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Everybody knows that the top side, the sun side, of a flower's bloom is the best face of any particular specimen. Sometimes I agree and sometimes I believe that the bottom side, the ground side of the blossom is just as compelling. Maybe even more so than the top. But, oftentimes, it is only the insects and the mice that can see it.
I made this capture with a viewfinder-and-monitor-blind technique, that is to say not seeing my subject either way but, instead, holding the camera lens at mouse-height and pointing it slightly upward to get this particular view of the dahlia, some distant pines and sky.
My DSLR camera, marvelously proficient in every other way, does not possess a moveable, flip-up LCD monitor on the back of the camera body, as some other models do. That would have been the easy way to take this shot, using an adjustable monitor. I but I had no choice in the matter. Even lying flat to the ground wouldn't have let me see what I was shooting in this situation. So I did things the old-fashioned way. Shoot and check and shoot and check again. Damn! Still missed it! But, eventually,
using the old "shotgun" approach, even the sightless man will hit his target, given enough tries.
Yep. This time, as lovely as the front/top of the dahlia blossom is,
I'm calling the bottom/ground side of it the indisputable winner. Your choice may vary, of course. All perfectly legal.
A GP40-2 shoves a single tank car through the back lot of Adcom Wire towards Edgewood yard. The MP15s are getting less and are mostly just assigned to yard transfers and locals within Moncrief yard. Yard jobs leaving the yard and switching industries are handled mostly by Geeps now, sometimes even the rebuilt Dash 3s. Anyhow, I was very glad this one didn't have any ditch lights on the long hood and the sun came through all the way just in time. The tank car came from Triangle Fasteners Corp, a customer serviced about once a week. Adcom Wire used to get several gons with wire coils almost daily, but service seems to have slowed down quite a bit. I haven't seen a car spotted there in quite a bit, I hope they still get any service at all. Several industries seem to be getting less service than they used to while two customers no longer receive any (Garden Wholesale and Design Container). I have a feeling it has to do with Hunter Harrison...
A professional skater working on his part for the upcoming Element Skateboard video. San Francisco, CA.
I'm not sure from this angle which little hoverfly this one is so feel free to offer me an ID. HBBBT have a great day folks ;0)
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. Joseph Addison
Our Daily Challenge - Backside
(The pink and blue colors in the background are my hibiscus bushes.)
Holga- Kodak Gold
This is the full negative strip minus a small crop at the top and bottom of the frame. Held the camera vertical and upside down vertical.
"Like Wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would."