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This flower was partially open and lying on its side, so the style was laying over rather than standing up. This gave a different perspective on the filaments and anthers...
The stamen of a daylily, consists of anther and filament. The stamens are the male reproductive parts of a flower. Pollen is produced in the anther, at the top of the stalklike filament.
Spider web, Quail Hollow State Park, Hartville, Ohio
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©Christine A. Evans 10.1.17
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Calliandra surinamensis is a low branching evergreen tropical shrub that is named after Suriname, a country in Northern South America. The plant usually has complexly branched multiple trunks and grows to a height of about 5 metres, although many sources suggest that it only attains a height of 3 metres. Left unpruned it grows long thin branches that eventually droop down onto the ground. The leaves close and droop from dusk until morning when they once again reopen.
Calliandra surinamensis is said to contain lectins which are toxic to cancer cells, although more research is needed. Calliandra surinamensis contains three important compounds: myrectin which contains antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, lupeol which contains anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties, and ferulic acid which contains antimicrobial properties.
Biscayne Park FL
Incandescent light bulb filament (46 micrometer diameter) breaking the surface of water. The filament is against a glass surface and surface tension creates a sheath around it as it enters the water.
Latourell Falls, Columbia Gorge, Oregon.
I am looking upstream through the lush vegetation, supersaturated from the mist that hangs in the air, trapped in the dark basalt ampitheater. The creek above descends the mountain and plunges straight off the volcanic cliff, adorned with lichen patches. The fall is a single rope of water, twisting and fraying as it drops, two hundred and fifty feet, all air. It is like a filament against that dark rock, a bright connection between two worlds. Energy races down the column and then starts back up it in a pulverized spray of molecules. The creek, reconstructed, races to the river. But we run on a different current. The connections between us are not as visible--love, respect, trust, honesty. Break them and the bond is gone, the light between you is betrayed. Filaments are fragile things. The fall can dry up, the tungsten can break, the soul falter. I let the fall blur in my vision, wishing there was one look, one act, one word that would make it right.
Taken for the macro Monday's group for the theme "The space in between" and this is a photo of a bulb for a car with the glass removed.
it shows the filament for the bulb which stretches in between the support wires.
The filament was lit by a torch and my smartphone was in the background displaying a gradient.
Filaments - Capturing high quality portraits of wildlife is something that I really enjoy. Even though Red-tailed Hawks are common, so common in fact, they are often overlooked as subjects, they can be difficult to photograph up close.
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to photograph a juvenile bird recently. I was able to capture this closeup showcasing the beauty of the feather filaments, beak, and eye. The Nikon D850 really shines for wildlife portraiture - with both zoom lenses and prime lenses. I've also been loving DxO PureRaw - it really renders my RAW files so much cleaner and does a much more natural job cleaning up noise than Topaz Denoise (also a great program, but applies default sharpening even at a setting of 0, which causes artifacts).
View large for feather detail.
Species: Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Location: Santa Clara County, CA, USA
Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 ED VR, Handheld
Settings: 1/160s, ISO: 360, f/5.6 @500mm, +0.3 EV
A macro of the filament inside a small light bulb. The filament frames the focused center of the bulb. Taken with a Canon 60mm USM macro lens. Type L for a better view.
The filaments are outside our double-paned kitchen window, which had been cleaned inside, but not outside. At the moment that I snapped this, the wind was causing the filaments to dance wildly. I was surprised that the image actually had any defined lines.
“This World” by Mary Oliver
I would like to write a poem about the world that has in it
nothing fancy.
But it seems impossible.
Whatever the subject, the morning sun
glimmers it.
The tulip feels the heat and flaps its petals open and becomes a star.
The ants bore into the peony bud and there is a dark
pinprick well of sweetness.
As for the stones on the beach, forget it.
Each one could be set in gold.
So I tried with my eyes shut, but of course the birds
were singing.
And the aspen trees were shaking the sweetest music
out of their leaves.
And that was followed by, guess what, a momentous and
beautiful silence
as comes to all of us, in little earfuls, if we’re not too
hurried to hear it.
As for spiders, how the dew hangs in their webs
even if they say nothing, or seem to say nothing.
So fancy is the world, who knows, maybe they sing.
So fancy is the world, who knows, maybe the stars sing too,
and the ants, and the peonies, and the warm stones,
so happy to be where they are, on the beach, instead of being
locked up in gold.
A filament burns up in a smashed light bulb. Take away the inert gas or vacuum inside a bulb and it burns up.
I refuse to comment on how many light bulbs I went through before I managed to smash one without damaging the filament.
Strobist: 1/200 f/7.1 SB900 1/16 into 63sm square softbox behind with black cardboard over to create rimlight triggered via cable. Camera on rapid shutter. 90v filament voltage.