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Three of a collection of beads of different shapes, materials, and colours. I randomly collected them while looking for a replacement bead for the – once professionally beaded, now DIY – necklace I redid with a new wire at the beginning of this year (and photographed it three times for MMs). initially, I bought the glass bead in front as a replacement for the broken bead but it's about 2 mm/0.078 inches bigger than the original beads, and of a darker colour, and in the end, I decided to use the broken bead so the necklace is now very much in "Wabi-sabi" style ;)
I'm not quite sure what the two bigger beads (1 cm/0.39 inches in diameter) are made of. From the touch, I first thought plastic but from the sound they make when dropped on a hard surface (and I dropped them a lot, or rather: they kept rolling off the black tile I tried to put them on, so in the end, I fixated them with modelling clay), I'd say glass. And the more I dropped them, the more I was/am convinced it's glass. Their surface is frosted, with a "dented" (tiny, tiny, tiny dents) texture. And when light hits them at a certain angle, they display a nice iridescent colour effect which drew me to them in the first place.
No coloured lights this time because the beads have the colours "in them", so to speak. The smaller glass bead is of a blueish-grey, also slightly iridescent colour, with a partly metal-vaporized (I'm not sure about the correct term here) surface, and of course, its facets nicely reflect all the colours of the things around it (and believe me, there were/are many things). I was also a little shocked at how scratched the (new!) faceted bead already was but I guess it was touched by many hands and rolled around many times in the small ceramic bowl at the shop before I bought it, so that explains the scratches.
The two bigger beads are semi-translucent white, and the colours that emerge when, as mentioned above, light hits them at the right angle, are a bright, electric blue with hints of yellow, green, and purple.
Light sources were natural sunlight from the window to the right, natural white light from my LED photo lamp from above (and slightly from the left), and bright white light from my handheld LED flashlight, set on "spot", from the front. The final image is made of 15 focus-stacked Raws combined in Helicon Focus.
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!
P.S. I'm busy today and will catch up with you tonight.
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Carlingford Lough (Irish: Loch Cairlinn) is a glacial fjord or sea inlet in north eastern Ireland, forming part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south. On its northern shore is County Down, the Mourne Mountains, and the town of Warrenpoint; on its southern shore is County Louth, the Cooley Mountains and the village of Carlingford. The Newry River flows into the loch from the northwest. Wikipedia
Macro Monday: #Junk
Size of the frame: 6 x 4,5 cm / 2,3 x 1,7 inches; height of the "vase": 2,1 cm / 0,82 inches
When I read that "Junk" was going to be the new MM theme, I immediately thought of my Macro Monday prop box. Because it's full of junk. Full of stuff, odds and ends, bits and pieces, macro paraphernalia... things I've kept, things I'm keeping, because they might come in handy for a photo one sunny, funny, far away day ;-) So basically everything you see in this capture is junk. Starting with the "vase", which actually is the broken-off neck of a small glass vial that contained concentrated inhalant, through to the dried rose hip - which I'd collected last year on a walk and which has been sitting, err was "arranged" (together with its sisters including leaves) as a most elaborate rose hip bouquet in a glass filled with bird sand (which I'd bought for MMs, too, but only ever used once, because you all know that sand and lenses...) - and the golden "doily" which actually began its life as a tinfoil bottle collar. The orange (rowan?) berries, snowberries and tiny daisies are junk, too, leftovers from an autumnal living room bouquet.
I wanted to make the junk look pretty, precious even, so I thought of arranging a little low key still life right away (I'd used the vial for a flower still life before, please see first comment). The setup was rather straightforward. I'd fixated the vial on the "doily" with modeling clay (and since this is all about junk I didn't retouch the piece of modeling clay either). Captured with in-camera focus stacking which again was difficult, because I never seemed to get the rose hip sharp - so in the end I combined four focus-stacked jpgs (I had set a different focus point for each focus stacking "run-through") with Photomerge in PS. Processed entirely in Luminar 3, added a LUT filter ("Thoreau") in ON1 Photo Raw and applied some final touches in Analog Efex.
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and have a pleasant week ahead, dear Flickr friends!
