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Pottering about a bit in our Snowy Garden this morning, my Sonyeye became intrigued by this Winter Brightness. Almost violently red Cotoneaster Berries are vying with Gravity - can't show you that - over the fortunes of an H2O-droplet. Amazing forces of Nature form such a droplet. Water molecules would rather band together than bond with other kinds such as air. This desire for proximity to each other causes their spherical shape - a bit technically: a sphere has the smallest possible surface area to volume ratio. What looks like an 'elastic membrane' around the droplet is in fact its surface tension, caused by that central molecular binding. This tension is quite something: it makes it possible for example for small insects to walk on water.
In the photo, our water droplet is not a sphere. It's pendant, pulled out of shape by the force of gravity. And fell into a snowy grave just as Sony did its thing.
OK so I'm being a bit lazy, a few people asked about the colour version when I posted the original black and white sometime ago , I was also too lazy to go out tonight and get some nice evening shots so heres the colour version given some HDR treatment whilst watching Lost (cant get into the new series, yeah Im sad I know :-). Quite different when in colour-hope you like it, hope to get out tomorrow night for more new pics
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……We are all feeling a bit battered at the moment as we all try to cope with a new way of living in these unprecedented times. This farm entrance has had a run-in with bigger machinery that seems to grow larger every year! Wishing you all the very best with your Lock-Down - Stay at HOME to stay safe and to NOT be a vehicle to the virus, Alan:-)
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Focus stack (50 images) Shot with single off-camera strobe (Godox AD200Pro/XPro II trigger), bare bulb, mounted on overhead boom, bounced off 32 inch white umbrella.
Shot for Macro Mondays - spiral
62 mm (l) x 10 mm (dia)
masonry drill bits differ from normal drill bits in that they have a hardened cutting tip (usually tungsten carbide) that is used to chip/grind hard materials such as masonry, brick or stone rather than cut through the material. The deeply fluted spiral shape that of the bit helps to remove dust and debris from the hole that is formed. Masonry bits are tippically used in hammer drills that use a combination of percussion and rotation to create a hole of the desired dimension
Sometimes described as a wooden Thrup'nny bit this coin was worth 1/80 of a pound and bears some resemblance to the present pound coin having 12 sides and golden colour. I chose this for the "Redux" theme on currency.
I've probably been in Thailand too long to think that the water of Emerald Lake would be anything other than freezing cold. Call me soft but even though it was a really hot day I only lasted a few seconds paddling in the lake
Fun time with some coins, lightbox, and color prism. Hope you enjoy this series as much as I liked playing around with the light and angles of the light.
Another bit of a reflection of a blossom on the bank of the bayou accompanying one of my good buddies! I like the way the light lit up from the sun! Taken on Horsepen Bayou!
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For this to make any sense it would be helpful to have a quick look at my previous picture of the Fire Station coffee shop (and art centre).....
I have photographed the exterior of this building on three occasions now. It is a street photographers dream. Yesterday Kerry enquired in the comments, if I had had a coffee? Well I felt a little guilty that I hadn’t and thought I would rectify that today.
There is currently an exhibition of sculpture by Johannes Von Stumm on in the Fire Station. I took my mother (who is an artist in her own right) to have a look around. I bought our coffees and then surveyed the artwork.....I’m always attracted to the price tags first.....One tag read £42,000 and another read £51,000. Beautiful artwork but not really my cup of tea (or price bracket)......
The pictured bronze was sat by the bar and caught my eye. I went over and looked at it. It was a completely different style of work to the other sculptures. Much more up my street. I enquired of the barman if this was made by Mr Von Stumm as well? .....
He said No. One of the bar staff had made it!!!!!
Heck there are some very talented people around.....
Thanks for visiting.
Have a good weekend.....
A bit of photoshop fun for Sliders Sunday.
Don't ask about the concept here because I'm not sure there is one LOL.
The base image was taken with an ND filter to get a long exposure which removed all of the traffic. The A380 is one of my stock one which I've used before. I tried to work with the proportions here where the wingspan is 80 meters.. Alas, the width of the M6 here is more like 45 metres (verge to verge) making the shadow's wing span approx 60 metres.. So, still a little short...
Anyway, thought it was (just about) worth sharing.. HSS.
..into the shadows!
A bit of an experiment .... honeysuckle and hydrangeas resting on an old family bible. Shot in the dark with just a spotlight 😊
It was inspired by words from the group Syntax, and the track "Pride"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkpXGMPwf2c
"It's made up of lonely moments
..........
Your smile, shine a little light, alright
Don't hide, shine a little light
Give up on your pride"
From the garden Here
Still Life Compositions: Here
My Textured set: Here
Paper Words Books and games: Here
This is the first bits of jewelry I bought for my wife thirty three years ago. When we first discussed getting married this is what she picked out for the initial ring set and I added earrings and a pendant on a gold chain. Not a spectacular horde but it means something to her that goes beyond extravagance. HMM and thank you for any views, faves and comments.
52 Weeks of 2019
Week 38: Get pushed
Category: Creative
The Brief:
The idea of the 'get pushed' theme is that each member of the group picks another member of the '52 weeks of 2019' group who he or she is going to challenge. Browse through the photo stream of that member and find an area of photography that is hardly present in his/her stream.Then give that member a short assignment in that area for him or her to work on next week (week 38).
Thanks to EricNearDetroit for pushing me to do an industrial abstract!
ODC - Repeating Pattern
Thank you in advance for your views, comments, and faves. They are much appreciated!
Happy mid-weekend, everyone! I have been a bit absent from the Flickrsz the last month or so... I have scampered through sporadically, but yes, catch up time for me again, and I can't wait to see the adventures you have all been sharing! I hope everyone has been happy, well and safe.
Here, I'm dancing the night away with my beautiful, super dear friend, Sparkle, 'cause we are both weird sleep freaks and night owls of the uppermost order! Sparkle so completely lives up to her name too, let me tell you! She shines from the inside out with megawatt light, and I swear she got in line twice when they were doling out beauty, intellect, charisma, mad artistic talent and kindness. You can't know her and not adore her. Love you, Sparkling Sassy Thing!! Oh, and I owe her an extra special thank you for working her artsy magic on my unintentional trademark hair glitches in this and for making our elbows look pretty doggone groovy too ... yep, I said that!
I hope you are all having super happy adventures in real life as well as in your online travels, and I am sending everyone heaps of love! xoxo 💕❤️
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I don't do nudity as a rule, this was a bit of fun as always with Sergio
God knows we do the craziest things together - we will see a pose and before we know it we are finding comedy in it and that is exactly what we did in this pose.
We laugh until we cry and our humour is contagious when we are together, I have never known a man who I can laugh so much with in all my life!
Adore this man and it is not your typical romantic relationship like most in SL.
There is freedom with us, to be who we are and love one another just as we are - warts and all and to not take life so seriously.
We dance, we laugh, and we just enjoy our limited time with one another!
flowers, from the garden, a bit rain-sun- and wind-damaged, doesn't make it less appealing to me because it's not 'perfect'!
Another type of beauty... A personal favourite.
From my garden, a fragrant red Rose, white Hebe, Yellow St John's wort (Hypericum), and some blue campanula flowers... again ala Victoriana...
Have a lovely day and thanks for your comments, M, (*_*)
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But I kinda like it. Not the best pic but a bit of fun :) There were a few people in this fantastic get up and just as we got near them they started walking towards us and I wasn't ready! Oh well, there's always next time!
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