I dearly love finding dandelions in my garden, whether they are the yellow flowers or the soft puffs of seeds ready to take to the wind. Generally I leave the dandelion there (unless I am removing weeds, and then I say goodbye to my little friends). However, this one time I decided to break the dandelion puff off of the stem to take inside the house for a photo session. The moment I removed the puff, the bottom of the stem curled into these two tightly wound circles. What a treat!

Lined up in a row, six wine glasses given to me a few months ago as a Birthday present.

Hand held and the gentle colour softness that this lens produces when fully open. Not much depth of field either!

All sorts of gentle post-processing, a bit here and a bit there!

Auto Miranda EC 50mm f1.8

~ aziza "likey?"

For Judy.. Just because:)

After reading all the good things you guys wrote about my work over the month of march I am truly touched.. thank you so much my beautiful friends.. I wouldn't have done anything without your constant support and inspiration:)

HGGT to you all

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flower (Daisy) stem .....rip detail where I pulled the single bloom

from the multiple bloom stem.

spirea macro from the back

Stems

Baby euphorbia plants with attractive red stems, growing in beach sand, on Kangaroo Island.

360/365 -Around the house - Day 360

It is in late autumn when the leaves are on the ground that you notice the character of the leaf. The veins and stem have always been there but are not as noticeable in the summer when the leaf is green and still connected to the tree.

Stems of the Stipa shrub growing on the edge of the pinery within the Kuneevsky forest area in Togliatti

Dotted Stem Bolete / Flockenstieliger Hexenröhrling / Neoboletus erythropus

Flickr Lounge weekly theme - shelter (tulips sheltering in a vase)

116 in 2016 #62 fill the frame

And shades of orange

For Macro Mondays' "Halloween" Theme.

The stem is about 2" (50 mm) long

HMM

Beginning a morning hike around the Eibsee with a view. Carrying the camera with you is always a good idea.

Mushrooms in the yard

I was quite taken with this particular zinnia bloom down in the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse garden yesterday.

A really different variety.

Beek Bree Belgium.

(Tokyo Kogaku Japan RE.Auto-Topcor 3,5cm f2,8)

Marbled White / melanargia galathea. Lindrick Common, South Yorkshire. 02/07/14.

'PRISTINE VULNERABILITY.'

I remember finding this pristine Marble White clinging to a grass stem, shortly after she had emerged. Her wings had not fully hardened so whenever she moved up the stem, they were still a little floppy. At such an early stage of adulthood, she would have been extremely vulnerable if spotted by a predatory bird.

BEST VIEWED LARGE.

Young Dotted Stem Bolete

Flockenstieliger Hexenröhrling

Sempervivum (Hens and Chicks)

Nikon D810, 105mm micro

At Audley End Gardens.

I always look for pumpkins with fun stems.

Leudal, Netherlands

Designed for insects etc. to hibernate in, but in need of a feather duster to remove the cobwebs ..

Thank you for your appreciation, Gail

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...added a stem to my candy foil wrap "floral design"

(Reeses Candy foil wrap)

an unplanned work of art

seen in my kitchen sink

last August.

for Macro Mondays. Compared with the large bowl, the long stems on my posh wine glasses seem very slender and fragile, and I always take great care when handling them.

The five other glasses are reflected in this one stem.

Beim Wegschneiden der verdorrten Clematislianen, ist diese bemerkenswerte Struktur zum Vorschein gekommen.

Transverse section of a Clematis stem

Three Legged Cross, Dorset

Cabbage Stem Weevil [Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus]

COLEOPTERA > Curculionoidea (Weevils) >

Curculionidae (True Weevils) > Ceutorhynchinae

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This minuscule Ceutorhynch (Seed) Weevil was no more than 3mm long and proved to be one of the most difficult insects that I've tried photographing. Looking at it in this shot you get no idea how small they are!

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Indoor Tulip stem with sunlit accents....Morning Sunlight seeping through the window blinds.

- - - small enough for one

Miscellaneous Composition; ©2011 DianaLee Photo Designs

I was out early one morning with only the big lens, looking for wildlife. No luck there, but I was very glad I noticed this frost on these red stems. I don't know what the plant is. I've been bringing my macro lens every day since, but frost this nice doesn't happen very often. Siskiyou County, California

For Macro Mondays - Glass

Wine glass stem

Ginger is a popular flavour at Christmas, usually pieces coated in dark chocolate but my take on it this year is stem ginger cupcakes. A quick and easy bake, and also an easy frosting flavoured with syrup from the ginger jar and topped with a festive edible 'bauble'.

ANSH 134 (4) festive food