Als ich las, dass das neue MM-Thema "Junk" sein würde, habe ich sofort an meine MM-Box gedacht - diese ist nämlich voller "Müll", Krimskrams, Kleinigkeiten, Zeugs, das ich aufgehoben habe bzw. aufhebe, weil ich etwas davon eines schönen, fernen Tages evtl. für ein Foto brauchen könnte. Hier auf dem Foto ist praktisch alles "Junk", angefangen bei der Vase (dem abgebrochenen Hals einer kleinen Glasampulle, die ursprünglich mal ein Inhalations-Konzentrat enthalten hatte), über die getrocknete Hagebutte - im letzten Jahr bei einem Spaziergang mit ein paar ihrer "Schwestern" gepflückt -, das goldenen "Deckchen", das mal als Stanniol-Flaschenkragen gedient hat, bis hin zu den Überbleibseln eines herbstlichen Blumenstraußes. Ich wollte den "Müll" schön und wertvoll, edel sogar, aussehen lassen, deshalb hatte ich gleich an ein Low-Key-Stilleben gedacht. Der Aufbau war schnell und einfach, die Ampulle mit Wasser gefüllt, mit dem herbstlichen Strauß bestückt, mithilfe von Bastelknete (die ich hier, "Junk" eben, extra nicht wegretuschiert habe) auf dem "Deckchen" befestigt, ein bisschen mit dem Licht und der Belichtungsmessung experimentiert und losgelegt. Aufgenommen mit der Fokus-Stacking-Funktion meiner Kamera. Dieses Mal bin ich so vorgegangen, dass ich vier Fokusreihen gemacht habe, mit jeweils dem Fokus auf einem anderen Punkt des Sträußchens, und am Ende die vier "fertigen" Jpgs aus den Fokusreihen nochmals als Fokus-Stack in PS mit Photomerge zusammengesetzt habe. Entwickelt in Luminar 3, zusätzlich ein LUT-Filter aus ON1 ("Thoreau") und ein bisschen Analog Efex als Feinschliff.
Ich wünsche Euch eine sonnige Herbstwoche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
Spending the day in Great Langdale reminds you that while we’re just passing through, these peaks have been standing guard for eons. The contrast between the soft green valley and the rugged, weathered face of the crags is exactly why the Lake District feels like home, no matter where you’re from.
Nothing compares to the dramatic scale of the Langdales when the clouds hang low. It’s raw, it’s rugged, and it’s perfectly British.
#LakeDistrict #GreatLangdale #HikingUK #MountainPhotography #Cumbria
"It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream."
~Bernard Williams~
Indian Pass, FL at sunset...
A spectacular morning hike up to Posforth Gill Falls within the Valley of Desolation, Bolton Abbey. After recent rainfall, the peaty water was absolutely roaring down the gorge. I was incredibly lucky to catch the morning sun striking the mist at just the right angle to throw up a perfect little rainbow at the base. Processed via DxO to retain all the rich textures in the wet rock and foliage.
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#indian_river_lagoon #florida #nature #discovertheworld #sunset #waterscape #landscape #nature_perfection #gregorymountainpacks #canon #gitzo #leofotousa #markins #manfrotto #TKpanel #luminarneo #adobe_LR_PS #nikcollection #topaz #dxo #capture_1 #rrs
Captured near to Glenridding, this image explores a secluded mountain pool where clear water, fractured rock, and a narrow cascade converge beneath open fellside. The foreground stones reveal the clarity and depth of the water, while the waterfall creates a delicate line of movement through the darker gorge beyond.
The artistic concept centres on contrast between stillness and flow. Sunlight reaches the shallows in soft reflections, while shadowed rock and enclosing vegetation give the scene a private, almost secretive atmosphere. The composition invites the viewer to pause at the meeting point of water, stone, and mountain silence.
#Glenridding #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #HiddenWaterfall #MountainPool #ClearWater #RockyGorge #FellLandscape #WaterAndStone #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #WildLandscape #OutdoorPhotography #FineArtNature #SecretPlaces
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#Fastener
This is an "S-Biner" double carabiner. They come in different shapes, functionalities, and sizes, and this is the smallest one available (methinks), a 3,7 cm/1.45 inches long steel thingy that, for example, comes in handy for extra securing a bag or backpack because it has a "microlock" at the centre part (it's really hard to open once it's locked). You can also use it as a keyholder, attach a strap to it... whatever. It's a convenient little device that I keep in a small pouch, together with extra camera batteries and other photo-related things. Because one never knows, right?
