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At the zenith of the central (Main) dome, in a medallion with a diameter of 4.1 m, there is a monumental mosaic image of the half-figure of Christ the Almighty (Christ the Pantocrator). Christ is in a purple chiton and a blue cloak. The medallion is surrounded by nine multi-colored circles resembling a rainbow. Around Christ the Almighty - four archangels, of which only one (in a blue outfit) is mosaic, and the others were painted in oil by M. A. Vrubel in 1884.
The aisles between the windows of the dome drum, through which light pours into the interior, depict the 12 apostles. The gospel in the hands of the apostles means that they enlighten the nations with the word of divine truth. The height of each figure is 3.5 meters.
Under the dome on spherical triangles (sails) there are four evangelists - John, Matthew, Mark and Luke, depicted in the Gospels. Evangelicals were seen as pillars of evangelical teaching, so their images are depicted above the pillars that support the dome.
В зените центрального (Главного) купола, в медальоне диаметром 4,1 м, монументальное мозаичное изображение полуфигуры Христа-Вседержителя (Христос-Пантократор). Христос - в пурпурном хитоне и голубом плаще. Медальон обведен девятью разноцветными кругами, напоминающими радугу. Вокруг Христа-Вседержителя - четыре архангела, из которых только один (в голубом наряде) - мозаичный, а другие в 1884 году нарисовал маслом М. А. Врубель.
У простінках між вікнами барабана купола, через які ллється світло в інтер’єр, зображено 12 апостолів. Євангеліє в руках апостолів означає просвітлення ними народів словом Божественної істини. Висота кожної постаті 3,5 метри.
Під куполом на сферичних трикутниках (парусах) фігурують чотири євангелісти - Іоанн, Матфей, Марк і Лука, зображені за написанням Євангелій. Євангелісти сприймалися як стовпи євангельського вчення, тому їх образи зображені над стовпами, що підтримують купол.
A little ceramic pottery (diameter about 4 cm) and two delicious small pieces of nectarine made my "delicate pottery"
Water with green food colouring in a bottle laid down.
HMM!
Macro Mondays: Liquid
Diameter of bottle bottom is 3/4 inch (1.905cm).
Blossom diameter ~2.5 cm, size of the little wild bee 6-7 mm
Lens: Sigma 105 mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro 1:1
Kloster St. Blasien, St. Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland.
La abadía de San Blas (en alemán: Kloster St. Blasien) fue una antigua abadía benedictina del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico fundada al final del siglo X en la Selva Negra, junto a la localidad de St. Blasien (hoy perteneciente al estado federado de Baden-Wurtemberg, Alemania). La abadía fue disuelta en el curso de la secularización de 1806, siendo utilizados sus edificios como una de las primeras fábricas mecanizadas en Alemania. Desde 1934, los edificios que se conservaban fueron destinados a una universidad de los jesuitas, el Kolleg St. Blasien.
La abadía tuvo temporalmente el estatus de abadía imperial, de 1125 a 1250. El príncipe-abad (Fürstabt) de San Blas ostentó desde 1609 nuevamente el estatus principesco (Reichsfürst) no por la abadía en sí, sino porque la abadía había adquirido el condado de Bonndorf que llevaba consigo el estatus principesco.
La iglesia de la abadía se quemó en 1768 y fue reconstruida como un templo circular de estilo neoclásico diseñado por el arquitecto Pierre Michel d'Ixnard, con una enorme cúpula de 36 metros de diámetro y 63 metros de alto (la tercera más grande de Europa al norte de los Alpes), a partir del año 1781 bajo el mandato del Príncipe-Abad Martin Gerbert. Recibió el nombre de Dom St. Blasius, siendo también conocida como "Catedral de San Blas" (así llamada por su gran tamaño y magnificencia, no por ser una catedral en sentido eclesiástico o administrativo). Fue consagrada en 1784.
Los efectos de otro incendio catastrófico en 1874 fueron finalmente remediados en la década de 1980.
St. Blaise's Abbey (German: Kloster St. Blasien) was a former Benedictine abbey of the Holy Roman Empire founded in the late 10th century in the Black Forest near the town of St. Blasien (today in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany). The abbey was dissolved during the secularisation of 1806, and its buildings were used as one of the first mechanised factories in Germany. From 1934, the surviving buildings were used as a Jesuit university, the Kolleg St. Blasien.
