Looking down at a crystal bottle stopper on a decanter.

Macro images tester board. Some images not cropped.

Cup & Saucer

Mini tasse (mini cup) for expresso.

The theme for this week (on July 19) is "Cup & Saucer".

Looking close... on Friday!

Marker pen on paper (invert in photoshop)

we're here with lessons in modern geometry

A sort-of-failed effort at last week's Macro Mondays theme -- Geometric Shapes.

My idea was to capture a tiny catenary -- the shape of a hanging rope or chain. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary)

I found this tie tack with a little chain on it (and my initials), and propped it up with a couple of little quick-grip clamps, just to see if the catenary would look all right. I shot exactly ONE quick test photo in that moment. Then I fussed around with the setup for a solid hour, never becoming happy with any composition that I tried. Finally, as it was last-minute and I had a lot of other work to do, I gave it up.

Now, one week later, I finally downloaded this image from my camera and found that it actually doesn't look all that bad. So I am putting it here anyway, even though it's WAY too late for the group.

It's too bad, really: I didn't see a single other catenary in the group pool last week.

The geometry of a spiraling shell. This is one of my favorite shells. Broken and simple. If it wasn't broken, you wouldn't see the inner beautiful shape.

ourdailychallenge, Geometry/Shapes

Der Sonnenhut bereichert den Garten auf eine besondere Weise, denn die gefräßigen Schnecken machen einen weiten Bogen um ihn. So ist die Echinacea gerade auch als Umrandung eines Nutzbeetes gut geeignet.

Echinacea kann am harten und stacheligen Blütenkörbchen erkannt werden und ist auch als Heilpflanze, meist gegen Erkältungen bekannt.