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.....from a slightly different POV.
See the Details in the Trees here with a larger view!
I hope you all had a great weekend and that your Monday was as effortless as mine!!!!
Here's to a great week ahead!!!!!
Cheers!!!
Camera:Nikon D300
Exposure:20 Seconds
Aperture:f/10.0
Focal Length:40 mm
Exposure:0.00
ISO Speed:100
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Yes the moon was there, no it was not this big, so I did one shot for the moon and one for the landscape scene...I just want to clarify this!!!!
#Mittwochsmakro
A slightly battered but still beautiful tulip I found in a front garden around the corner just the other day. When I took the photo, perched rather uncomfortably (and therefore quite wobbly) halfway under a shrub, I didn't even notice the tiny visitor on one of the petals because I was all concentrated on keeping the camera as still as possible. I slightly blew the photo up in Gigapixel AI so the visitor is better visible when you zoom in.
Taken on a first short photo stroll with my "new old" Lumix LX100 Mark II which I just bought used in very good condition (apparently no dust spots on the sensor, only minor signs of usage, but I haven't checked the shutter count, yet, because it's a little complicated) because the zoom motor on my old, beloved LX100 is getting quirky. The slightly better resolution of the Mark II's 21 MP sensor (of which the camera only uses 17 MP due to Panasonic's so-called "multi-aspect sensor" – why, Panasonic, why????) yields beautiful details and a sharp, crisp rendering even nicer than that of the predecessor. So far, I'm very happy with my first used camera purchase :)
Happy Wednesday Macro/Mittwochsmakro, everyone!
Was actually slightly grey
Darker around the edges
A definite tinge
A flirtatious curve at the bottom
As if daring you to imagine something
Transform it into a different existence
It’s texture was surprising
Smooth and soft like the very top
Of a snowy slope
But hung indoors
It reflected onto the black linoleum floor that was speckled
With unpredictable dashes of white
When you looked down
You imagined
You were floating in a
Modern art galaxy very far away
From everything and everyone
You know
When you looked up you realized
It wasn’t a blank canvas at all.
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In May, I went to a doctor's appointment that was very difficult for me. Most of the time, I try to forget about my biology but my heart will often skip beats and I keep spending more money to get no answers, making me wonder if it's just in my head.
I have been living in Chicago for over 20 years but I had never come across The Arts Club of Chicago even though it is located very central downtown near a couple of doctor's offices. It was a dreary day and I spent some time wandering around and happened upon this gallery featuring the exhibit by Huguette Caland: Bribes de corps. It's amazing how art finds you when you least expect it. I found myself staring at canvases and writing poems to calm my nervous system.
This exhibit is ending very soon but I revisited this weekend. The bottom section is the actual canvas. The top portion is a multiple exposure of the canvas and a photograph of a woman passing by from the window opposite of the painting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguette_Caland
**All photos are copyrighted**
After watching this two slightly immature eagles fight over this stump space I think I can say that, like the quantum mechanical Pauli exclusion principle, this proves that two eagles cannot occupy the same space on a stump simultaneously. Of course this violates the Schrodinger's cat thought experiment that tries to illustrate the absurdity of applying quantum theory to the macro-physical world, but hey, even that appears to be in question these days...
Taken 16 February 2020 near Homer, Alaska.
07-June-2023
What remains of the thunderstorm cell still has a small activity on its southern margin (left in the photo), towards north-western Istria peninsula, while the rest is completely dissipated in derived high clouds, such as those of the genus Cirrus (Cirrus spissatus cumulonimbogenitus), but also lower and newly produced by the humidity brought about by the dissolution of the cell itself such as Altocumulus and Stratocumulus mainly of the "castellanus" species.
I wanted to add that the rigid formal division of the clouds by altitude of formation (and prevailing vertical or horizontal development) is essentially theoretical and indicative, there are not infrequently hybrid clouds, i.e. whether they form at intermediate altitudes between two genus or as a whole of various species at the same time.
The latter is partially the case of the clouds slightly to the right of the sun, not present in the previous photo and therefore formed later, classifiable in part as altocumulus and in part as stratocumulus, also because defining an altitude by eye is not always easy.
Gardener's String
For Macro Monday - String
I know we have a ball of string somewhere but I couldn't find it quickly. I remembered this gardener's string that someone had tied on our Lily Pily tree for some reason many years ago.
Way behind today so it will take a while for me to see all your images.
