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MM contribution for 25/3/18, theme: "Hot or Cold"
Again I'm not a massive fan of themes with such a large scope as I find them difficult to narrow down. In fact talking to my partner about what I was doing she came with with about another 20 suggestions!!
What this did give me though was the opportunity to try out quite a few things. I fell foul of living at both ends of the country again because my zippo isn't 'here'!
So to catch a match just as it catches. Easy (really???). And I didn't even get through a whole box! Apparently they burn at around 800c - I think that qualifies as hot?!. And have a light temp of around 1500K which leads on to...
...strobist bit: 1 SB900 set to manual at 1/20, positioned to the left and firing toward the background. Using dark amber gel with WB set to tungston.
A simple contribution for this theme; a single pin (singles were seen in the sample gallery) lying flat on a white piece of card in the shadow of a plastic "crystal" bottle stopper purchased from a charity shop for this very purpose. This is a crop of about a quarter of the frame.
Taken handheld(!) in bright sunshine with the Helios 44M on about 5cm of extension tubes at f/8. In post -processing, I've added a blue colour to the shadow with some complementary orange to the pinhead. I've then brightened the central (horizontal) band of the image to keep the eye on the pinhead and not drift upwards.
Hello there Everyone!
My contribution for Happy Sliders Sunday! This is a Morning Glory that already had a bit of natural glow. I thought it would be cool to enhance the glow by using Topaz Studio. I also wanted to explore duo-tone with the blue and green combo. HSS!
Happy Sliders Sunday!
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Contribution to MM challenge 6/3/20, theme needles and pins
Thought this might be easy having done pretty much the same thing before for the eyes theme way back when. However the realisation that all the sewing kit is still in London...
This became a technical exercise in capturing something as a 1:1 image that can actually be seen so in come the extension tubes! Basically I couldn't see the hole in the needle even with glasses on!
One note on the image - it isn't actually monochrome!!
contribution to MM challenge 8/6/20, theme "OnACoin"
Don't even know what the flowers are - they grow wild all over the place (like weeds!!!) but 3 of them fit easily on to a pound coin. Well I say easily - they are a pain to get to sit where I want them...
contribution to Macro Mondays group for 26/06/17 the theme being "Broken"
I'm away for a few days so may not see many contributions so HMM to one and all!!
I found this challenge hard, not because I couldn't think what to do but because the choice was too big and I think I've ended up being a bit cliche.
poss contribution (#1) to MM challenge for 27/4/20, theme: Windowsill
something green after last week's yellow - I know there is no logical progression there but...
one of the pitiful herbs (rosemary, just in case!) that "grow" on my kitchen windowsill. The background ins't really real it's a piece of felt put in front of the window to block out the mess of the outside and to soften the light coming in
Macro Mondays contribution for 24 October 2016:
Swarowski Crystal Pig. The title means something in that "he" managed to get from his home and under my feet - quite a drop! As I needed to capture a back lit subject he became the obvious choice!
Lighting is all natural which meant I didn't have much time to get a half decent shot. Now I get an idea of what landscape photographers have to deal with.
This is my contribution to this weeks Macro Monday theme of Rock;
I collected these small rocks/ pebbles/stones from a beach on the Isle of Lewis and Harris and kept them for their colours and textures. I like them and I hope you do too! HMM
Contribution to MM challenge for 1/4/19, theme "April Fools"
This is something that amazed me since I first started looking at photography (though my ability isn't reflected in how long ago that was!) There always seemed to be a picture of an apple on fire and it's taken me this long to get round to trying it for myself. After all, how hard can it be in these days of digital compared to all those attempts with film.
Well..... Not as easy as I thought it would be. It took ages to find the right method to get the apple to actually catch light. I tried everything from lighter fluid to paraffin stopping short of petrol. Then there was the time I had to soak the stalk(?) to get it to hold the flame. But perseverance got me there in the end late last night. Bonus was the starry sky outside but the breeze made things tricky too.
