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Or: Brain Salad Surgery
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Explored 16 February, 2021
Waldorf salad, probably. The brainiest salad out there? Maybe for a melting skull that is pondering about The Meaning of Life... It certainly was a surgical challenge to extract a whole, undamaged kernel from those particularly small and hard Brandenburgian walnuts. There are many methods for opening and shelling walnuts and keep the nutmeat intact, and I tried something new after several failed (but delicious and healthy – walnuts are brain food, aren't they?) attempts: I soaked a few nuts in water overnight (to soften the shell) and then used the nutcracker from the top, not along the shelling line like I usually do – for the shelling line I used a knife. Sounds like quite the massacre, I know, but it worked :) As for the ice "cube"... Sorry, but I couldn't resist. I had to buy icecube trays online for this theme anyway, because I don't use ice in beverages (and therefore I didn't have an icecube tray at hand). And when I saw those skull-shaped trays, I knew I had to get them. I also ordered more traditional cube- and orb-shaped ones, so now I'm properly equipped when it comes to all things ice ;)
What I had in mind, of course, was a crystal-clear, perfectly-skulpted skull, and a perfectly placed walnut. At least I got one nicely placed brainy walnut (or nutty brain?) and a fairly recognisable skull out of four attempts. And boy, these ice skulls melt fast (and they move while doing so! Creepy...). I have images where you can see more of the walnut, but by the time more of that was visible, the skull was molten almost beyond recognition. So I chose the image where you can only see a little bit of the "walbrain" emerging from the skull, still covered by a thin layer of ice, and I hope that's enough "In Ice" to qualify for the theme. A rather charming small detail is the tiny (walnut) "hornlet" that appeared on the skull's forehead first – oh dear, who knows whose skull this once was... ;)
HMM, Everyone, and stay safe and cheerful!
Nüsse, ganz besonders Walnüsse, sind ja sehr gesund, Nervennahrung pur, besonders gut für die kleinen grauen Zellen – und ein halber Walnusskern sieht auch noch so aus. Aber eigentlich fing alles ganz harmlos an: Ich wollte was für's Thema machen, da ich aber nie Eiswürfel verwende, hatte ich auch keine entsprechende Form im Haus. Und mangels anderer Beschaffungsmöglichkeiten blieb mir nichts anderes übrig, als mich beim großen Piranha-Fluss umzusehen, wo mir prompt diese Schädelformen angezeigt wurden. Dabei hatte ich doch bloß "Eiswürfelform" eingegeben. Ob das was mit einer Suchanfrage für ein anderes MM-Thema ("Spiky") zu tun haben könnte? Und andere Leute bekommen lustige Tierformen angezeigt, wenn sie nach "Eiswürfelform" suchen? Egal, ich konnte natürlich nicht widerstehen, habe aber Alibi-halber auch noch Würfel- und Kugelformen mitbestellt. Denn wer weiß, was mir demnächst sonst noch auf die harmloseste Suchanfrage vorgeschlagen wird...
Was mir hier natürlich vorschwebte, war ein perfekt geformter, kristallklarer Schädel mit einem darin perfekt platzierten Gehirn, aber das wollte mir als Eiswürfel-Neuling noch nicht so recht gelingen. Immerhin hatte ich am Ende ein Exemplar, bei dem nicht nur der Schädel noch als solcher zu erkennen war, sondern auch noch ein Stück der Walnusshälfte sich in Relation zur Schädelschmelze rechtzeitig aus selbigem herauszuschälen begann (und das charmante kleine "Hörnchen" auf der Stirn hatte sich als Erstes hervorgewagt) – was übrigens einfacher war, als eine unversehrte Walnusshälfte aus zwar sehr schmackhaften, aber auch besonders kleinen und festen Brandenburger Walnüssen herauszuknacken. Eine fürwahr harte Nuss.
Fido, a family pet ran off the other day when out for walkies. He was discovered days later under the ice in a local lake, frozen solid in the freezing conditions. The local fire brigade helped in the recovery of this much loved animal!
Canon EOS 6D - f/16 - 1 sec - 100mm - ISO 200
See also the photo in the first comment !
- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays, theme: In Ice
- width of the pinguin 3.2cm
I used a container to freeze the fern and heather, I tried water that was cooked twice but still the ice is cloudy. But I like the bubbles, the cracks happened when I poured water over the ice but I like that too.
This is about 6cm.
Happy Macro Monday.
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"We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives."
– Gary Zukhav
Macro Mondays theme In Ice
A simple image of a frozen snow drop.
I experimented with various ideas until I gave I up. The trouble with ice is that it has a tendency to melt and by the time you get to a subject or composition that you like it's all over and gone.
After a few days of messing around and sad news coming in that my Godmother had been taken gravely ill with the virus, I found this solitary snow drop that I had frozen last week. It seemed quite apt under the circumstances.
This photo is dedicated to all those who have lost loved ones to this awful virus.
HMM
[The width of the ice cube is 3cm, the overall image is around 7cm and within the MM requirements.]
I like the theme "in ice", it is so much fun!
For #MacroMondays and this week's theme #redux.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dear Macro fans!
Happy Macro Monday!
Thanks for all your faves and comments everyone!
I really appreciate them!
"Oh, bother. Piglet, you're looking a bit like a very small, very pink, very frozen lollipop" said me in the way Winnie the Pooh would.
HMM!
Macro Mondays: In Ice.
Piglet is a button and measures 2.54cm (1 inch) the tip of his ears to his toes.
Ice will melt, dark shadows will fly away...
This is a frozen #InIce piece of seawood (if there is seaglass, why not seawood?) nearly 4 cm, backlit by a garland
A cherry tomato, complete with green topper trapped in a block of ice along with lots of air bubbles. Is it me, or does look like it's trying to escape?
Kleines Glasherz im Eis.
Für "Macro Mondays"
Thema "In Ice" am 15.02.2021.
Have a "Happy Macro Monday"
and a good start into the new week.
Stay safe/Bleibt gesund!
Thanks so much for all your views, faves and comments.
One of the plants that John Tradescant Jr. brought back from the New World was initially called Phalangium ephemerum
virginiana joanna tradescantium. It was believed that this plant could cure the bite of a dangerous spider, hence the
significant name. Later, the healing power turned out to be somewhat
less than expected and the name was shortened to Tradescantia, in memory of the discoverer
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These tiny bits of coloured glass embedded in ice are “glassies” I found on the shores of Newfoundland when we visited several years ago. They are quite small and if you are very lucky you may find a red one. It makes me think of the Newfoundlanders who have done so well keeping their COVID numbers low. Now they are dealing with their first lockdown. It will be a long time before we can revisit that beautiful province again. Meanwhile, I treasure this little glassies and the memories that come with them when I let them roll around in my hand. This image is for Macro Mondays theme “In Ice”.
Dreaming of the tropics in this very cold weather - calling for a foot of snow tonight. My vision of a palm tree in clear blue water.
What a nice topic for the week? Science and photography... two of my favorite things. :)
For the subject, I searched on directional freezing mentioned in the discussion to produce the clear ice. This was my third attempt as the previous two did not go well (good bye exploded cherry). Hahaha.
I built a DIY container with cut plastic bottle wrapped with aluminum foil to allow only one side to freeze. I used barbecue sticks and nylon string to hold the strawberry under water because it floats all over. The small piece left in the photo was supposed to be at the back part but the strawberry spun around while floating. Oh well.... :)
The explosion looking effect and the red streaks going upwards was not an intentional effect. I think the strawberry got squeezed while freezing and there are air inside being pushed outwards. I used a yellow background to emphasize this.
For the lighting I used a strobe from the front which actually reflected on the ice. I was chasing against the melting subject so did not have time to find the right angle to take away the reflection. Oh well again... :) hahaha.
I really enjoyed this weeks topic. I hope you guys like the pic as well. Thanks in advance for comments and faves. HMM!!!
2" long Pine Cone encased in solid ice. The cone was placed in water and left outdoors over night. The temperature was well below freezing and produced a good ball of ice.
'In Ice' for Macro Mondays.
Thank you to all who view, fave or comment on my photo.
Happy MM
No, it's not ticking. Watch has been inoperative for years. I had it sitting in a drawer with two other watches that didn't work. I managed to get the other two working and this one refused to respond so it got the job of being frozen in a block of ice. Thank all that stop to look, like and comment. HMM!