Happy Macro Monday!
A slightly different take (and the last of the current dandelion shots) on the photo I posted earlier this week.
Best viewed large.
Same kale leaf, slightly different focus, looking at that wonderful pink vein running through the middle.
Off ( hopefully) in a bit to explore the lanes on the bike, might make it to Southerndown (40 ish miles round trip) unless we get frozen on the way there!
Thanks for stopping
This is a tiny bunny, I found it in the Easter deco section of a shop and couldn't pass it up. It seems to look a bit worried about being encased in ice.
The visible bit is 2cm high
Slightly larger than the Least Chipmunk, this little cutie comes in second in my smallest to largest series from our latest trip.
Various scientific sources refer to the American Pika as a vulnerable species with warming temperatures due to climate change as the greatest threat. Their thick coats can cause them to overheat in temperatures in the mid seventies Fahrenheit.
We found this little guy/gal in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Slightly different to previous postings as this one includes Fotheringhay church in the background.
I was hoping to be able to have some more African wildlife photos in a couple of weeks but due to the travel ban we have had to reschedule for October.
Fotheringhay
Northamptonshire
England
UK
This slightly worn but still beautiful Common Buckeye was visiting mint blossoms in one of my gardens. A large portion of its left wing is missing, but it was coping very well with the disability as it fluttered from flower to flower.
Running slightly late and in the last of the day's weak light, 90049 leads 90048 as they approach Gretna Jn by the village of Springfield with the 4M80 Coatbridge-Crewe liner. Probably should've done this shot earlier in the year but I couldn't be arsed until now.. one for next year hopefully if this working sticks.
Asahi Pentax Takumar 200mm f/3.5 on Zenit E with Fomapan 100 Classic. Semi-stand with Rodinal, 1:100, for 70 mins at 20º C. Negative scanned on Epson Perfection V500.
This is a slightly younger squash bug than I recently uploaded. Yakima County, Washington. I seem to find them late in the evening when there is poor light for photography. They like to keep moving so getting sharp shots in poor light is a challenge.
Both adults and nymphs damage squash and pumpkin plants by sucking juices out of the leaves. The leaves then lose nutrients and water, become speckled, then yellow, then brown, and finally, the plant totally wilts and dies. The squash bug also injects a toxin that expedites the plant's withering and death. I barely have them under control. Controlling them takes daily examination of the underside of leaves and stems and removal of eggs, nymphs and adults.
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A slightly different view from The Crossing at Lincoln Cathedral, England. This is the point directly beneath the central tower where the north and south transepts meet. At the bottom centre of the image is the ornately carved stone choir screen, with the 1898 Willis organ above it. This organ has approximately 4000 pipes in total, most of which are hidden from view. Just above the organ, the dark square with the diamond shape inside it is the central tower - this was directly above me when taking this spherical panorama. Continuing upwards in the image you can see the spectacular symmetical roof vaults of the nave, flanked either side by its huge stone columns and arches that form the "legs" of the image.
The two round windows that can be seen either side of the choir screen are the end walls of the north and south transepts. Although they appear in this image to be facing the same direction, they are in fact directly opposite each other. This effect is caused by the stereographic projection I've used to create this panorama, and the transforms I've applied to manipulate the view.
Lincoln Cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln, England. Construction started in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the High Middle Ages. It is the fourth largest cathedral in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft), after Liverpool, London St Paul's and York Minster. Like many of the medieval cathedrals of England it was built in the Early Gothic style.
Week 39 - Wet (September 24th - 30th)
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269/365 -Around the house - Day 269
To say I am slightly obsessed with Banff might be a bit of an understatement. This is top 3 most beautiful places I have ever been to. The park landscape is very diverse and that means that you will need a lot more than the mere 2 days I had there. I don’t say mere 2 days in a way of complaint, but in the reality that I easily could have stayed a week and not gotten bored. There is so much to do and see in Banff and I really hope to get an opportunity to go back again! As I sit here in mid-December in my living room next to the fireplace and Christmas tree, I cannot help but miss summer a bit and the fun we had in Banff! More important though is that my heart ought to be so much more obsessed, overwhelmed by, and in love with Christ and His love than the created things of this world. These marvels were made to point to someone so much greater and more beautiful than we could imagine!
This week has been surreal.From 1982 and good times laced with huge pots of tea, music and laughter Karma happened unlooked for in 2021
In my garden 26th March 2021 Stafford UK