Anyway I hope you all have a lovely day. I hear there's a Brexit deal all sorted out and signed by all parties and EU nations.
MM contribution 18/3/19, theme something to do with the first letter of my surname!!
Well this does indeed begin with the first letter of my surname. It then goes on to use the second, third and fourth letters of my surname in order. Then it stops.
Some flash usage here again but not interesting as it was all trial and error!!
Among rapid cybernetic hybridization, a thing of beauty flourishes above the metallic earth.
This is my small contribution to New Hashima at Brickworld 2023. I wanted to add an element of nature to the cyberpunk environment. I chose to build a wisteria tree, one that resembles a carpet of flowers when looking up.
This is my contribution to Macro Mondays Look Up
And when I look up I of course lay down first
It's a pretty cool 'challenge' because you get to see it all in a different perspective than you normally do
Which is the story of my life lol
I think you can change things by doing just that
It is easier to observe things when you use a different perspective, putting on your objective glasses and look at what you are doing with your life, no judging
So
There I lay all down on the tiny spot where there is no snow, all by the house
Look UP
says Macro Mondays
And there they are
Small angel wings waving in the wind - making it a bit difficult to take a macro of course
I believe in many things, I love light and what that stands for and I know there are angels on earth
By having this belief I look for signs
If I had beliefs which was on the opposite side, the dark side, I would have looked for signs for my belief then too
That is why it can be difficult to get out of a pattern, we are being reassured that things are the way we think, like they are in our belief, because we have it around us in our sphere, social media, which groups do we follow, what news we want to be fed by.
Not to mention the people we are surrounded by - well we choose them for a certain reason, they match us somehow, until they don't.
I guess we feel safe having this common belief, either it has a light side or a dark side.
Fear is, I think, a foundation deep in us from the ancient days when we were hunting or being hunted at
Fear of
Not having enough food
Not having sufficient clothings
Not having roof over your head
Not having a job
Not having enough money
Not being cool enough
Not being good enough
Not having the body you see in the ads
Not having the hair you want
Not being socially accepted
Not doing your job good enough
Not being the best friend
Not being the best parent ever
aso
The ones that control us by using our fears knows exactly what they are doing
Of course they do, they see it work every time
Be aware of the manipulative people you have around you and stop them by withdrawing, no need to take a fight with them, they will never understand
Being aware of what sides of you they manipulate will indeed make you grow, then you can do something about that, you have a choice to get out of the pattern
Choose your people
They influence you more then you can imagine
Have a lovely week
I know my week will be awesome, of course it will, because I want it to
My contribution to the Macro Mondays Group Challenge for 3 Octoberr 2016 - "In a Row"
I origianlly went looking for 2 people arguing but realised that wasn't what this was about!
My contribution to “Looking Close… on Friday!” on theme “Red on white background”
This mini chair is only about 12 cm high and a mini model from Edsbyverken in Hälsingland, Sweden which produced this type of chair in a large size for people to sit on. In 1910, Edsbyverken began manufacturing skis and from the waste wood they made about 5 million chairs until 1970 when production ceased.
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Mitt bidrag till ”Looking Close… on Friday!” på temat ”Rött mot vit bakgrund”
Den här ministolen är bara ca 12 cm hög och en minimodell från Edsbyverken i Hälsingland som producerat den här sortens stolar i stor storlek för människor att sitta på. 1910 började Edsbyverken tillverka skidor och av spillvirket tillverkade de ca 5 miljoner pinnstolar fram till 1970 då tillverkningen lades ner.
My contribution to ”Smile on Saturday! :-)” on theme ”Display the D” D as in Dome. The Dome is called ”The Refuging Pavillion” and is a part of Rejmyre Art Lab´s Center for Peripheral Studies.
