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Macro Monday theme: Backlit
A few years ago I built a to scale replica of the Duomo de Milan. This stained glass window is part of that model, it measures 2 inches by 1 inch.
Several Danaus plexippus (Monarch butterfly) clustering for overwintering amongst the withering leaves of an oak at Ernle Clark Reserve, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Smaller clusters here (a few hundred spread around this tree), but it is a lovely park and one of my favourite old haunts. While there is something to be said for the larger, denser clusters (which I've been photographing elsewhere), there is something I love about them spread out in smaller groups in the oak leaves and basking - especially when sunny (if not exactly warm) when a few will leave and rejoin, causing the perched ones to flap their wings in sympathy (yes, probably protest). I can watch them for hours.
I love the way the sun passes through those backlit wings like stained glass windows. While the background is contrastier than I like, it sort of frames the subject here.
This may be the first time I have shared a butterfly in flight as I don't like how awkward/ungainly they seem when frozen in time mid-flap. But I really like what it is doing here with wings outstretched.
Cropped, but otherwise unprocessed camera jpeg.
The stained glass texture is a wild one - I am intrigued with the variations in the hues and web like shaping
Detail of kiln fired painted amber glass with inscription of the client. K.M. Reusche paints. www.rdwglass.com
This is the base of a three pane stained glass window in the St. Thomas Becket Chapel at St. David's Cathedral. On the left is King Henry II whose knights (centre panel) murdered Becket on 29th December 1170. Becket is seen in the right hand panel.
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Prompt: Woman with fantasy flowers, stained glass, intricate, highly detailed, smooth sharp focus.
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For stained glass lovers like me.. Firenze AKA Florence is probably the treasure trove you are looking for :)
Let go of dead things
autumn is a second spring
the moon and the earth
reverberate sad songs
Love is a healing power
turn the past
life starts again
under the skylight
I can see the clouds
the birds flying by
the falling rain
on top of stained glass
There is no end
to the ceiling of the skies
in a child's innocent eyes
~Essama Chiba~
The central window in the above collage stands at the east end of St John's Church, in the Wellington suburb of Trentham (See previous photo). The window (which is actually 3 panes joined together) in turn stands behind the Altar / Communion Table and is a focal point of the church.
The rest of the stained glass windows in the Collage above fill the remaining window frames around the church...
For more information on the background to these windows, have a look at www.stjohnstrentham.org.nz/site_files/18799/upload_files/...(JuliaStuart).pdf?dl=1, pages 32 - 42.
There's quite a lot of reading within those pages, but they contain a fascinating and detailed explanation of how these beautiful windows came to be installed...
(And in case you're wondering, the photos above are my work, as are some of the photos on the church web site!). :-))
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Detail of stained glass window in my hall.
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One of the many pieces of stained glass from an exhibit on Navy Pier in Chicago. This display has a few hundred examples of stained glass that dates back to the mid 1800's. If you visit Chicago, it is a must see.
A stained glass window inside the Duomo of Milan, Italy.
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