the macromonday theme for 12/24 is holiday bokeh, so i photographed one of my favorite ornaments (with a slight change), using the fiber optic "lights" as bokeh. is it enough??

Sensorio

Paso Robles

California

Field of Light is a 15-acre light installation by Bruce Munro. It is com-prised of more than 58,800 stemmed spheres lit by fiber optics, which illuminate the undulating landscape in subtle blooms of morphing color. I wish it could illuminate the increasingly dark world situation.

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You just knew that this had to be mine- right?

The Macro Mondays theme for 12/26/22 is REDUX, wherein we revisit a theme (or multiple themes) from the year’s list and give it another go. I think I have three possibilities, two of which I’ll post….. Btb, if you’ve read this far, 12/26 is also my birthday 🎂🎉🎊

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For looking close on Friday’s theme “Christmas decoration in black and white”. This is our tree topper Angel.

This is the beautiful light show in Paso Robles by the artist Bruce Munro. I really, really liked it. It's extended until June 2020 due to it's popularity.

One of my favorite old garden fences at sunset on a steamy Summer evening. Happy Fence Friday, my friends, have a wonderful last weekend of July! :)

just because

Ooooh, it works for the looking close on Friday theme of “festive lighting” - up close!!

HMM... the theme for today, 3/8, is motion blur. at first i tried swinging a small cat keychain ornament and photographing it with my iphone-- FAIL.

so i moved back to my dear little canon 870 p&s and focused really up close to the fiber optic lights on my tree (with each shot i chose a cluster that was smaller than a quarter or at least a 50cent piece). that didn't go terribly well *until* i figured that the fireworks setting might slow down the lens..... i shot at least 60 of which i had to get rid of at least a third because they were overblown. this one appeals to me because it is so colorful, so i am choosing it for the posting. to achieve the motion here, i moved the camera from side to side..

.....AND i am 560 views away from hitting 9million views. i'm pretty sure the MM group participants will get me there and over :)

at 4:07am i am officially past 9M views :)

ANSH scavenger 17 crazy colors

Top of a green fiber optic wand used on parties, illuminated by a table lamp from the top and on the right side by a small portable light. The light on the right created some unique shapes in the plastic filaments and I wasn't expecting that, but I think it turned out better than I expected.

Macro Monday challenge = Dots and Stripes. HMM! :-)

Spider´s web, a work of art

Painting with fiber optics this week and for the next couple. Here is Karlee and Her Bass.

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Holiday Bokeh - Macro Monday theme of the week. A little Christmas Cactus with a little Christmas bokeh. Cactus was placed in front of a small fiber optic christmas tree.

CLIC- this is an announcement that the Christmas Lights in Containers group pool is officially open for postings. In the past we’ve broadened our definitions to include any seasonal lights and the “container” can be indoors or outdoors. Have fun and show us sone beautiful lights displayed.

It took me a bit of time to fix what needed fixing but our little fiber optic tree is again operational and I can do a little ICM light painting using the Slow Shutter app!

Guitars with my friend Mack Armstrong. Check out his music here and buy it. www.bearmedicinestudios.com/

HSS- give a girl a spherical prism to put in front of fiber optic Christmas tree lights and she’s happily busy for the longest time!!

(If you click on the picture you’ll see all 9, it’s a wide pano like crop)

The Smile on Saturday theme is to create a Christmas collage. So I collected the pictures of our new tree, organized them in a 9 picture grid and went to big huge labs which has always been my go-to way of creating a collage. And it *didn’t* work. ….sigh….

After three tries I said there’s got to be a way, so I tried capturing the pictures like I used to do and that didn’t work either!! I am nothing if not persistent….. so….. I took a picture of what I’d wanted to grab!!….

Do I get points for trying?

Here's my nephew and some fiber. I will have to do more of this with him sometime soon.

Unused photo taken for the Macro Monday "In the mirror" theme .

A very small part of the incredible Field of Light installation, Uluru Australia, by famed artist Bruce Munro. Hint: It only looks like a wagon wheel.