For this, I thought a nicely shallow DOF and bokeh might look nice, so I mounted the Laowa 50mm 2x macro. I glued the S-Biner to my go-to black, glossy tile with a small piece of modeling clay so I could make it stand up at a Dutch angle rather than just putting it on the tile. I also placed a green bnottle in front of one of the LED lamps because red and green always look so nice together, don't they? That's it ;)
HMM, Everyone!
Quincy actually sat still in the backyard for me! I guess he saw Oscar getting all of the photo attention and he didn't want left out.
Water spills in silver ribbons down the rugged face of Esk Falls, carving its way through dark, ancient rock before gathering in a quiet, glassy pool below. The cliffs rise steep and textured, their rough edges softened by tufts of green that cling stubbornly to every ledge.
All around, Cumbria breathes in deep, earthy tones—moss, grass, and stone woven together in a landscape that feels both raw and timeless. A lone figure stands high above, small against the scale of it all, a reminder of how vast and untamed this place remains.
The sound of falling water echoes through the valley, steady and unhurried, as if time itself moves differently here—measured not in moments, but in the endless flow of the falls.
#EskFalls #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #WaterfallWonders #ChasingWaterfalls #UKNature #ExploreBritain #HiddenGemsUK #NaturePhotography #LandscapeLovers #WildBritain #MoodyNature #IntoTheWild #HikingAdventures #DiscoverEarth #EarthFocus #StayAndWander #OurPlanetDaily #ScenicViews #NaturePerfection #OffTheBeatenPath #RoamThePlanet #AdventureAwaits #SereneScenes
Three seconds long...
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#WearAndTear
The battered glass stone of a steel tension ring that originally belonged to my Mum magrit k.. At one point, it got a little too small for her, and since it's made of steel there's no such thing as widening it easily like a silver or gold ring, so she gave it to me :) My Mum must have bumped against something one or more times while wearing the ring which resulted in this cracked dent that, to my delight, almost looks like a 💗 when seen in close-up; there's also some wear and tear visible on the brushed steel.
And yes, this glass stone is "three seconds" in diameter. Due to the lack of a close-at-hand ruler (and a distinct laziness in fetching it from the desk), I used the seconds marks of my automatic Citizen watch to measure the stone's diameter. The three seconds translate into 4 mm/0.157 inches.
Technical info: single shot illuminated by two LED lamps (left and right) and my LED Lenser flashlight set on "Spot", handheld from above to highlight the heart-shaped "Wear and Tear".
HMM, Everyone! I'll catch up with you later!
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#Stationery
I'm not sure if getting sharpened is great fun for a pencil but... I think it depends on the pencil's character. I assume there are pencils out there that prefer to be blunt and others that insist on being razor sharp and therefore see their daily workout in the sharpener as an absolute necessity. Why should pencils be any different from us humans who use them, after all... ;)
I've been after this idea of photographing the inside of a pencil sharpener for quite a while, I think I've tried to make it work on three or four occasions, not all of them "Stationery"-related MM themes. So far, there always had been something off, odd focusing, unsatisfying sharpness, weird POV... you name it, I've unsuccessfully tried it.
Now this photo isn't perfect, either, the framing is still a little weird, but I think this time it works as an image; I like the bokeh, and there also is enough sharpness in the right places. I think what finally made it work was the addition of a slim pencil. Strange as it seems, until now I had never even thought about adding a pencil, although a pencil is a natural (and as clear as mud) addition to a sharpener... While it would have made sense to add the pencil where it belongs, right in the sharpener, it wouldn't have worked as an image, at least not as I had envisioned it. So I stuck the tiny point of a very slim pencil into the small opening next to the blade on the sharpener's top, just so it would be visible when focusing on the inside of the hole where the pencil normally goes in.
As for the colours, they looked different in every single image. I've illuminated the scene with two LEDs and the usual makeshift colour filter suspects: red from the left, green from the right, and blue from the semi-transparent snack can lid that I'd placed behind the sharpener. There also was some sunshine from the living room window involved, and I'd used my small LED flashlight, set to spotlight, to illuminate the pencil point. I held the flashlight as far away from the setup as possible because otherwise, the highlights would have been blown out.
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice spring/autumn week ahead!
These birds come to our garden many times every day for a feed at the grevillea bushes.
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#Tiny
#BlingMonday:)
They are an improbable couple, indeed, but these two items came to my mind instantly when I read "Tiny". The (broken) screw is from a modding set I bought for one of my Casios, and the tip of the screw is still stuck in the watch's casing (I have no idea how to remove something so tiny) so the bezel is now fixated with three screws only but so what, it sits absolutely secure on the watch.
