~ a sphere refracts a scene ~

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Had a few really busy moments in time over the past few days and now looking forward to Friday and the weekend.

TGIF everyone, and have a wonderful & safe day with whatever you're doing.

BIG HELLO from Ottawa, Canada

Bumped and grouped 7:00am Friday morning EST

Taken for 'The Saturday Self Challenge': "favourite colour" . . . . which is: yellow.

(This is a crystal ball on a laptop screen)

This is a close-up photo of sunlight refracting through the ripples in a shallow stream that flows across Clam Harbour Beach.

Jade Plant

It just had to be done on a wet day.

This is a close-up photo of sunlight refracting through water patterns in a shallow stream flowing across Clam Harbour Beach.

after he fell apart following a really stupid confrontation with another bulb, naked bulb was forced to take time off to heal...first step in treatment: gathering all his scattered pieces.

he was furious... "reduced to a stack of pancakes" was the nicest thing he screamed. ah....the indignity of it all!

best seen large, so hit L

Macro f/16.0

Shepton, TX # 186

This is a close-up photo of sunlight refracting through wind swept ripples in the current of a stream at Clam Harbour Beach.

It was Raining when I left this morning,and yes, I got soaked,like, like this Green Grass.

This is a photo of one corner of a plastic container that I positioned in front of the corner of the kitchen cupboard to create this abstract composition featuring a tonal polarity of light and dark, and the translucent chevron shape of refracted light.

i spotted this refraction of light

This is a close-up photo of bottles on a shelf in a used clothing store refracted through the patterned texture of a plastic vase.

I have a lot on my mind at the moment...

This is my first SP using my glass ball! I've had some computer issues and haven't had access to my Coffeeshop actions so it's lovely to use them again.

Colors on my laptop screen refracted through a wine glass stem.

Refractions.

Luckily for my living room's sunset reputation we were also able to display the effects of atmospheric refraction, to a much more favorable display and review.

As we look thru much heavier air at the horizon, Snell's Law (which describes how light bends when it passes between media with different refractive indices) takes over.

So temperature, pressure and humidity all combine to make some pretty incredible, distorted shape-shifting capabilities.

refraction off the Tyne bridge lights

The lens from the Great Orme lighthouse.

The visual splendor of sunlight reflecting and refracting in the undulations of clear, shallow sea water at Clam Harbour Beach.

Indoor refractive abstract photography using window light and found objects. Helios 44.3 with a reverse lens attachment. Only glass was used in the refractions set, metallics are illusions.

This is a close-up photo of a melting ice cube on a plate, with light from an LED lantern refracting through it.

This is a close-up photo of light refracting through the wind blown water in a tidal pool at Port Maitland Beach.

Still playing around with the new lens. Best viewed large.

Rain droplet refractions.

…. it rained.

I was fascinated by the refraction, the reflection and the magnification in these little droplets of rain on the blades of grass.

Amazing sunset rainbow, captured over the skies of Worcester.

Taken some years ago as l was passing some flats.

Velvia film simulation

If you like to follow my recent work I recommend these sites: www.facebook.com/VeroonsVision or www.500px.com/VeroonsVision.

little crystal dog in front of other crystal things all reflecting and refracting

I posted a series of this session about a year ago, but didn't use this one. So in a rather uninspired spell, here it is.

If you wish to see a colour version of this image I've posted it to my wife's Flickr here flic.kr/p/2rsi5w3

Kitchen table shoot 08-09-25

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The background for this shot was a pink chrysanthemum.

Another old CDROM is put to work as a wet mirror, producing, of course, refractions of reflections of an African Daisy or Osteospernum

Water droplets on a glass plate six inches above the flower to give a refracted image in each droplet.

Just for fun till the sun comes out :-)

View On Black

Tear down, refit, repair and replace. The parts that refuse to fit anymore leave behind and look forward. What falls off is of no need anymore anyway. Upgrades are tough and arduous but necessary.

No photoshop trickery as usual, photo is a single image straight out of the camera with B&W conversion .

Nikon Nikkor 200mm f4 AIS.

Thanks for taking a look at my work, appreciate you all!.

Downtown Toronto.

Water droplets on a shed feather

Peace Valley Park

Doylestown, PA

2518*

A trick of the light. Two pieces of coloured card were placed against the wall, camera set on a tripod and the glass moved back an forth until the water refracted the colours in the viewfinder.