Here is my friend Di who was nice enough to come out to shoot with me on my trip to Washington and Oregon. A fiber optic portrait of her for you to enjoy. Thanks for a great night out DI.

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A very small part of the incredible Field of Light art installation, by famed artist Bruce Munro. This installation is solar powered, and uses color-shifting LEDs with many km of plastic fiberoptic cables to illuminate the small spheres across the desert terrain.

The optical fibers, seen here, radiate out from a large number of distribution hubs that emit and control the light color and intensity using microcontrollers. The section seen here represents perhaps 10-20% of the total installation.

The complete installation comprises nearly 5 hectares and 50,000 light globes.

Just a fun one for today!

More fun with fiber optic lights...

Little mouse surrounded by a forest of tiny lights.

Merry Christmas🎄and HMM 🐭

Working with my black fiber optics with the help of Mack armstrong as model. more like this coming soon let me know what you think.

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HAPPY CATURDAY! 🐾🐱🎄

FOR DECEMBER THEME 'WINTER LIGHTS'

MAGGIE AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

When Home is oh so sweet!

"Bread, that this house may never know hunger," they say. "Salt, that life may always have flavor. And wine, that joy and prosperity may reign forever."

Photos by M

ITS A WONDEFUL LIFE

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Testing out 10mm fiber optics.

LED Fiber Optic Centerpiece

On/Off - Thank you so much for visiting my photos! I'd appreciate your comment, as this will make it easier for me to catch up with you!

Black fiber with James Burrell.

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Wishing everyone a peaceful, healthful and Happy New Year!

(Note: This is a photo of an artistic display, taken at Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Michigan).

We came out from the deep,

To learn to love, to learn how to live

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Miracle is not as impressed by the fiber optic tree, as she is by the heat.

Last one of a series of close ups I took of a fiber optic lamp we first purchased in the 70's. Still works and who believe it would produce images such as these?

Thanks for viewing. 'Favs' and comments much appreciated.

HBW

Here's Another from Swan Lake. Quickly becoming a favorite place with the creepy tree tunnels. Digital photo lightpainted by hand. Some digital enhancement. Thanks for the help Nelly Bowes, Jennifer Love Ian Sawyer. www.graveyardworker.com/ Prints available.

Instructions of how to view this image: Click to hear ~ Come Go With Me

First thing you need to do is to find your groove...

OK... Got it!!!

Now get real loose... Now side to side with the music... Now let it flow!!! :))

Back and forth... nice and slow...:))

Just Chillin' !!

Come On!!! it's Saturday!!!

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Sunday's Music:))

TIO...

Jane and James were married in 1830. Jane was from Clinton County, Ohio, while James was from Pennsylvania (though his family moved to Ohio in 1806). They had ten children together.

Jane died first in 1881; James followed in 1890. This amazing monument stands near their old farm in Vernon Township. The cemetery is essentially forgotten, tucked away on a side road off of a backroad. There isn't even a sign.

I typically don't photograph monuments as large as this, but the Villars stone is something unique. Despite the lack of upkeep of the cemetery, the stone is incredibly well preserved, though covered in cobwebs.

When deciding upon a way to photograph this, I knew that I wanted to give a little context - here, not of the other stones, but of the trees covering the grounds.

The early morning light was strong, and I knew that I had to make sure it didn't overpower the monument itself (I didn't want simply a silhouette, but to see the lettering, etc). Thankfully, I managed that.

What I didn't account for (thankfully) was what is called "light piping." Due to the material the film itself is made out of (likely some sort of polyester), intense light will hit it and spread out. This is what exposed the emulsion that was under the metal clips inside the film holder (as seen along the edges of the photo, left, top, and right).

Of course, light can't get through metal, so what happened was that the bright light traveled through the polyester like a fiberoptic line. And honestly, I'm very happy with this. It's like the photo itseld cannot contain the picture, the scene.

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'Frances and James Villars'

Camera: Chamonix 45F-2

Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 8/90mm

Film: Agfa CP-BU M X-Ray Film; 50iso

Exposure: f/8; 2secs

Process: HC-110; 1+90; 4ish mins

Ohio

July 2026