The abbey temporarily had the status of an imperial abbey from 1125 to 1250. The prince-abbot (Fürstabt) of St. Blaise held princely status (Reichsfürst) again from 1609, not because of the abbey itself, but because the abbey had acquired the county of Bonndorf, which carried with it princely status.
The abbey church burned down in 1768 and was rebuilt as a circular neoclassical church designed by the architect Pierre Michel d'Ixnard with a huge dome measuring 36 metres in diameter and 63 metres high (the third largest in Europe north of the Alps) from 1781 under Prince-Abbot Martin Gerbert. It was named Dom St. Blasius, and is also known as "St. Blaise's Cathedral" (so called because of its great size and magnificence, not because it is a cathedral in the ecclesiastical or administrative sense). It was consecrated in 1784.
The effects of another catastrophic fire in 1874 were finally remedied in the 1980s.
- many moons ago, this tiny brooch (3 cm diameter) silver with a moonstone, was a gift to me from two new friends in my first workplace
- years later, I gifted it to Clare, who was often making and giving me silver jewellery
- and now, of course, it has come back to me
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Frauenkirche, construida entre 1726 y 1743 con piedra arenisca de Sajonia en estilo barroco por el arquitecto George Bähr, fue reducida a escombros en 1945 tras los bombardeos aéreos de la guerra mundial y reconstruida entre 1993 y 2005 por el arquitecto Eberhard Burger, con la contribución de donantes de todos los países del mundo. Su cúpula, con un diámetro exterior de 26,15 metros, tiene una altura de 91,23 metros, superior a la de sus cuatro torres.
Es uno de los principales monumentos de estilo barroco en Europa.
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Our Lady in Dresden.
Frauenkirche, built between 1726 and 1743 in Saxon sandstone in the Baroque style by the architect George Bähr, it was reduced to rubble in 1945 after the air raids of the World War and rebuilt between 1993 and 2005 by the architect Eberhard Burger, with the contribution of donors from all countries of the world. Its dome, with an external diameter of 26.15 metres, is 91.23 metres high, higher than its four towers.
It is one of the main monuments of Baroque style in Europe.
Dresde. Sajonia. Alemania.
The large (up to 2.5 metres in diameter) sandstone boulders at Red Rock Coulee are concretions - formed undersea, in this case the shallow "Bearpaw Sea" that covered much of the North American interior when the dinosaurs still roamed. Eighty million years old, give or take, they now sit on the Alberta prairie like gigantic, misshapen cow pies.
I wondered what I could do with a fish eye lens here, so when the sun emerged from a cloud bank very late in the evening, I got out the Rokinon 8mm. Keeping the camera level produces a straight horizon; any tilt and there is a pronounced curve. The limitation lies in its extraordinary 180° field of view: if I shifted to the right, the sun would be in my frame; to the left and I have to deal with my own shadow. And the photo op turned out to be brief; I had time for half a dozen shots and then the light faded.
Photographed at Red Rock Coulee Natural Area, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
The 250 foot diameter Lovell radio telescope. Located at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, England. Constructed 65 years ago. Still an active astronomical instrument. The big steerable paraboloidal dish weighs 1500 tonnes and (for camera enthusiasts!) is f/0.3.
Control Room: www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51935580823/in/dateposted/
Bearing:
www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51939874049/in/photostream/
Vintage image from a Kodachrome II slide.
One of the six 14-ft. diameter wheels (or sheaves) that pull the cable haulage for San Francisco's three cable car lines spin non-stop at the cable car powerhouse and museum in the historic Nob Hill neighborhood.
This shows the beautiful 24 mm diameter metal lens cap for my tiny but mighty Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 30 mm F 3.5 (Here's an album with some samples: flickr.com/photos/simple_joy/albums/72177720298217776).
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Made of metal".
HSS!
Shot with a Nikon "LS-3510AF 50 mm F 3.5" (scanner) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Kloster St. Blasien, St. Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland.
La abadía de San Blas (en alemán: Kloster St. Blasien) fue una antigua abadía benedictina del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico fundada al final del siglo X en la Selva Negra, junto a la localidad de St. Blasien (hoy perteneciente al estado federado de Baden-Wurtemberg, Alemania). La abadía fue disuelta en el curso de la secularización de 1806, siendo utilizados sus edificios como una de las primeras fábricas mecanizadas en Alemania. Desde 1934, los edificios que se conservaban fueron destinados a una universidad de los jesuitas, el Kolleg St. Blasien.