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Mitt bidrag till ”Smile on Saturday! :-) på temat ”Display the D/Visa D:et” Kupolen heter ”Tillflyktspaviljongen” och är en del av Rejmyre Art Labs center för perifera studier. (Dome is kupol in Swedish)
My contribution for this week's theme "morning", for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Torsdagmorgon. Det var nästan lite Jack the Ripper-känsla när man gick från Slussen ner över Skeppsbron och vidare till Blasieholmen. Tyckte mig höra en mistlur ljuda, men det var bara en kråka som intagit kalufsen på Gustav III, och gällt skrek ut sin herre på täppan-seger. Passade bra att du intog huvudstaden just den här veckan när det stod "morgon" på tema-schemat. Tack, Dimman, tack.
contribution to Macro Mondays theme for 5/6/17 - "silhouette"
This isn't truly a backlit silhouette. Basically it's a VERY underexposed plant with a made up background shot in camera using flashes and foil. There, my secret's out.
Note that despite appearances this isn't a flower, it's some kind of succulent that lives in our bathroom. The shoot is new growth and the entirety of what is shown here measures about an inch!
More flash info: 2x Nikon SB-R200 units, one with green and one with amber gel. set behind subject firing onto foil covered board. both set to manual and 1/50 controlled by camera built in commander. rear curtain sync.
Beauty is a light in the heart ^_^
please zoom in or press L to enjoy the details
Yellow Hibiscus (Malvaceae) flower with raindrops, India,
My contribution to this weeks theme atmospheric @ Fotosöndag
Historical atmosphere at The Garden Society of Gothenburg (Trädgårdsföreningen). This city park is one of the best-preserved 19th century (1800-1899) parks in Europe. The photo shows The Director's Villa
June 10, 2021
Gothenburg, Sweden
A contribution to the Paris climate agreement.
I think, if nothing changes or things get worse, many will pay a high price.
An vision,
made with stable diffusion,topaz and photoshop.
My contribution to the May/June 2016 issue of the LTD Magazine
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A very unusual (for me) MM contribution in quite a few ways, because it is a photo that I have neither taken at home nor specifically for the "dutch angle" theme – this fluffy feather was a chance discovery at last Wednesday's (fabuloutastic, I should add) photowalk at the Olympic stadium; I didn't even think about the theme when I found this pretty feather in a corner of a step of one of the many, many staircases there. And of course this isn't the photo from that walk that I'd planned to upload first, either ;-). But often things don't turn out as expected (something which happens a lot lately when it comes to MMs), and that's not always a bad thing.
This small feather, about 6 cm / 2,3 inches long, came to my rescue when my original idea didn't work out – which every way I tried to make it work (it was a small spoke reflector which I'd once found in the street; the idea was to capture its distorted reflection which made it look like a flowing piece of honeycomb, something that came to my mind because of the reflector's honeycombed structure; well, to make it short, I never managed to get the distorted reflection sharp enough so it would be pleasant to look at; maybe I can still make it work later... I also tried to magnify those honecomb patterns inside of the reflector by using the extension tubes and the Raynox DCR-250 close-up lens – but, no, it wasn't meant to work).
But back to my "Olympic feather": Most conveniently, I had already taken it at a dutch angle (Mr Freud, can you hear me?). It is a single handheld picture taken with the Ricoh (the GRIII rocks!) which I've sharpened in Topaz Sharpen AI, and then further processed it in Nik's HDR Efex Pro – I started with the "En Vogue" preset "Cool Deep" which I'd then still tweaked a little here or there. And because the staircase I'd found this feather on had been in a shadowy corner of the stadium (and the feather in an even more shadowy corner of the step), the DNG outcome was rather dull; to add some much needed light I went into ON1 where I added a "Sunflare" texture filter to the upper left corner of the image; back in LR I added the preset "Soft Fog" and tweaked the luminosity and saturation sliders for a dreamy look.
HMM, Everyone, stay safe and healthy!
