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This was made for the Fairy Tale category of the MOCathalon as well as the continuation of the Faerie Forest in Avalonia :)
The large blue flower is inspired by eilonwy77's candle holder :) It's excellent, check it out.
Enjoy!
Close as I can remember to the name of this Beauty!
Hope everyone had a marvelous and carefree fourth of July Celebration! The rains here, held off on the Riverfront Show and Fireworks,which were attended by over 100,000 folks! Quite a show which was hosted by Michael McDonald, a resident here and featuring other Artists and 16,000 different fireworks which lasted for 20 minutes!We watched it on the television,as there is just too much traffic!
Rains came within a quarter hour of it's end, and we would have gotten drenched before reaching our car! Heh-Heh!
Texture dowloaded from Mythical Creatures on Buzzfeed. Finished with PicMonkey
..but I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
-William Butler Yeats
It was so much fun photographing this lovely group of Fey women at the Carolina Renaissance Festival in Huntersville, North Carolina, USA. I love their amazing and fanciful garb.
Explored - Highest position: 302 on Thursday, January 18, 2024, Thanks for all the views, comments and FAVs.
I promise you that you’ll enjoy this one of you can view this in 3D! This is a perfect example of composing for depth, where the 2D image appears cluttered but the 3D image neatly places things in layers. Note: this is a cross-view 3D image!
The main image is cross-view 3D, meaning that you are supposed to cross your eyes to see the three dimensional effect. This is done by inverting the order of the images so the left side is on the right and vice versa. When you cross your eyes, the goal is to see three versions of the image – the middle one will consist of your left eye seeing the right image and your right eye seeing the left image in overlap, bringing the image to life. I usually start with the images filling no more than 20% of my field of view. Here’s a lengthier tutorial… and trust me, you’ll love what you see if you can get it to work: www.kula3d.com/how-to-use-the-cross-eyed-method.html
If you’ve got a stereoscope, VR headset or other viewer, here’s a version that works perfectly with these visual aids: donkom.ca/stereo/DKP_6686-parallel.jpg
Anaglyph version (those red/blue funky glasses): donkom.ca/stereo/DKP_6686-anaglyph.jpg
MPO file that can be displayed on most 3DTV’s (often by loading the file onto a memory card/stick and plugging it into the TV): donkom.ca/stereo/DKP_6686-3DTV.mpo
You’re looking at a thistle, illuminated with high amounts of ultraviolet light. The camera is on a tripod and during a 30 second exposure I am repeated flashing a set of four UV flashes to give me the maximum output over a length of time. This is required because the 3D macro lenses I use have very small fixed apertures, around F/45 or so for this one. These apertures are so small that diffractions comes into play, but you don’t notice it as much when you overlap the two images for a proper 3D view.
The flowers fluoresce a wonderful assortment of blues while the petals take on a reddish rust colour, which I think is beautifully in line with their thorny appearance. In order to make sure that there is no visible light contamination, an image is taken without the flashes to ensure that it is completely black. The flashes themselves are a combination of two filters that block all visible light: Hoy U-340 and MidOpt BP365. The Hoya bleeds a bit of red light while the MidOpt filter bleeds a bit of purple, but paired together they block each-other’s light bleed and “purify” the resulting UV light. If anything bounces back to the camera, it’s because whatever surface the UV light hit has fluoresced into the visible spectrum for the camera to capture.
While it would be very difficult to tech 3D photography or UV fluorescence photography in groups, I’d happily book a private workshop with anyone that wants to come to my studio to learn how to make images like this. :)
Also, due to popular demand, I’ve opened up a second date for my day-long macro photography workshop held in my award-winning gardens and studio. Check it out, it could fill up quickly! www.donkom.ca/product/full-day-macro-workshop-july-28-2018/
It's rare to come across magical faerie toadstools like this in Australia at the best of times. Therefore imagine my delight when I was photographing autumnal leaves on the ground and noticed a tine bit of white spotted red hood beneath a pine tree, almost completely covered in fallen oak leaves! Carefully moving the leaf detritus away, not only did I find one, but several of these amazing toadstools. They look exactly like those in my books of faerie tales.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
EXPLORE Worthy, Challenge 92 - Color & Fun (Art from 2017)
Background with thanks to the-night-bird
Faeries with thanks to joannastar-stock
Magic Mushrooms with thanks to Roy3D
Lillies with thanks to Roy3D
Balloons with thanks to MaureenOlder
Leaves with thanks to Blutmondlicht
. . .or sprites or a swarm of bugs between me and the late afternoon sun.
Something fun/a little silly for Monochrome Bokeh Thursday. HMBT!
First published in color early last November.
Being Irish, I'm a dab hand at recognizing fairy pools, so please don't question me. Clearly the wee folk bathe here.
Title : Lollipop Faerie
Size: 8" x 10"
Medium: Prismacolor Colored Pencils on Paper
Artist: Thaneeya McArdle
© Thaneeya McArdle - Please do not use this image without permission.
This whimsical artwork illustrates a young blonde Lollipop Faerie. She is poised as if ready to strike a spell with her lollipop! Curls seem to follow surround her everywhere she goes - from her curly hair, to the curly designs on her wings, to the curls on her mushroom, and of course the swirly curls of her ever-present lollipops!