La abadía tuvo temporalmente el estatus de abadía imperial, de 1125 a 1250. El príncipe-abad (Fürstabt) de San Blas ostentó desde 1609 nuevamente el estatus principesco (Reichsfürst) no por la abadía en sí, sino porque la abadía había adquirido el condado de Bonndorf que llevaba consigo el estatus principesco.
La iglesia de la abadía se quemó en 1768 y fue reconstruida como un templo circular de estilo neoclásico diseñado por el arquitecto Pierre Michel d'Ixnard, con una enorme cúpula de 36 metros de diámetro y 63 metros de alto (la tercera más grande de Europa al norte de los Alpes), a partir del año 1781 bajo el mandato del Príncipe-Abad Martin Gerbert. Recibió el nombre de Dom St. Blasius, siendo también conocida como "Catedral de San Blas" (así llamada por su gran tamaño y magnificencia, no por ser una catedral en sentido eclesiástico o administrativo). Fue consagrada en 1784.
Los efectos de otro incendio catastrófico en 1874 fueron finalmente remediados en la década de 1980.
St. Blaise's Abbey (German: Kloster St. Blasien) was a former Benedictine abbey of the Holy Roman Empire founded in the late 10th century in the Black Forest near the town of St. Blasien (today in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany). The abbey was dissolved during the secularisation of 1806, and its buildings were used as one of the first mechanised factories in Germany. From 1934, the surviving buildings were used as a Jesuit university, the Kolleg St. Blasien.
The abbey temporarily had the status of an imperial abbey from 1125 to 1250. The prince-abbot (Fürstabt) of St. Blaise held princely status (Reichsfürst) again from 1609, not because of the abbey itself, but because the abbey had acquired the county of Bonndorf, which carried with it princely status.
The abbey church burned down in 1768 and was rebuilt as a circular neoclassical church designed by the architect Pierre Michel d'Ixnard with a huge dome measuring 36 metres in diameter and 63 metres high (the third largest in Europe north of the Alps) from 1781 under Prince-Abbot Martin Gerbert. It was named Dom St. Blasius, and is also known as "St. Blaise's Cathedral" (so called because of its great size and magnificence, not because it is a cathedral in the ecclesiastical or administrative sense). It was consecrated in 1784.
The effects of another catastrophic fire in 1874 were finally remedied in the 1980s.
Giant red cedar.. Mt. Revelstoke National Park.
These can grow to a very large size, ranging up to 65–70 metres (213–230 ft) tall and 3–4 metres (9.8–13 ft) in trunk diameter,. It is long-lived; some can live well over a thousand years, with the oldest verified being 1460 years. Info from Wiki.
45.5 meters internal diameter and 54.8 meters external diameter.
91 meters high (from floor to lantern).
The Duomo's cruise was considered insurmountable until, in 1420, Brunelleschi created the brilliant solution of building two shells. Climb up to the marble lantern on the summit.
The lantern, designed by Brunnelleschi, was built after the architect died (1446). The golden copper ball and Verrocchio's cross, containing sacred relics, were placed there 25 years later.
PS. The cathedral needs urgent reform and is visible. It is a sad sight to see so much money from tourism, either it is misused or ticket prices fall short.
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Low Key".
This shows a tiny detail from the head of an electric toothbrush. The green bundle is around 2 mm in diameter, so this is probably around 9:1 magnification.
HSS!
Shot with a Noritsu "32 mm F 4" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Diameter approx. 1 ¼”
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
Macro taken Feb 11, 2024 for the groups
Macro Mondays #Anachronism
and
😄 Happy Macro Monday 😄
ƒ/4.5
8.1 mm
1/6 Sec
ISO 800
An solchen Winzigkeiten rennt man oft einfach vorbei. Nicht ganz leicht zu schießen, wenn der Wind keine Pause macht.
The beauty of the little one. We all know blood beeches. They are big. Such minimal structures are often overlooked.
Osteospermum and daisies are very similar flowers. Osteospermum actively and luxuriantly blooms all summer and the first half of autumn until frost. Among the color options of the flowers are orange, pink, lilac, purple, purple, white. Often the paint is not monophonic, but turning into other shades.
