hill area. Although the tower is not the work of a master architect or representative of a specific architectural style, its design is distinctive. It is ornamented with projecting ribs, narrow rectangular windows, and Lombard bands, suggesting a medieval fortress. The tower serves as a distinct visual focus within the neighborhood.

I'm keeping a lot of dandelion seeds in a small bottle.

Those are my favorite items for shooting.

As soon as I open the red lid of the bottle, they overflow!!

#macromondays

#Bottles(s)

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This is the base of a green glass bottle that once contained white wine and now is a vase. I often keep beautiful bottles, big or small, just because they look nice. I use them as decorative objects, as colour filters for tabletop photography, or as vases. And when I saw this bottle, I bought it specifically because it looked so nice (hoping that the content would be nice as well – it was), and with the intention of turning it into a vase. There's a glasser around my corner who has cut off the necks of quite a few bottles for me, as the DIY methods you can find on YouTube seemed too unsafe for me to do it myself. When I turned the bottle upside down, I noticed the really interesting-looking circular pattern at the base consisting of many tiny indendations. I've experimented with light from different positions, and backlit (with a hint of red light slightly from the front / above) brought out the patterns best.

There's also a bit of an optical illusion here, because the whole bottle base is convex (as to be expected), and the circle at the centre is a convex shape of its own, even though in the final image it looks concave, sort of bulging. And with those two extra, almost V-shaped indentations at the centre it reminded me of a reptile's eye staring right at me ;)

The "V" shape at the centre is 0,5 cm / 0,19 inches long, and the circle itself has a diameter of 2,5 cm / 0,98 inches. It's a single shot processed in DXO PhotoLab 5, with further tweaks in Analog Efex (vignette, Vintage Camera 5), and in Color Efex (Brilliance & Warmth, Detail Extractor, Photo Stylizer).

HMM, Everyone, take care and stay safe!

Schau mir in die Augen, Kleines? Nun, warum nicht. Denn weder hat Humphrey Bogart das tatsächlich so gesagt noch ist Kaa böse, obwohl er in den Disney-Verfilmungen des Dschungelbuchs so dargestellt wird. Und eigentlich ist das der sehr harmlose Flaschenboden einer ehemaligen Weißweinflasche, die nun als Vase fungiert. Ich hebe oft schöne Flaschen auf, egal welcher Größe, die ich als Deko-Objekt, als Vase oder auch manchmal als Farbfilter für Fotos verwende. Bei dieser besonders schönen Flasche, die ich schon mit dem Gedanken, daraus eine Vase zu machen, gekauft hatte, hat mir der Glaser um die Ecke den Flaschenhals abgeschnitten, damit ein ganzer Strauß Blumen darin Platz findet und nicht nur eine einzelne Blume. Ich weiß, dass es auf YouTube jede Menge DIY-Anleitungen gibt, die mir aber alle zu unsicher sind, um das selbst zu machen. Jetzt habe ich beim großen Fluss aber DIY-Sets entdeckt, die ich mir mal genauer ansehen werde ;)

Die Flasche an sich hätte für ein Makro nicht viel hergegeben, als ich sie aber umdrehte, fiel mir am nach innen gewölbten Boden ein interessantes kreisförmiges Muster, bestehend aus vielen winzigen Einkerbungen, auf. Und das habe ich mir dann durch das Makroobjektiv mal genauer angesehen. Das Resultat erinnert mich ein wenig an ein Reptilienauge, besonders mit den beiden länglichen (vorgewölbten) Einkerbungen in der Mitte. Dass der innere Kreis nochmals deutlich nach innen gewölbt ist, aber wie ein Auge konkav wirkt, ist eine optische Täuschung (wie sie bei solchen Formen häufig vorkommt, finde ich). Das Foto ist eine Einzelaufnahme, hauptsächlich von hinten beleuchtet, mit etwas rotem Licht leicht von vorne / oben für extra Akzente.

Habt eine schöne Dezemberwoche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, und passt gut auf Euch auf!

Egyptian Goose - Alopochen Aegyptiacus

Once common along the entire Nile valley and regarded as sacred in ancient times, the Egyptian Goose is no longer an easy bird to see in the country from which it takes its name, as it is largely confined to upper Egypt. It is, however, widespread and common throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with introduced populations firmly established in England, Holland, Belgium and France. Concerns over conflict with native species has led to restrictions on keeping them in Britain and Europe.

This distinctive small goose is a member of the shelduck family. In the wild it is invariably found in pairs or family parties, while flocks of 50 or more can be found after the breeding season. The sexes are similar: both have a conspicuous chestnut patch encircling the eyes, giving them a somewhat piratical appearance, while the brilliant white forewing is obvious when they fly.

The UK Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 came into force on Sunday 1st December. The Order implements requirements contained in EU Regulation 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species, which sets out rules to prevent and minimise the impact of the introduction and spread of non-native animals and plants across the EU. The Order makes it an offence, amongst other things, to import, keep, sell, transport, breed or release into the environment, any of the listed plants and animals. Invasive alien waterfowl currently covered by this Order are Egyptian Geese and Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis.

tiny snowglobe

HMM!

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