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Very tiny dewdrops in an ocean of colourful bokeh
The highly magnified droplets are clinging on to one of the little seed pods of that mysterious "Rainbow Plant" (smoke bush) which you've probably already seen here and/or here. If you haven't, then you've been missing out on something very special ( ツ)
With a seed pod measuring less than 5 mm in "length". you can imagine how small the tiniest drops are, even if you can't see them with the naked eye. The next size down would be mist! ( ツ)
Leaning back away from your tilted monitor screen, should create a 3D effect. The illusion is even more pronounced while in Lightbox and on full screen, of course. Let me know if it works for you!
Taken in situ and with 100% natural lighting, as always.
The gear! (new tab) - Shh!!! Mum's the word!
I hope you'll all have a really lovely Christmas with lots and lots of presents. But, go easy on the pudding! ( ツ)
It only remains for me to wish you, and all around you, a Very Merry Christmas and a Bright and Colourful New Year!
Take care and many thanks for calling,
Till next time,
Colin … ;-)
You may be glad to know that this is the last picture in my "Rainbow Plant" series. You can see all the others here. ( ツ)
Please scroll down the page a bit ....
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I think it's a Smoketree or smoke bush (Cotinus /koʊˈtaɪnəs/) which is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, closely related to the sumacs (Rhus). (info from Wikipedia).
It really surprises me how quickly and easily these bugs can maneuver through the twigs that they live on. One second ill be looking at one and the next second it disappeared behind another twig, making them quite frustrating to photograph.
Smoketree Sharpshooter
Junge Blätter des Perückenstrauches im Abendlicht.
Young leaves of the Eurasian smoketree in the evening light.
Smoke trees are blooming now, from a distance, their tiny blossoms appear smoke like above the gorgeous purple leaves. Up close, they are tiny blooming miracles.
"Miracles happen everyday; change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you." ~ Jon Bon Jovi
Quite a messy day of heavy rain, strong winds & ice, all day long! This is a tree in my back garden. This is what Spring looks like today!
A smoke bush, that is. I've found too many good fences recently, so I'm posting this one for Textural Tuesday. It's a wooden fence held together with metal brackets of a kind I've never seen before. One section of the fence was completely surrounded by a large smoke bush. The flowers here look yellow because there was a lot of bright sunlight behind them. Their actual color was more pink.
Photo (2012)
Texture (2019) Cotinus/Smoketree
...il neigeait des flocons de pissenlits,
tu n'en croyais pas tes yeux…
Moi non plus!
Continue ta surveillance, où que tu sois…
Personne ne t'en voudra,
Je te le promets...
... it was snowing dandelion flakes,
you could not believe your eyes...
Me neither!
Keep your watch, wherever you are…
Nobody will blame you,
I promise...
RIP
A peek into a corner of my garden! Best viewed large. Calling for very hot weather here for the next few days. Happy new week my friends, enjoy =)
You can visit caged or fenced-in animals in any Zoo but the free ones there are far greater in number. Think of insects and spiders and lots of birds, little rodents, skinks and lizards and salamanders, Frogs, of course...
Today in ARTIS I was looking at the almost purple foliage and beige flowers of pretty European Smoketree with the somewhat pleonastic scientific name Cotinus coggygria. And there it was, Beautifully Emerald Green Capsid Bug, Lygocoris pabulinus, forager in the shade, poised on the wee flowers of our shrub.
All our snow has gone, but I liked the way this pic in my garden turned out, so I thought I'd share this with you from a while back! Happy Fence Friday my friends =)
Il est très beau cet automne...
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To read your comments is a pleasure. Thank you for your visit, comments, invitations and faves!
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ATTENTION!
Pas d'invitations à des groupes dont les photos du pool sont inaccessibles aux non-membres!
No invitations to groups whose photos of the pool are inaccessible to non-members!
the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice :-)
― Robert Frank
HBW!!
purple smoketree, 'Grace', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, Raleigh, north carolina