Ring Bling
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This little car was sent to me by a friend. It is a mini of a car she owns in real life and wanted and *mini* image of it :)
I will be out in the morning but will catch up with all of you when I get back.
#macromondays
#smallandsmaller
Some bling in four different sizes for Macro Mondays and "Smaller and smaller". Real diamonds are born under pressure, but these Swarovski rhinestones were born from dust. We are in macro world, after all, which means: magnified dust. After a first rather frustrating round of doing some focus stacking and still finding the diamond-shaped Swarovski crystals, which I had so carefully cleaned with a fresh microfibre cloth beforehand, covered in dust, I had what you might call a sudden "de-dusting" inspiration: wet wipes for glasses. You know, those single-packed wipes that you shouldn't use all too often because they might damage the glasses' coating. And honestly, wet wipes for glasses never work without a good amount of repolishing with a microfibre cloth, because all they ever do is smudge the glasses further. But used on these small and smaller glass stones? It was worth a try, and it kind of worked. I'm not saying that the wet wipes removed every single speck of dust, but the crystals were much cleaner than I'd ever managed to get them with a dry microfibre cloth :)
The different sizes of the crystals are: 1,7/1,4/0,6/0,3 cm (0,6/0,5/0,2/0,1 inches) in diameter. I've placed the crystals on a glossy black tile and illuminated them with a soft photo LED light from above, white light from the left, yellow light from the right, and a handheld flashlight set on "spotlight" handheld from the front. The final image is an in-camera focus stacking JPG which I've further processed in Lightroom (clarity) and Color Efex (filters "Brilliance and Warmth", "Reflector Efex Gold", and "Skylight"). I did some final
de-dusting with the healing and copy brushes in PS.
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
What's pink and round and gold all over?
Pink straws on a gold background.
Macro Mondays: Circles
7 Days With Flickr: Anything goes Mondays
Just a gorgeous sea shell.
Thank you all so very much for your visits, comments, and faves. I appreciate each and every one of you! Gracias. Merci. Danke. Obrigado. Grazie. Go raibh maith agat. Tapadh leat. Gratias tibi.
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Colourful Bling on a bird that is anything but colourful. The Gray Jays are full of personality, I always look forward to seeing them.
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
~happy fence friday~
Macro Mondays - Repair
Image measures less than 2" on the long side.
Happy Macro Monday!
Compositionally Challenged Week 15 - Bokeh
CC Rainbow - Purple
Bracelet
For Macro Monday - Jewelry
One of Di's bracelets photographed on the mirror of a powder compact. The section in frame is 30 mm wide.
Happy Macro Monday!
A tree, some raindrops, some backlight and old leafs.. amazing!
Please: No comment-codes, Group-"Awards" or similar nonsens. If you want to say something, be so kind to use your own words.
#MacroMondays - #Trinkets
This is a little pendant my parents in law bought for my daughter on their trip to turkey.
While many autumn leaves were boldly showing their vibrant colors, this one simply stood out with its autumn bling on the boardwalk after a morning rain. This is for the group "Looking close... on Friday!" and the theme “ Autumn Leaves”
A small happy jump of joy. I was placed 1st for Crowd Favourite and expert commended in a competition run by Photocrowd.com. The subject was Forms in Nature and 1,553 photographers entered 2,013 photos. Not too shabby :o)) Check out the site - it can be a lot of fun.
For Looking close on Friday! Theme : Bling in Jewelry&Accessoiries.
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
This week's assignment for Macro Mondays is "sparkle". Not a problem at all I thought, but it took me three hours to get the picture I wanted. Well, I am not totally satisfied, but it will do. On the right side of the image you see the outside of a grater (which to me seem like small mouths) and on the leftside there are silver beads for the extra bling bling and sparkling theme.
Thank you for your views, faves and comments! Have a wonderful Monday. HMM!
A beautiful dragonfly - unfortunately I couldn't find out exactly what kind of species it is - maybe a four-spotted chaser?
Loved the sparkling water in the backlight.
In such circumstances: As I really don't like comment-codes, I delete them if you posted some. I explain this with more details in my profile. It's the same with invitations to groups which try to force to comment a special number of times or - worse! - use a comment code. I can't post or member these kind of groups because I am not able to do what is wanted there.
My dear friend, I feel honoured and happy that you like this little photo so much, but sadly I can't post it there for the reasons mentioned.