Des moments précieux au lever du soleil

And they all sang in harmony!

Whitethroat taking part in the dawn chorus

5 tiny crafting bells, each less about 0.5cm, lined up and reflected.

Probably not the most attractive of images up on the power lines but it isn't too often I see three Kookaburra's together.

I am sure you know what they sounds like - www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9HqvXy7wkc

and hearing all three joyously calling is a beautiful thing.

A smile for Sunday.

Pondside wintry trees near the Derwent River, NE England

#MacroMondays

#Pins

I knew early on what would be my subject for the "Pins" theme: pins on an old motherboard. For my "Modern Times" style image for the MM theme "cogwheel" back in 2018 (please see the second comment) I'd wanted a circuit board as background, but didn't have one at hand. So I went to a very small computer shop around the corner and asked if they had an old, useless circuit board lying around – they had, and I got it for free. To carry it home, however, was a spiky affair. I'd thought that I'd simply put the mainboard under my arm, but I hadn't been aware that there are so many tiny, super spiky-prickly-sharp pins on a mainboard ;) So in the end I held it – in turns – at the sides (gingerly) or at the ports that would have been at the back of the computer chassis. A lasting memory, as it seems ;)

I've photographed the undersides of a row of connector pins that are plugged onto the edge of the mainboard. Each of them is 1 mm / 0,03 inches long. I've used both extension tubes (10mm/16mm) and the Raynox DCR-250 close-up lens to get as close to the pins as possible. For the yellow/golden light I've used a yellow, semi-translucent cap of a soap bottle that fits so nicely onto the LED lamp's head. I was surprised that the pins looked so soft(-ish), and with the smooth, minimalist bokeh and the background colour (apparently the living room wall, because I hadn't put anything behind the mainboard) the final result reminded me of a corps de ballet or a chorus line. Or of chess pawns, but I prefer the aforementioned idea that these are dancers on an opera stage.

HMM, Everyone! Stay safe and healthy, and have a pleasant week ahead :)

Ich wusste schon frühzeitig (was nicht allzu oft vorkommt), was ich für das aktuelle MM-Thema machen wollte: "Pins" / Steckstifte auf einer alten Hauptplatine. Diese Platine hatte ich mir mal als Hintergrund für mein an "Modern Times" angelehntes Foto für das "Cogwheel"-Thema (September 2018, Ihr findet das Foto im 2. Kommentar) bei einer kleinen Computer-Bude bei mir um die Ecke besorgt. Das Nachhausetragen war dann eine stachelige Angelegenheit, denn ich hatte nicht an die doch sehr vielen, so kleinen wie nadelspitzen Steckstifte / Lötstifte / Verbindungsstifte und das andere spitze Zeugs, mit dem so eine Platine bestückt ist, gedacht. Unter den Arm klemmen war also nicht – und diese "Fasse-die-Platine-dort-an-wo-es-mal-nicht-pikt"-Erfahrung war dann offenbar doch so nachhaltig, dass ich mich gleich daran erinnert habe, als ich las, was das heutige Thema sein würde ;)

Ich habe hier beide Zwischenringe (10mm/16mm) und die Raynox-DCR-250-Makrolinse verwendet, um so nah wie möglich an die Reihe von Verbindungsstiften heranzukommen. Fotografiert habe ich deren Unterseite, mit gelb-goldenem Licht von der Seite, für das ich den halbtransparenten, gelben Schraubverschluss einer Spüliflasche auf den Kopf der LED-Lampe gesteckt habe (er passt wie dafür gemacht). Die Hintergrundfarbe kommt offenbar von der Wohnzimmerwand, da ich nichts hinter die Platine gestellt hatte. Das Resultat sieht überraschend luftig-leicht (für Technik) aus, finde ich. Die "Hütchen" erinnern mich durchaus ein wenig an Bauern auf einem Schachbrett, noch viel mehr erinnern sie mich aber an ein Corps de Ballet.

Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Sommerwoche, liebe Flickr-Freunde. Und auch wenn die Inzidenzwerte momentan niedrig sind: Passt gut auf Euch auf!

Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Hotel lobby

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Kreative People group 'Treat This' 47

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Thanks to love-tt-shoot for the source images which you can see in the first comment box below or here:

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The forest floor an abundance of fresh growth,these ferns are taking centre stage and appear to be in dancing in unison on a carpet of dried and new leaves,against a backdrop of bluebells.

A close up view of the abandoned rail bridge crossing the Fox River in Carpentersville, Illinois. The bridge was built in 1879.

Last of the summer.

Black-eyed Susans are the state flower of Maryland, the official flower of the Preakness Stakes horse race, an Australian rock band, a restaurant in Nantucket, a vodka drink, a song.....

In questo periodo (o forse sono sempre così...) salto da un soggetto all'altro :)

In this period (or my be is my nature) I'm jumping from a subject to another.....

Explore #49 - 14 Gennaio 2009

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Featuring c*C*c, Schadenfreude, and Silvery K @ BAROQUED Orientilika.

Dawn Chorus

Common Yellowthroat at Bombay Hook NWR.

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Morning Chorus at Bombay Hook, NWR.

Tiny Marsh Wrens are among the loudest in claiming their territories, but also difficult to capture in the open

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There are golden nuggets of light in their silent song...

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The frog chorus was in full voice in the ponds in the Physic garden at Buckfast Abbey this morning.

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev

They all have their mouths wide open, singing their hearts out. Or maybe it's just me.

Oh, Phaedra! Why did you verbalize your forbidden passion? Do not hear the whispering audience who judges you each night. Remember: Your word is your treasure.

Behind me, the frogs were so loud I couldn't really hear the Union Pacific's train of reefers heading for storage in Fort Atkinson, until it was quite close. After the train had passed, the spring peepers slowly started up their music from the standing water behind me again until they were in full vocal form...what a beautiful chorus it was.

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Watertown, WI.

Easter Sunday 2021

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By Wagner from The flying Dutchman - The Sailors' Chorus

For the music lovers, listen here: youtu.be/fztb-TipoH0

Flamboyant red tulips, swaying in togetherness singing their hearts out... Dutchman... tulips???

OOOHH my imagination is running riot again, under the influence of music?

I wish you all a very good day and thank for all your kind words, time, comments and likes. Very much appreciated.

M, (*_*)

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i believe a steady, calm chorus of compassion can outlast incoherent shouts of ignorance. the chorus is where we find peace and wisdom, and we just keep singing.

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You're beautiful, that's for sure

You'll never ever fade

You're lovely, but it's not for sure

That I won't ever change

And though my love is rare

Though my love is true

[Chorus]

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

All I need for you to know is

Your faith in me brings me to tears (oh)

Even after all these years

And it pains me so much to tell

That you don't know me that well

And though my love is rare

Though my love is true

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

It's not that I wanna say goodbye

It's just that every time you try

To tell me that you love me (oh, oh)

Each and every single day

I know I'm gonna have to eventually

Give you away

And though my love is rare

And though my love is true, yeah

Hey, I'm just scared

That we may fall through

Yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm like a bird (I'm like a bird)

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

(I don't know where my soul is)

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

(I don't know where my home is, oh)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

(I don't know where my soul is)

(I don't know where my home is)

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

~Nelly Furtado

Song: I'm Like a Bird

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vHH2pOzuMA

Polished wooden chairs stacked on top of black painted wooden chairs at the Holland Street Market Shed during the week when everyting is packed up out of the way for when it operates as a carpark.

The sun over the Reculver ruins, captured from below the ancient site.

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Froglet hunting by the pond.

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