The lush buds of the Cape daisy open at low air temperature. The corollas are about 5 cm in diameter. When grown in shaded areas, the osteospermum grows up to 100 cm, in sunny areas — up to 50 cm. The plant perfectly tolerates even sudden changes in weather conditions. It prefers regular watering, light soil, and open areas....
It looks like its northern sister, the white chamomile,
with osteospermum petals around the middle
, a flower from distant hot countries, from Africa,
blooms from July to November with heavenly colors.
The color is white, pink, orange, purple,
they need more warmth and a lot of light,
a little moisture and care, as well as a sea of affection -
the eyes look at them from under the delicate petals and smile at us ... A miracle!
Blossom diameter ~2 cm
Focus stack
MakingOf with my assistent: meine.stimme.de/heilbronn/natur/focusstacking-mit-assiste...
;-)
I noticed these giant mushrooms - each with a diameter of 25 to 30 cms, I guess - growing high up on the trunk of a willow.
I think it is Dryad's Saddle, but please correct me of not.
Taken on 6.9.17 for the group #MacroMondays - today's theme #rust
Part of a rust encrusted spring that belongs to a spring loaded field gate bolt (total length of full spring 2 & 3/4 inches x 3/4 of an inch high. 1/2 inch diameter bolt)
A photograph of #rust which matches autumnal colours; reds, yellow, orange and browns and a small helping of spider web silk.
Taken in West Wales using a Panasonic DMC FZ200
f/3.5
1/200
4 mm
ISO 200
Dedicated to CH (ILYWAMHASAM)
Happy MM everyone 😄
(disassembled stainless steel stopper)
The diameter and height of the cone is 2.2 cm.
Have a great week my friends !
„A true giant - a diameter of up to 30 cm (11.8 inches) reach the magnificent flowers of the giant hibiscus..."
(Wilhelma Stuttgart)
„Ein wahrer Gigant - einen Durchmesser von bis zu 30 cm (11,8 Zoll) erreichen die prachtvollen Blüten des Riesen-Hibiskus…“
(Wilhelma Stuttgart)
„I would like to take this opportunity to thank all followers, all new followers, and all those who just stop by. I say thank you for all previous and for all the new fav's and comments. 🙏“
„Ich danke an dieser Stelle allen Followern, allen neuen Followern, und all jenen die einfach so mal vorbeischauen. Ich sage Danke für alle bisherigen und für all die neu hinzukommenden Fav‘s und Kommentare. 🙏“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
Ceiba speciosa
árbol botella
Florettseidenbaum
Palo borracho is a tree native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. Trees are in bloom between February and May but can also bloom at other times of the year. The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals. They measure 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 in) in diameter and their shape is superficially similar to hibiscus flowers.
Diameter of 20 meters and a depth of 5 meters, is a pond filled with only spring water.
The color of the water is fantastic emerald green.
It will change subtly the color by adding and subtracting light.
When looking at the clear pond, you can see how the water has sprung from the direction of the bottom.
~ AJ Lee
Just kidding !!
This citation made me laugh out loud as I am a coffee addict :D
This is one of the most important items in my kitchen:
My little one-mug-cafetière / french (or coffee) press
(capacity according to manufacturers data: 350 ml ... but it will spill if you put more than about 300 ml in it - this will do in the morning as my hubby doesn't drink coffee - don't know how he manages to get alive without a strong coffee : ))
Background illumination by a small LED light with rainbow colours
Happy Macro Mondays, everyone !
[Less than 3 inches: The metal press is 6.5 cm in diameter, the big holes are 0.6 cm wide, the small ones 0.4 cm]
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“ Traue niemals jemandem, der keinen Kaffee trinkt. ”
~ AJ Lee
Nur ein Scherz :D !!
(dieses Zitat brachte mich einfach zum Lachen)
Dies ist einer der wichtigsten Gegenstände in meiner Küche:
Meine kleine Ein-Becher-Cafetière / French Press
(Kapazität nach Angaben des Herstellers: 350 ml (bis Glasrand) ... eigentlich aber viel weniger, da sie sonst schnell überläuft; das reicht morgens gerade so als erster Wachmacher, weil mein Mann keinen Kaffee trinkt - ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie er es schafft, ohne starken Kaffee in den Tag zu kommen : ))
Hintergrundbleuchtung durch eine kleine LED-Leuchte mit Regenbogenfarben
[Die Metallpresse hat einen Durchmesser von 6,5 cm, die großen Löcher sind 0,6 cm breit, die kleinen 0,4 cm]
Einen schönen Montag euch allen !
