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Canon EOS 6D - f/4.5 - 1/200sec - 100mm - ISO 100
- for challenge Flickr group Macro Mondays,
theme Made of Wood
- Small part branch of an Easter branch
In some parts of Europe, the corkscrew hazel is used in Easter celebrations: branches are brought into the house and decorated, much like a Christmas tree! I keep 5 branches already many years and decorate them at Easter with Easter eggs and other Easter symbols (see the pictures in the first comment).
- ONE of the winter highlights in my garden is the gnarled silhouette of the "corkscrew hazel" - Corylus avellana 'Contorta'.
In low sunshine, the pale sky provides the perfect backdrop for its dark and tortuously twisted branches.
On dull, damp days raindrops collect in every nook and cranny - glistening along each stem.
And, as January days lengthen, the plump catkins gently unfurl into long, wavy tassels - just in time to float above the first crocuses, snowdrops and aconites.
This intricate form of our native hazel appeared spontaneously in a Gloucestershire hedgerow in the early 1860s. An eminent Victorian gardener, Canon Ellacombe of Bitton, spotted the tangled stems and propagated the plant to amuse his friend Edward Augustus Bowles.
Bowles loved plant curiosities and aberrations enough to dedicate part of his large garden near Enfield, Middlesex, to his oddities. His original plant - the first contorted hazel in cultivation - still grows in the 'Lunatic Asylum' (as Bowles named it) at Myddelton House today.
Once established in Bowles's garden, other famous gardeners admired its sculptural, bonsai-like charms. In the early years of the 20th century it acquired another name - Harry Lauder's Walking Stick - after the popular Scottish entertainer. Yet this slow-growing bush (which rarely reaches 15ft in height) has a Jekyll and Hyde personality. Though handsome in winter finery, its summer "plumage" is a tangle of green leaves.
Infinite view of the far dunes from the Elizabeth look-out tower just before sunset with the 70-200 in DX mode.
Keep calm, and shoot landscape!
The end of winter is close! =)
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[...] If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite [...]
-- Quote by William Blake (English visionary Mystic, Poet, Painter and Engraver. 1757-1827)
Nikon D200, Samyang 8mm, f/3.5, 8mm - f/8 - 1/15s - HDR 5xp +2/-2EV
Rome, Italy (January, 2016)
The Ngorongoro crater is one of the largest volcanic calderas in the world. It was formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed two or three million years ago. The caldera is a huge bowl with walls of more than 600 meters high, covered with forests, plus a flat ground and land of about 260 km2. This particular natural world is organized in several ecosystems - forests, savannas, lakes and marshes, salt ponds, arid lands ... -, embedded in an area that does not exceed 20 kilometers in diameter.
The crater houses about 25,000 animals of very different species. It is considered one of the smaller areas where it is possible to see the big five, the five most representative animals of Africa: the lion, the leopard, the elephant, the buffalo and the rhinoceros (if the hippopotamus is included, then it should be enlarged the denomination to the big six). In addition, in the circle it is possible to observe, with a bit of luck, the exotic black rhinoceros, possibly the biggest attraction of the park.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, February 2016
Front Page - Perfections in Pictures. January 2019
A thought experiment that proposes an infinite number of monkeys typing on keyboards for an infinite amount of time will eventually produce a masterpiece, like Shakespeare.
Have you ever looked into a mirror to see your reflection and contemplated on it to be an endless reflection. I did a bit of photoshop tweaking to emulate that notion for a club photography contest. It took 2nd place in the reflection category. Tell me what you think?
Puka shell necklace. The Hawaiian word "puka" means "hole." Puka shells originally contained mollusks who died or were eaten. As the empty shell was knocked about in the ocean, a hole would wear in the weak center of the shell. Hawaiians typically give puka necklaces to wish the recipient goodwill or good luck. If given to a sailor, a puka necklace is supposed to help bring him home safely. --- Courtesy: Classroom.
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You may sometimes wonder how my pictures are created.
Today's post in #HIVE shows a look behind the scenes.
There you will find complete building instructions with a program for a rotation tool for flashlights with remote control from the cell phone.
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A breathtaking view from the cliff, the horizon deliberately placed at the center of the photo to highlight the sense of infinite depth of the sea and sky.
Bumped into this photograph earlier today when I was looking for another one made at the same location. It just begged to be uploaded here. :-)
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325 seconds | f / 11 | ISO 100 | 21 mm efl | geotagged
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