Eat one and the rest follow

The Looking close … on Friday group has chosen A single flower this week.

Den här lilla söta krokodilen och hans tre vänner håller badhandduken på plats med sina tänder på stranden.

Speciellt användbart om det blåser.

🐊🐊🐊🐊

This cute little crocodile and his three friends keep the beach towel in place with their teeth on the beach.

Especially useful on a windy day.

Looks like Astolfo is enjoying this week’s theme for the “Looking Close… on Friday” group.

I photographed this mute swan on the River Stour, Dorset. It was sat upright but seemingly fast asleep as it floated downstream. The water droplet is on an Angel’s Breath flower. Best viewed large.

(To refract the image through the droplet, I displayed the photo on a tablet with a high res screen.)

Thank you for looking. Views, likes or comments are always appreciated.

Die weiße Rose im Regen.

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Thema:“Nothing in Focus“ ( black and white)

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September 2nd looking close…on Friday’s theme is “damaged”.

The Princess of the pink marble palace takes a stroll in the grounds surrounding her beautiful home. She admires the fine work of her army of gardeners as she gathers an array of differently shaded pink blooms into a stunning and fragrant bouquet.

The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 24th of September is “pretty in pink”. Two of the wonderful things that attract people, young and old alike, to Playmobil are their vibrant colours and the array of different items that are produced. Thus, when the theme was announced, I knew I immediately wanted to photograph my collection of pretty pink blooms and one of my pink princesses for it. I do hope that you like my choice for the theme, and that it makes you smile.

Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.

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Thema:“Multicolor“am 23.07.2021.

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“Clothing Labels“

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Thema:“Clothing Labels“ am 04.02.2022.

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Bison, Alberta

Looking close... on Friday! theme : Toy Cars

The toy cars in my picture were used by my husband when he was a young boy. On one of them, a small wheel is missing. The accident happened a long time ago! Nobody remembers who was responsible. My husband swears it was not him! Yeah, right! 😉

One can say that an abused toy is most certainly a good toy. There is no doubt that he liked these toys!

Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments

This little dragonfly provides a small light on the back deck.

This blue glass salt (salt dish) of six centimetres in diameter dates from the early 1920s. It has a beautifully executed intaglio of a classical Roman maiden and a cherub who look like they are about to kiss. The intaglio is designed by Czechoslovakian glass maker Heinrich Hoffman. An intaglio is an engraving or incised figure in stone or other hard material (in this case glass) depressed below the surface so that an impression from the design yields an image in relief.

The theme for “Looking Close… on Friday” on the 5th of February is “blue on a black background”, so I thought this beautiful little blue glass salt would suffice. It has been photographed sitting on a piece of French black velvet.

Heinrich Hoffmann (1875 - 1939) was prominent among glass makers at the luxury level of vanity glass production. Heinrich’s reputation as the specialist for articles made of jet black crystal was established in Paris just prior to the time of Lalique´s venture into glass. Heinrich’s´s vanity pieces followed the Art Deco ethic in shape and subject, but echoed an Art Nouveau stylization late into the 1920s. Production was handled by various Czechoslovakian contract factories and cottage finishers, with jewelled bronze mounting completed in Austria, and sales transacted in Paris. The realistic glass jewels manufactured in Gablonz are legendary and were used also in the thinner brass Czechoslovakian mountings of the 1930s, as well as later in costume jewellry by names such as Chanel, Dior, Schiaparelli and Hattie Carnegie.

Looking close ... on Friday : Fluffy

I found this in an art gallery and loved the vintage look this artist created. maybe tea or coffee?

For this week‘s theme I was in despair with winter saying hello and no flowers in the garden. Then remembered my potted ones (pass them daily yet totally out of my brain) and got me some (they are on the verge of perishing already). Wasn‘t sure whether a single one would suffice then played with contrasting colours using my deep blue vase and one yellow single flower. The effect looks almost artificial (no ai used!). I had another single flower and a shot with mostly calmer white tones yet decided for the bright coloured one. Hope you like - HLCoF!!!

Looking Close .... On Friday: The theme for this week (on March 6) is "BOKEH IN FLORA"

I had to get out my DSLR for this one. I used a +4 Tameron lens filter to get in close with a narrow focal point. I need a macro lens, and to get my camera checked. It keeps freezing up with an error message...ugh! Anyway, the unblurred medallion is 1" wide by 2" long. For Looking Close on Friday "jewellery selective colour". Full color photo in first comment. Happy Friday everyone!

#Lookingclose...onFriday! #OneSpoon&OneFork

Minimalism

My wife made this little angel out of Fimo

The Looking close … on Friday group has chosen White on white this week.

The Looking close … on Friday group has chosen Abstract in Red this week.

February Alphabet Fun group's eighteenth picture of the month comes to you by courtesy of the letter R for Red.

Das große Lächeln.Skulptur im Kurpark von“BAD ENDORF“

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Thema:“LIPS“ am 26.11.2021.

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“Toilettenartikel“

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Thema:“Toiletries“ am 10.09.2021.

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Zum Geburtstag.

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Thema:“Candy ( Golosinas) #Süßigkeiten#

The Red Faerie knows where to find the very best magical red mushrooms and toadstools in the forest with the assistance of the Red Cardinals and Red Robbins in the trees and her red eyed grey wolf, whose nose can sniff them out from a mile away.

The theme for “Looking Close… on Friday!” is “mushrooms”.

I thought my Playmobil fungi were a suitable choice.

Two of the wonderful things that attract people, young and old alike, to Playmobil are their vibrant colours and the array of different items that are produced.

Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.

Superstitions claim that hanging hollow glass globes in windows can ward off witches and evil spirits by enchanting them with their colors.

The photo is monochrome; if you see colors, you probably have magical powers. Please use them for good. :)

This photo was part of a set originally taken for the Macro Mondays "superstition" theme. Here there's a sharper focus on the edge, with the foreground and background colors combining into swirls of bokeh.

[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_ball]