Nicht das, was ich eigentlich für's Thema machen wollte, aber das passiert mir in letzter Zeit häufiger ;-) Meine ursprüngliche Idee war es, die verzerrte Spiegelung eines kleinen Speichenreflektors (ein Straßenfund) auf einer Spiegelfliese zu fotografieren; die Verzerrung ließ den Reflektor wie ein fließendes Stück Honigwabe aussehen, was auch schön mit der wabenartigen Struktur des Reflektors korrespondierte – nur wollte es mir partout nicht gelingen, der Verzerrung zumindest ein wenig Schärfe abzuringen. Ich habe dann versucht, die Wabenstruktur im Innern des Reflektors mithilfe der Zwischenringe und der Raynox-DCR-250-Makrolinse zu vergrößern, aber auch hier hatten die Endergebnisse zu wenig Schärfe.
Irgendwann, es war schon ziemlich später Abend (wie immer), gab ich frustriert auf. Zum Glück fiel mir dann die flauschige Feder ein, die ich letzte Woche zufällig auf einer der unzähligen Stufen des Olympiastadions entdeckt und aus der Hand mit der GRIII fotografiert hatte. Die Größe (gut 6 cm) passte, den Winkel hatte ich bei der Aufnahme (unbewusst? Freud lässt grüßen, denn vor Ort hatte ich überhaupt nicht an das Dutch-Angle-Thema gedacht) auch schon passend schräg gewählt... Warum also nicht, auch wenn diese Feder nicht das Foto ist, das ich als Erstes vom (außerordentlich schönen) Fotowalk dort hochladen wollte. Ich habe das Bild dann in Topaz Sharpen AI nachgeschärft (Modus "Stabilize") und in HDR Efex ausgehend von der Voreinstellung "En Vogue: Cool Deep" bearbeitet. Was dann noch fehlte, war etwas mehr Licht bzw. Leuchten, denn die Feder hatte auf einer der Treppen auf der Schattenseite des Olympiastadions gelegen und das DNG war recht flau und trüb. Also habe ich in ON1 noch eine "Sunflare"-Textur drübergelegt und in LR die Weißtöne aufgehellt und als Abschluss noch die Voreinstellung "Weicher Nebel" (mit zusätzlichen Veränderungen meinerseits bei der Struktur, Luminanz und Sättigung) für ein weicheres, verträumtes Aussehen verwendet.
Manchmal kommt es eben anders, als man denkt, aber das muss ja nichts Schlechtes sein ;-) Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, passt weiterhin gut auf Euch auf!
Our contribution of the January round of Memento Mori: The HR Giger inspired "Silent Scream Loveseat".
The Chair has 6 Landimpact and the dimensions: 2.0 x 1.6 x 1.5 meters. The Loveseat comes in PG Version (10 Single- and 10 Couple Animations) as well as Adult Version (10 Single, 10 couple and 16 Adult Animations).
Memento Mori openes January 15th 2017 and runs 4 weeks.
SURL to Memento Mori: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Infernal%20Land/185/122/2017
Website: mementomorievent.wordpress.com/
My contribution to today's theme of Flickr Colors in Mosaic Montage Monday references my passion for flower photography and my love of sharing it here on Flickr.
my thanks for all your visits, comments, and faves
Happy New Week!
My contribution to this weeks Fotosöndag/Photo Sunday on the theme Kaskac/cascade. On saturday the city of Trelleborg celebrated beacause we finally got Pågatåg/passenger train to the City.
Our contribution for the Boho-Round of THE CHALLENGE: The Boho Bamboo Chair. It has 4 LI and holds 13 single sitting animations. The Pillow has a texture Changer for 6 different styles/Patterns. The Challenge starts 31st July 0:00 SLT and is a mainstore Event.
SURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wooden%20Bay/36/124/23
Webpage: thechallengesl.wordpress.com/
contribution to MM challenge for 19/2/18: Fasteners.
I'd never photographed a zipper but had seen many pictures of them that really impressed me so I set out to have a go. This is the result! I became more obsessed with the button then with encapsulating 2 fasteners in the same image.
It was really hard to keep still while I took this.
