Quilling paper strip that is 1/8th(3.175 m)m inch wide.

I chose pink and paper.

HMM

Macro Mondays: Pick Two.

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Relations Are Like Electric Currants. Wrong Connection Will Give You Shocks Throughout Your Life, But The Rights One Will Light Up Your Life.

I spotted this Great Blue Heron hitting the surface of the water with its beak, but was shocked to see what it had found. I had no idea that we had snakes this size at the wetlands! I watched for 15 minutes before the heron had worn it out and ate it - even as it was still moving, albeit slower!

Happy Mono Monday!

I don't have much to say on this one... but I do know how to change a light bulb!

Pareidolia "for this theme, you are to look for and photograph faces in everyday objects or in your surroundings."

It looks like this lighthouse actually lights up. How would you like to be delivering mail In the rain to this person. You stick your wet hand too far into the mailbox and someone turns on the switch ... shocking!

I have seen all kinds of decorative uses for lighthouses in the yard around here. Surprisingly, this is the first mailbox lighthouse I have seen. I suppose a boat mailbox will be next.

a series of small storms glide across the sky, lightning was pretty good

Had to make cover under the deck canopy while the rain got heavier. The result was shooting this scene further back than I normally would, and like this perspective from the deck.

The lightning display was terrific.

Middle River, Maryland

Another from the lightning series along Middle River. These bolts were at least farther off, and not so close like some of them were overhead ... getting to close to comfort!

I find the dark leaves of this dahlia the perfect foil for the vibrant colour of its flowers.

🌷my thanks for visits, comments, favs🌷

Common Eider swallowed a Harlequin Duck

© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved

Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.

Previously unpublished shot from August 2019. Enjoy!

A rare early evening thunderstorm provided an opportunity to visit to my go-to spot for lighting photos, Coot Lake in North Boulder. The core of the storm is approaching with a sheet of rain illuminated by the lightning. The lightning also illuminated hunting bats over the water- one is visible as a spot just a bit to the right of the center near the top of the frame.

I drew the curtains, saw puddles on the ground, rain coming down and the only colour my neighbour's Christmas lights twinkling away in the quiet of the morning - and chose the brightest shot I could find to post.

🌷many thanks everyone for visits🌷🌷

Macro Mondays Contraption

Induction Coil

I asked my husband if he had anything resembling a contraption as I was struggling with this task! He was in his element rummaging through the garage and brought out so many things. I decided on this one in the end as it had a bit of colour to it and looked most like a contraption, although the majority of his items in the garage look like contraptions to me!! Apparently you wire the terminals to a battery and hold the handles to get an electric shock!!!!....................... HMM

credits here: shockingwonder.com/2019/01/15/cereal-crusher-look-1/

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Some very rusty power meters on a abandoned building in Siloam, North Carolina

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, GB, November 2020

Oregon sure was putting on one hell of a show in the skies tonight! While out capturing HDR shots of the clouds, I by chance, caught a nice lightning show :)

There are several motivations to this post. First and foremost is the existence of the lightning which has been remarkably absent in our area this year. While we would certainly welcome the rain associated with thunderstorms the lack of a common ignition source for forest and grass fires is appreciated.

Shocking also is the high court of the land displaying its increasing political nature by enhancing the potential for gun violence while a polarized Senate exhibits rare bipartisanship in taking baby steps to enhance gun safety.

Finally, there is the gathering energy of snow in the mountains of Colorado ready to smother the lightning moving in from the southeast (sigh...Avs in 6 !?!)

Note the "smudge" in the upper mid-right portion of the photo, which is actually a bat illuminated by the lightning flash.

I think that this Yellow-crowned Night Heron just realized he left the stove on.

Day 3 Black and White - Unedited

Inspired by : Otep - Ghostflowers

Pink that is:) This romper from Glitzz at the Fameshed event, rigged for Bombshell and other popular sizes.

Shutter Thugs Sim

Deck the Palms: @ Hotel California

taken September 2, 2020

@my garden

after the rain

Dray Walk, Old Truman Brewery, off Brick Lane

...and my red shoes

NFS Rivals 2013, PC

1080p (SRWE) + HattiWatti's Resolution Multiplier (*some experimenting here)

No Noise/ Grain filter was added here, it's all a part of the in-game effect! ;D

-ResolutionScale 2.5

-Color tweaks in Photoshop

-ReShade v1.1

-Hattiwatti's cinematic tools

You may be in for a shock if you want to use the phone in Belstone village. This red telephone box houses a defibrillator.

Probably my favourite colour of Mesambryanthemum!