Blue Erigeron

Coneflower | Rudbeckia fulgida | Asteraceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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youtu.be/BFwZe_hjFIg

Hey, do it now

Hey, once I was a boogie singer

Playin' in a rock-and-roll band

I never had no problems

Burnin' down the one-night stands

And everything around me

Got to start to feelin' so low

And I decided quickly

Yes, I did

To disco down and check out the show

Yeah they were dancin' and singin'

And movin' to the groovin'

And just when it hit me

Somebody turned around and shouted

"Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

Play that funky music, white boy

Lay down that boogie

And play that funky music 'til you die."

'Til you die?

I tried to understand this

I thought that they were out of their minds

How could I be so foolish

To not see I was the one behind

So still I kept on fighting

Well, losing every step by the way

... we can do

I said, I must go back there

I got to go back

And check to see if things still the same

When they were dancin' and singin'

And movin' to the groovin'

And just when it hit me

Somebody turned around and shouted

"Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

Play that funky music, white boy

Lay down that boogie

And play that funky music 'til you die."

'Til you die?

Oh, 'til you die

Gonna play some electrified funky music

Hey, wait a minute

Now first it wasn't easy

Changing rock-and-rolling minds

And things were gettin' shaky

I thought I'd have to leave it behind

Oh, but now it's so much better (it's so much better)

I'm funking out in every way

But I'll never lose that feelin' (you know, I won't)

Of how I learned my lesson that day

When they were dancin' and singin'

And movin' to the groovin'

And just when it hit me

Somebody turned around and shouted

"Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

Play that funky music, white boy

Lay down that boogie

And play that funky music 'til you die."

'Til you die?

Oh, 'til you die

They shouted

"Play that funky music

Play that funky music

Play that funky music

You got to keep on playin' funky music

Play that funky music

Play that funky music

Play that funky music

Gonna take you high and low."

"Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right.

I often take my camera with me into public washrooms - you never know what you might see. Here, I only had my long lens with me, but I liked the repetition of the faucets and soap dispensers, and I was able to stand back far enough to capture them. Luckily, I was in there alone :)

Technical details are in the tags.

This week's theme of the Smile on Saturday group is "Copy-Collage", a collage created by using several versions of one photo. I had a lot of fun doing this, much more than I thought I would. :) HSoS !

HSS!

Didn't have any real idea what to call this. So I went for the first nonsense that came into my head.

Hinchingbrooke Country Park, Cambridgeshire, UK

This plant looks like it belongs in a Dr. Suess book!

mülheim, Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum

Nursery Web

For Macro Mondays - Drips, Drops and Splashes.

Not a lot of time to prepare this week so I used and eyedropper to place some droplets on a CD.

Happy Macro Monday!

These cloud formations appeared to come from a breaking larger cloud I think, no idea if there’s a name for these structures

I really like shooting mushrooms against nice backlight

oakland, california

#inspiredbybaechallenge

Thought this was a cute idea, my girlfriend gave me some pictures as an inspiration challenge and this is what I came up with. Try it with your bae and see what you can inspire them to create.

Thanks babe

So Beautiful

♪

Treat This 133 ~ Friday May 20th → Thursday May 26th

Thanks to abstractartangel77 for this gorgeous fractal flic.kr/p/H4YnAE

they look strange now... but they were delicious right from the garden!!

Reference to the hit single by Jasper Carrott, in the '70s.

(Although most people bought the single for the B side!)

It's 'Charles de Gaulle', my hybrid tea-rose that just keeps powering on with the most exquisite blooms and super impressive fragrance. I have two 'Charles de Gaulle' hybrid teas in the garden.

Zoom in to see all the details on the petals of this rose.

This is a Meilland rose from France and is a soft purple in colour. It is especially tough, yet ulitmately VERY sweet and funky!!

And here is the late and great George Michael with 'Too Funky'. Check out the weird yet fascinating video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ2DVwSVIIo

My Canon EOS 5D MK IV with the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.

Processed in Adobe Lightroom.

Given a wild abstract treatment.

Opladen Bahnhof

Maceo Parker on his flute - concert in Graz / Generalmusikdirektion

The YouTube video will show you how the artists paint the store with pedestrians watching and taking photos.youtu.be/wyHLsgZPWPs

Pied-billed Grebe

These cloud formations appeared to come from a breaking larger cloud I think, no idea if there’s a name for these structures

This photo was taken with a big (glas) bowl filled with water. The bowl was illuminated from different sides with light (each light source had a different color)

Depending on the strength of each waterdrop, waves with different heights are caused. Depending on the height, different light colors are reflected in the water.

Here is the result. What you need?

Ingredients:

- e.g. Canon EOS 70D

- e.g. Canon EF 100mm

- e.g. 2x Yongnuo YN560-III Flash

- Several light sources

- Transparent color masks

- A big bowl with water

- 1 Pipet

Chosen as pick of the week in Nice as it gets (www.flickr.com/groups/nice_as_it_gets_level_2/) 10/04/2015. Thanks alot!

Beware not all drugs are what they seem...

Happy Sliders Sunday!

kimkimstoical

Throwback to Vienna: the fabulous Haas-Haus in the centre of the city.

We saw these flowers in Grand Teton National Park. Kind of a crazy, almost unnatural color in my opinion. Beautiful though.