Blossom diameter ~9 cm
Focus stack
See the MakingOf:
Indian-born artist Anish Kapoor’s Descension was at Pier One by the Brooklyn Bridge from May 3 until October 1, the entire summer where it saw considerable foot traffic. The Descension art display was a 26 foot diameter pool of East River water that spins in a vortex with the center appearing to collapse surrounded by a low fence around it’s perimeter. The 63 year old Kapoor now calls Great Briton his home actually first displayed Descension at India's 2015 Kochi-Muziris biennale where it was installed indoors, then later at the Palace of Versailles but this is first time it is here in North America. It had special meaning to oft controversial and opinionated Kapoor as the artist said it had an obvious association with the current state of American politics and the current man in White House. The funding came from the Public Art Fund as part of its 40th anniversary celebration. Kapoor said “Art liberates us, opens us, frees us, and to have open access is a terrific thing.”
The Pier One area where the piece is located was once part of industrial piers along the East River that is now a park that stretches 1.3 miles along the East River just south of the Brooklyn Bridge.
The display truly had a mesmerizing effect, the swirling water, the primordial hum and vibration of the motor spinning the vortex could be felt around the perimeter of the pool. So I took many shots, videos of the spinning, then I sat down and thought let me do something different. At that moment, the sky got gray and cloudy which reflected in the water in the pool so I pulled out my tripod, put on my Cokin filter holder and pulled out all my neutral density filters and loaded in the holder, wanted to freeze the swirling motion, get enough detail & movement and put the tripod right by the fence to get sufficiently close with my normal zoom as I was trying to avoid the compression effect of using a longer telephoto lens. The image here is one of the best, literally looks like the eye of a hurricane; the agitation of the swirling water clearly visible one can literally feel themselves being drawn into the vortex.
Taken using an Olympus E-5 with an Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD lens on MeFoto tripod with 3 Cokin ND filters, processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
a milk frother (2 cm in diameter), taken with the manual LAOWA 60mm ultra macro lens, illuminated with a small red LED-light
Macro Mondays, theme of November 13, 2023: tool
and 52 in 2023 challenge: #42 = blunt
Happy (Macro) Mondays, everyone
I am busy today; I will try to catch up tonight or on Tuesday.
For Macro Mondays "TWO" Theme.
Each gear is about 1" (2.5cm) in diameter and came from a old paper shredder.
HMM
Unusual, intriguing, memorable! The Cannonball tree is one of my favorite tropical trees with sea-anemone-like flowers whose sweet enticing fragrance can be enjoyed a field away. It has large hard brown fruit that clang like Cannonballs in the tropical forest at night. The flowers don't erupt on the upper branches either but on root-like branches around the base of the trunk! At night the flowers are particularly aromatic to attract swift-flying pollinators including bats. This particular Cannonball tree was collected in 1913 at Jamaica’s Hope Gardens and has flourished here at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden since it was planted in 1938.
According to textual records, Couroupita guianensis trees have been growing in India for at least 3,000 years, where it is so revered that it is often found growing at religious temples. It's possible that it is native to India as well. Part of the Lecythidaceae family, it grows up to 25m (82ft) in height.The majority of Cannonball trees that grow outside their natural environment were planted as botanical curiosities. Their large orange, scarlet and pink flowers form bunches that measure up to 3m in length. The large spherical, woody fruits, which range from 15 to 24cm in diameter, each contain up to 300 seeds.
Cannonball Tree, Ayahuma, Couroupita guianensis
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL
This dahlia the whole flower is about 10" in diameter.
It suppose to be blooming in Sept & Oct time frame, but it have been delayed till Nov!!
You see the Global Warming have disturb the Biological clock of plant's thus cause that you see the Autumn & Spring flowers' in the yard!!
By the way, I forgotten to point out that, this is toward the center of the dahlia!!
Blossom diameter ~9 cm
Focus stack
See the MakingOf:
The forest department had set up small water troughs (20 cms diameter) in the forest for small birds - while they set up large water troughs (15 - 20 feet diameter) on the ground for animals. As summer comes, these become quite busy and are a great place for sightings.
