Hvidbjerg Strand in March, Danish West Coast, Jylland, Denmark

Japanese Anemone / Herbst-Anemone (Anemone japonica)

and Red Cactus Dahlia / Dahlie

in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend

Taken with Zeiss Tessar 50mm 2.8

...we can open a Soul....

...closing a mouth...

...we can open our Mind...

Tulip blooms taken at this year's

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Carlton Gardens, Melbourne.

An oldie but goodie..Close To You by Carpenters...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFx-5PGLgb4

Many thanks for your visit, comments, invites and faves...it is always appreciated.

Peaceful Bokeh Wednesday

Close , inside a tulip

Small cactus flowers taken at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens cacti collection.

Hope you like listening to Karen Carpenter singing " Close To You"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU

Many thanks for your visits, comments, invites and faves...it is always appreciated..

Happy Sunday

Thanks for stopping by my gallery. I’m very pleased and really appreciate each and every view of my photo, comments, invitations and awards

Brandon Goforth

for "Looking close... on Friday!"

Theme : "Bubbles" - January 21, 2022

View of the beach Kalo Chorafi close to Bali in north Crete

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I like macro photography because it is so simple, and it is easy to find. We don’t need to travel miles to find a small subject. Only I need a 35mm macro lens which should be one on one, so I can get closer to subject and still can focus. I have three macro lenses. Tokina 100mm without image stabilization, Sigma 105mm with images stabilization, and 35mm Zeiss less. I like Zeiss because of light weight and Sigma because of image stabilization, and Tokina because of picture quality.

Close-up of a glacier, the colors in the photo are true to what it was in real life.

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first light beyond the himalayas in chopta at chandrashilla peak

Macro Mondays 21/05/18 theme Ready For The Day

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgJFqVvb2Ws

Ain't going backwards, won't ask for space

Cause space was just a word made up by someone who's afraid to get too......CLOSE

Thanks for stopping by in my gallery. I’m very pleased and really appreciate each and every view of my photo, comments, invitations and awards

Time for new adventures!

Aoi-ike will close this Saturday, January 28th.

Thank you all for your visits, your photos, your videos, the nice words ♥

TP to Aoi-ike

as I took a closer shot it took off the colours ...

by fixing in a different angle I could get this image.

thanks for every one for views, faves, and comments.

Hearts of Gold Enfield.

Slightly chewed petal courtesy of a snail.

Cascading orchid.

Have a good one

This is a re-edit of one I posted last spring.

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When I lay, with you

I could stay there, close my eyes

Feel you here forever

You and me together, nothing gets better

Looking Close... on Friday: Tip

On tonight's episode of "Cats Are Perfect": the ear! This delicate, soft little ear possesses 32 muscles (we poor humans only have 6) and allows cats to keep their balance, move their ears 180°, and of course hear 5 times better than us. It never ceases to amaze me how these little killing machines with superfeline powers can be so graceful, elegant, beautiful... and so, so cute! (Incidentally, the cuteness is... not incidental. They share baby-like features with lots of baby animals, which makes us subconsciously attracted to them. But these devious little monsters have also managed to tune their purring to a human baby's cries, triggering our instinct to protect, help... and smooch. We are being totally manipulated. And we love that.)

One corner of a triangular building

Looking Close... on Friday: Rust

The church of Collioure is undergoing renovations and is encased in an "ugly cage", as my teddy bear Spencer and his bear friends call it. But it is still beautiful!

This close up photo of a Greater Flamingo shows the head and beak in a little more detail than my landscape images of them.

Greater flamingos have a unique beak that makes the diet different from many other species. They have a shallow spine that helps them filter the bait. They also have a filtration and pumping system in the beak, making it the most advanced bird filter feeder.

This photo was taken outside Arles in the south of France.

-Phoenicopterus roseus

“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” – Robert Frank

Thanks everyone for your amazing support! :-) Have a wonderful day my friends!

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What once was close, now seems far.

Our landscape is dotted with spaces for birds. For those who stay, for those who stop and fly away.

Lakes, rivers and ponds, weave between the crops, fields, houses, businesses and malls.

Prime land for those who delight our lives with colour, flight and call.

I often wonder around the lake with my daughter. It is full of life and now, with leaves that fall.

In the time I had to lie in bed and rest, friends have been to ICU, two came home, one was laid to rest. RIP my friend.

Yet, I am still here to see the season change, to be with the people I love and savour the day. So I count myself blessed to still be here to share with you all, before it's time to rest.

Thanks to everyone for the love and support :-)

A closer view across the rocks at Jaggers Beach, Cuttagee near Bermagui on the Far South Coast of NSW.

A small fabric pouch that I have. It used to hold some drum keys but not any longer.

Happy Macro Mondays

Marvel of Peru or belle de nuit flowers open in the late afternoon and close early the following morning. As the flowers close the stamens and the style fold back into the centre of the flower

Close up look of fungus

Looking Close... on Friday: Eraser

(Not *my* work in progress, by the way. But a very cute work in progress. Oh, and of course I didn't erase the cat's paw, it hadn't been drawn yet. I would never do that to a poor kitty.)

.. to the weekend 😎☀️

ladybird on lavender, up close... 😃 TGIF!

Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro

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Close up of a tow rope.

Sunset

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