My contribution for #panamemdawarenessweek
Three PAR EMD GP40's put on a show of smoke and sound as they lead RUPO through Greene, Maine. While no doubt some of this was done especially for the camera it still is a sign of how tired and undermaintained these old geeps are. One has to wonder how the more maintenance intensive GE's will fare.
My contribution to "F" Unit Friday is a pair of MLW FPA-4's of the Grand Canyon RR seen here at the canyon on 3/25/1999. Doing what they had done for CN & Via haling passengers.
This is Jenny's contribution from the beautiful sky on the morning we left Coonabarabran, New South Wales for the coast. It was a fabulous sunrise, taken on her phone but as per the old saying, it did herald a change in weather as a cold wet front swept in from the west. I didn't take a shot here but stopped down the road a bit for an attempted slightly different view. We were in the middle of nowhere of course and the spot I pulled over in had a bikie (motor bike rider) sleeping beside his bike in the roadside grass (not happy Jan), the colour dropped out of the scene in less than the ninety seconds we took to reposition - of course and lastly, my shot managed to have a set of powerlines through the most colourful part. Portent indeed, the trash bin for that shot.
Thankfully, although this was our longest drive of the trip, some 500 kilometres it was mostly on quiet country highways and some easy freeways leading towards Newcastle and the Central Coast. And one other blessing, we rarely leave quite this early to avoid kangaroos and the like but we saw none that day and little roadkill and in fact, while we have seen two mobs of emus, luckily so far, no incursions nor sightings of live kangaroos. Our wide brown land without a sighting of a kangaroo! Sometimes it happens that way.
By the way, if you look closely at this country scene, it is why we love our driving holidays in Australia, there is nothing quite like the sight, sound and smell of early mornings on country roads in our great country. I haven't really started my shots from the trip yet and will probably wait until we get home. It will give me something to do and keep me out of mischief!
Here is my little contribution to this very cool event. I'll probably make a processed version in the following days. But I don't have time now, I have to go to work, and it's going to be ... hard.
Have a nice day moonrisers, don't fall asleep or you'll dream of the red moon !
contribution to MM challenge for 14/10/19, theme: "wire"
strangely difficult to find a piece of electrical wire without buying a a whole reel from B&Q!
wasn't my first choice and seeing some of today's contributions it shows how narrow minded I was about this challenge, and what I could have done...
Just one note about this image - the background is part of the image and was created in camera, rather than in post prod.
Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.
Laini Taylor
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations. When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world. Confucius
Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Teresa
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
Aristotle
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
Marianne Williamson
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe, and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
This is my contribution to the Smile on Saturday Group. The theme is: beads. Since I just bought a box of letter beads, I decided to use them for this awesome theme!
HSoS to all participants!
Thank you so much for your comments /favs and support! I’m humbled and grateful!!! I wish you all an amazing day and see you soon on Flickr!!
Our contribution for the January Round of THE CHALLENGE. With the chosen theme „Farm“ we crafted these „Little Farm Beds“. Each Bed is 0.7 x 1.9 meters in dimensions. In the package are: Empty Bed (LI 1 / 0.2 meters height), Carrots Bed (LI 1 / 0.4 meters height), Savoy Cobbage Bed (LI 4 / 0.4 meters height), Salad Bed (LI 2 / 0.3 meters height and the Beetroot Bed (LI 2 / 0.6 meters height).
The Little Farm Beds will be availabe 31st January at 22769 ~ [bauwerk].
My contribution to the March 2019 12.12 project. Our theme was "Renaissance," which I chose to interpret as meaning rebirth.
It's quite apropos for me at this point, as I am in countdown mode toward a major surgery (total abdominal hysterectomy), which will take place in a little over a week. Despite my fears, I am choosing to focus on this procedure as being a sort of rebirth, one that will, after all the healing is done, leave me feeling lighter in spirit and a whole lot healthier. And so, this image is my prayer for health, healing, and a new start.