The White Bellied Blue flycatcher is another endemic of the Malabar forest in India and a pretty serious looking detective type of bird that stares suspiciously for a long time. This was a lifer and on the first day, I was amazed by the birds ability to sit and stare for minutes together without moving.
And in the background was a Brown Cheeked Fulvetta - a small super active bird found much of the subcontinent. They are social birds that are seen in flocks and known for their loud calls.
As soon as the Fulvetta came to the water trough - it was like a kid - lets have fun - dived straight into the water and was making merry. The flycatcher though landed on the edge and stared at the photographers like a minute before slowly taking a dip. I used the opportunity to take a long exposure shot 1/10 sec and am quite happy with the outcome!
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
This is my trusty magnetic rod that I use for picking up dropped dressmaker pins. Its diameter is similar to a slim pen and about half the length. I've had it since my fashion industry days in the late 1960's. These days I'm not doing a lot of sewing, so it sits in a little metal machine accessories tin along with a couple of tiny screwdrivers, a little brush for fluffing dust from the sewing machine needle area, and a pair of tweezers that I used to use when threading my old over-locker. The little magnet still works well and gets used on the odd occasion - and creating this photo certainly was a most odd occasion for its use.
Daphne mezereum (Thymelaceae) 101 22
Daphne mezereum (commonly known as mezereum, mezereon, February daphne, spurge laurel, or spurge olive) is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern Europe, it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone but descends to near sea level in northern Europe. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone.
It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5 m tall. The flowers are produced in early spring on the bare stems before the leaves appear. They have a four-lobed pink or light purple (rarely white) perianth and are strongly scented. The fruit is a bright red berry 7–12 mm in diameter.
Daphne mezereum is very toxic because of the compounds mezerein and daphnin present, especially in the berries and twigs. If poisoned, victims experience a choking sensation. Handling the fresh twigs can cause rashes and eczema in sensitive individuals. Despite this, it is commonly grown as an ornamental plant in gardens for its attractive flowers.
Source: Wikipedia.
The 250 foot diameter Lovell telescope, Cheshire, England. Constructed 65 years ago and still an active astronomical instrument.
The dish: www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51935822064/in/photostream/
Control Room: www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51935580823/in/dateposted/
Vintage image from a Kodachrome II slide.
Measuring seven metres in diameter and created from 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface* the artwork provides the opportunity to see our planet, floating in three dimensions. Trippy in extremis especially when on codeine PKs 😆
My wee shell sits on a NZ 10c coin - which is 20.5mm in diameter (details: Reserve Bank of NZ).
For Macro Mondays group theme "On A Coin" [08-Jun-2020].
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Crataegus pinnatifida, also known as mountain hawthorn, Chinese haw, Chinese hawthorn or Chinese hawberry, refers to a small to medium-sized tree, as well as the fruit of the tree. The fruit is bright red, 1.5 in (38 mm) in diameter.
This coin is 18mm in diameter and features a relief portrait of the late Queen by Jody Clark (initials JC are visible below the neckline).
To create the shot, I used a Fujinon ES90 enlarging lens on a Kopil Bellowsmat at almost full extension and aperture of f/8 (please ignore the EXIF lens data, I didn't set up the camera correctly). This is a tilt-shift bellows, but I only used the shift functionality (to help align the subject in the frame). The coin was lit with a combination of mobile phone torch and reflected light.
In PP, I have edited the black point and cloned out some dust before increasing the colour saturation. I did consider B&W, but it just didn't seem to work as well with the low-key theme.
The jelly blubber (Catostylus mosaicus), also known as the blue blubber jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish from coastal regions in the Indo-Pacific. It is the most commonly encountered jellyfish along the Australian eastern coast and large swarms sometimes appear in estuarine waters. In Sydney waters, the jelly blubber's large bell is a creamy white or brown colour, but farther north in Australia it is usually blue. The colours are derived from pigment produced by the jellyfish itself (not symbiotic algae, as in some other jellyfish). There is no obvious mouth on the underside, but there are small openings on each arm, through which food is passed to the stomach. The tentacles also have stinging cells that can capture tiny crustaceans and other plankton. It grows to a diameter of 30–45 cm. The sting can be painful but generally poses no serious risk to humans. 24587