The screw is 0,4 mm/0,15 inches "tall", and the screw and the Swarovski crystal together are 0,6 mm/0,23 inches wide. I've used these crystals (that I got loose and in different sizes – this is the smallest size: 3,5 mm/0,13 inches in diameter) in a few other MM themes because they are so nice and shiny, and because it's Monday, I thought I'd add some extra bling with the star filter.
I'd have loved to stack the screw and the crystal but there was no way I could fixate the crystal on top of the screw because even the tiniest piece of modeling clay would still have been too big for the scene. I did some focus stacking with the 60mm macro but in the end, I liked the single image taken with the Laowa 2x macro better because it looked more organic (although I admit it could be a little sharper) and I was also able to get much closer to the scene with this lens. It's not quite the lens's maximum magnification of 2:1 but almost.
And actually, it's "The Odd Couple II" because I'd already photographed a pair of matches under that title for our "Matchstick" theme in June '21. But since the original movie with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon from 1968 was also made into a TV show in the 1970s, and then again in the 2010s, with several episodes, why not name more than one photo after it ;)
HMM, Everyone!
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This was an extremely rare sighting of Crocodilus Cirrocumulus, the ever-elusive (and always hungry) Cloud Croc. I almost missed it, but luckily, I looked up at the right moment and was able to capture the moment when it was about to nibble on (or rather take a hearty bite of) the roof of Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus (MELH), a prominent building in Berlin's government district. I'm not sure where in terms of culinary quality MELH is placed but the Cloud Croc must have changed its mind at the last minute because the roof is still intact. Maybe this particular specimen didn't like the taste of modern architecture or the materials used in the construction (Cloud Crocs are known for their extremely sensitive sense of smell)... Well, we will never know but at least my photo is proof that Crocodilus Cirrocumulus exists.
This is some minimalist cloud creature fun for Sliders Sunday, another oldie that I wanted to upload for a long time but always forgot about when I returned to my newest images in LR. Out of sight, out of mind, I guess. When I took the photo, I didn't even notice the croc (or maybe dragon or snake, what do you see?) but thought that the cloud (cirrocumulus, I'd say) looked as if it had been shaped by the roof. It was a quick snap before the cloud changed its shape and the creature was gone.
I'd processed the photo a long time ago, and only added some "Brilliance and Warmth" to it in Color Efex yesterday when I decided it was finally time for an upload. So, unfortunately, I can't tell you much about the previous processing steps. I think I enhanced the clarity and did some denoising before, and I'm sure other stuff as well because almost all my images are post-processed (often a lot) because I enjoy processing as much as photography itself.
HSS, Everyone!
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) feeding on a fish at Cleveland Point, Queensland, Australia.
The Osprey has oily plumage, so that when it dives or plunges under the water for fish, its feathers become less wet and it can take off again. It does not need to spread its wings to dry, unlike cormorants.
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#Cold
Fancy some early ESC?
This is the second MM appearance of my Schleich Mini Eldrador "dragon snake" figure. The first one was for "Ficticious" in October '23. It wasn't easy to convince the proud fire creature to let me put it into a small kitchen container, get itself doused in water, and, the possibly worst thing: spend the night and half of Sunday in the freezer. But Bertie Wanda's shining example (and Flickr fame) were very convincing, so it played along. Not without hissing at me "Just wait what will happen to your freezer tonight. You might find it molten to pieces tomorrow!" before I closed the freezer door. No such thing happened, luckily, and when I took the tiny dragon snake out of the freezer, it told me: "I spent the night doing some internet research on ice baths and their health benefits. With all my inner fire, it was quite a refreshing experience." Such dignity... ;)
The image is a single shot, handheld even, to get the right angle. During the freezing process, the small figurine drifted towards the upper edge of the small container, and even though translucent, I didn't want to have it in the image. I also tried some focus stacking but the camera gave me an error several times. The half-frozen dragon snake with the bright ice texture layer on top was probably still a little too diffuse for autofocus to catch on properly during the stacking process. I could have combined the images in Helicon Focus, but liked this single image and thought that it was sharp enough. I hope you agree.
Illuminated from above with my natural light photo LED lamp, and slightly from the left/front with my LED Lenser flashlight set on "spot" to highlight the dragon snake's face and some of the ice texture.
HMM, Everyone! I'm very busy today and hope I can catch up with you tonight!