Christ head taken from from the crucifix that is hung in my living room

Ok... I just love the fragrance of freshly sharpened pencils, and especially the Dixon Ticonderoga www.dixonticonderoga.com (ahhh... cedar wood...!!!), and so keep the shavings in a small dish in my study as a sort of "pot pourri"...

Yes, I am indeed easily and simply pleased... Lol :-)

(*This is a shaving from a brand new blunt pencil - fresh out of the box - hence the gradual widening as it spirals around**)

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Nikon D7100 + Tokina 100mm f/2.8 FX Macro Lens (AT-X M100 AF PRO D AF 100mm f/2.8)

+ Nikon Speedlight SB-700 Flash fitted with mini-softbox

f/13 @ 1/60 @ iso 100

(tweaked in Smart Photo Editor)

Less Than An Inch - HMM

Balls bearings

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My dog loves pecans.

For MacroMonday, Less than an Inch

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I found these sweet little purple shells once on my local beach, and collected all of them. But they smelt bad so I left them in the garden for ages and rediscovered them, smell free, about a year later. I've always looked for more, but have never seen them again!

This is one of the bigger ones - it measures 1.2cm wide x 0.9cm high. And the total photo is 2.4cm wide, or 'Less Than An Inch' as per the Macro Mondays theme this week (26-Feb-2018).

[Taken with my Helios 44M lens, at f/16 using extension tubes]

Another couple of shots of these purple shells

www.flickr.com/photos/27775566@N06/43969242424/

www.flickr.com/photos/27775566@N06/30685239985/

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This weeks Macro Mondays theme is Less Than An Inch.

This is a 12 volt automotive type bulb with dual elements. I believe it is a bulb to be used as a running light and turn indicator. I do know that one element requires a great deal more voltage to glow than the other.

The bulb is 3/4 of an inch wide, so I still had room to spare.

Best viewed large.

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Oil & Water 3 - #MacroMonday - #LessThanAnInch

Captured in: Smithtown, NY

Pictured here is a simple oil and water macro / abstract that employed a bit of color and light added from below. This is the third in a series of images with this same theme.

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"Oil and Water 3" is a non-HDR image that was processed using a combination of ACR, Photoshop, and Topaz Labs plugins (Adjust, Clean, Denoise, Glow, and Impression).

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For Macro Mondays "less than an inch"

California man-root (Marah fabacea) is a wildflower endemic to California. It is known colloquially as "wild cucumber" although the fruit is bitter. It's clusters of tiny, off-white flowers are said to be a nectar source for the green hairstreak butterfly. The leaves are surprisingly large when mature, and the root is huge, making the plant hard to kill.

Alum Rock Park, San Jose, Calif.

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3/4 inch starfish

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Macro Mondays

Less than an inch

Pendant

Salt crystals on a teaspoon. Taken by reversing my lens - cool technique, thanks to those who suggested it!

An alternative shot for Macro Mondays - Hydrangea skeletal petal - at Less than an Inch

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Macro Mondays Redux 2018 February 26, Less than an inch recreated only in light. The original was a red gem stone.

Macro Mondays theme “Less Than An Inch"

I couldnt really have been less imaginative.

I had considered this shot for Macro Mondays' theme "Less Than an Inch". In the end I chose another shot, one which was just the screw. I have posted this one to show the size (the ring is about 2 cm across).

Cristallo di pochi millimetri.

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Part of 15 centimeter ruler created as publicity handout from the late 19th century.

58mm Helios44-2 hand held backwards.

A cube of ice with warmth trapped inside, sitting on an LED torch.

Happy Macro Monday :)

Macro image for the Macro Mondays theme this week: "Less Than an Inch"

A Macro Mondays submission on the topic "Less than an inch". This jumping spider was certainly less than an inch. If you look closely, yo can see the photographer reflected in its eyes.

Macro Monday - Less than an Inch

The Macro Monday theme for 2/26/18 is "Less than an inch." Check out the image of the rivet in the first comment to get an idea of the actual size.

About 40 years ago, the Golden gate Bridge was being earthquake retrofitted, in hopes of keeping it standing when the next "Big One" hits, and thousands of these rivets were knocked out in the process. Most landed in San Francisco Bay, but not all. I used to fish for striped bass off the rocks at Lime Point, almost directly under the north end of the bridge (since 9/11, we're not allowed down there any more for security reasons), and I collected quite a few of these rivets. Other folks found ways of selling them to tourists, but I hung on to the 20 or so that I collected.

Each strand of the "lamp" is approx a quarter of a millimeter.

1:1 100mm macro lens with 25mm extension tube + 2x teleconverter.

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After a couple of experiments for this weeks Macro Monday challenge of "Less Than an Inch", I settled on this marble, which measures 1/2". It's sitting on a bed of E-Soil.

E Soil starts out as very tiny little beads and you then soak it in water for 6 hours. You can then apparently stick plant cuttings in it and they will grow, you just need to ensure the E Soil is kept hydrated. These are unhydrated beads.

Set-up: The E-soil was in a small dish on the kitchen draining board in natural light. Used Canon 70D on tripod with 100mm macro lens and 35mm extension tube.

“The universe and the light of the stars come through me.” ~Rumi

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