not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate :-)

William Arthur Ward (1921–1994)

HGGT!! Character Matters!

ackerman hybrid camellia, 'Snow Flurry', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

This little puffin at Bempton Cliffs looked like he was doing a "superman pose". I guess the original superman pose was based on the flying mechanics of birds.

sunlight through the blinds rests upon Jay Rosenblum's painting.

Imitating NokKirax

Sorry Nok, ...but I love your art

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A fresh green vine climbing up a metal trellis with cutout shapes symbolising plant life.

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) juvenile female

Just for fun. Junior on the left was copying everything Mum was doing on this day. Sometimes junior spends the day with Mum and sometimes sit on a branch near where Dad is sitting on the nest.

Is that an ocean and sky with clouds? No. Just a house in need of some paint in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

(Nikon 50mm, f/1.8)

Wild Bull Elk, Benezette, Elk County, Pennsylvania

mach's nach

A stone craftsman decorated his fence.

Life mirrors art at "The Rooms" an art and history museum in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Pattern, shadow, form. Was intending B&W, but then got seduced by these subtle colors.

Happy Sliders Sunday!

Viceroy butterflies are made to mimic monarch butterflies and that association gives them good protection from predators since monarchs taste terrible. These viceroy caterpillars are meant to imitate a bird dropping left on a leaf, and I suppose bird droppings taste terrible to most caterpillar predators out there too. This one is making short work of that cottonwood leaf, and they can also be found eating willow or aspen leaves.

A gannet chick imitating one of its parents.

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It's quite amazing how long this American bittern can hold this position.

Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

- Imitate and Not Impersonate, an Easier Task, Gila River, AZ -

Limousine in Rome.

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Life is Messy, Art is Messy... Well, mine is anyway.

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A photo I mashed together at some point... Honestly not too sure when. I think it came out alright! I wish the paint had blended in a little better, but I guess that's what we get!

Model: Moi

Location: Backdrop City

Pose: Moi

Institute for Disease Modeling and Targeted Medicine

Analyzing and treating the consequences of genetic alterations is the goal of researchers at the Institute for Disease Modeling and Targeted Medicine (IMITATE) at the University of Freiburg and the University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany.

I made this oil painting of a blossoming peony in my garden. I just wanted to share on this gorgeous Friday evening.

This blue jay is doing its best to imitate a typical nuthatch pose by hanging from a branch.

I think these folk follow my photostream! Well maybe not, but I did like the mix of pattern and shapes.

Seen in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Our last stop on our cruise and just a few pics taken on a taxi ride from the a tram that goes up the mountain through the town and then back to the ship.

Week 47 in 52 Weeks for Dogs and it's the 'imitation' challenge once again.

From my shortlist I chose Dave's delightful shot of Agnes (see his shot in the comment box). This one nearly didn't happen as the lower-case letters I ordered were tiny, and on the dark wood the letters barely showed up. So, I ordered another set but had to settle for upper-case letters.

2016 ©MichelleCourteau

Macro Mondays: #ReadyForTheDay

Size of the frame: 1 x 1 cm / 0,4 x 0,4 inches

Onomatopoeia, also referred to as "Echoism" (not egoism!; actually it's the opposite of egoism, or, rather narcissism, but that's an altogether different matter), is "a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes" (Wikipedia). In German it's also called "Lautmalerei" which could be translated as "sound painting". Not only are the English and German words for the sound that is captured here very similar: gurgle, burble, gargle, bubble (= gurgeln, blubbern). But it's very similar in French (gargouiller, gargariser ), Italian (fare i gargarismi), Dutch (gorgelen), Romanian (gargară), Swedish (att gurgla), Portuguese (gargarejar) or Spanish (hacer gárgaras), furthermore grgljati (Croatian), bublat (Czech), gargalizál (Hungarian), gurglovať (Slovakian), gargara (Turkish)... I would imagine that there are similar words in other languages, too, after all the sound we all make when we gurgle is similar, but of course I can't verify it when it comes to languages that use their own script. And I should stop to bore you with my burbling about gargling anyway.

Photo infos: What you see is a small part of the bottom of a Marvis mouthwash bottle which I shook to make the bubbles (you've guessed it!). Lightsources were natural daylight, handheld LED spotlight and handheld LED flashlight (the blue light). The cable release which I bought just the other day (for blue hour shooting with Sabine.R yesterday!) proved to be way more practical than the 2 sec. self-timer I've used for my macros so far, because now I can use both hands to hold lights or other items. OK, nuff said ;-) Oh, please press "Z"!

Thank you for reading this far, and have a fresh Macro (and Whit for those of you who celebrate) Monday!

Der Klang des Morgens

Onomatopoesie ist der aus dem Griechischen stammende Begriff für Lautmalerei. Was Ihr hier seht, verwenden viele von uns nach dem morgendlichen Zähneputzen zum.... Gurgeln. Mundwasser, in diesem Falle geschüttelt, nicht gerührt. Gurgeln klingt nicht nur bei jedem von uns ganz ähnlich, auch die Wörter in den verschiedenen europäischen Sprachen sind einander ähnlich (bitte oben im englischen Text gucken) und umschreiben das Geräusch auf ähnliche Weise.

Hier erwies sich der erst vor wenigen Tagen erworbene Kabelauslöser (für's Blaue-Stunde-Fotografieren mit Sabine.R - es war toll, Fotos folgen in Kürze!) als äußerst nützlich, da ich nun in beiden Händen eine zusätzliche Lichtquelle halten und trotzdem entspannt und verwacklungsfrei auslösen kann.

Bitte "Z" drücken! Danke ;-)

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- Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada -

Our Aria likes to get a high vantage point when viewing the yard, and sometimes perches on top of the dog house for a better view!

I have been told I look just like a tiktok user called nickfontaine. I don't really see the resemblance but that guy sure is hot!

Or is it the other way around? In his 1889 essay 'The Decay of Lying', Oscar Wilde says, "Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life."

I had intended to give Brian a break from Macro Mondays this week (or is it the other way around...). Then, as I searched the cupboards for some interesting glass article to photograph, I came across six coloured champagne flutes - an unwanted (and forgotten) gift that had been stored at the back of a top shelf (the flutes had been used just once, when I discovered that the bright colours could easily peel off!). When Brian saw the spirals painted on the sides of the glasses, he insisted on taking part this week.

For Macro Mondays theme 'Glass'. The shell measured 1.5cm, making the photograph 7 cm across.

No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.

1930 Ford Coupe

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Another frosty image from Co. Mayo, Ireland, but this time (obviously) in black and white. With the sun blocked my clouds, the festive frostiness takes a somber turn.