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This worm gear came from my 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth window control mechanism that I had to replace. If you know me, you know I like little motors so I dissected out the motor and found this interesting worm gear. I've posted the complete armature part of the motor before and I even shot this gear once but never posted it. So, with "Screw" for the Macro Mondays theme this week I decided to shoot it again and see what I could come up with after a bit of cleaning. So much for the rusty lag bolt...
The worm screw gear is relatively small and measures 0.35 in. x 1.0 in. I used the Nikon 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro lens w/PK-12&13 Extension Tubes, 41.5mm total extension and a 30 image focus stack at f/5.6 to keep everything sharp. The first time I shot this I found the orange and blue clamps that I used to "suspend" the gear had snuck back into the reflection so I wrapped the clamps with my gold ribbon and taped some to a piece of cardboard that I placed below the gear. I used blue tape to hold the ribbon to the cardboard and it got picked up but I liked the look by the gold. You can also probable guess the color shirt I'm wearing.
The foundation. Adding on to the one room house of seven where Lester and Emerson live in rural Guatemala.
Three monarchs are still hanging around so maybe they don't plan to migrate so I wish them well.
I had the Meyer-Optik Görlitz Diaplan 80mm Fixed f2.8 lens with a 12mm extension tube on when this beauty flew in, so I made the best of it. I did not have any other lens with me. I love the bubble bokeh even if I was faced with less DOF and I had to position myself for focus as there is no focus ring.
1 3/8" section of a glass paperweight.
Nikon D5500 18-55mm @ 50mm and 20mm extension tube.
For Macro Mondays
Theme: Wavy Lines
From the archives, shot with a macro extension tube and an EF50mm F/1.8 STM lens, a budget combination that I was very fond of at the time.
No matter where I have lived, I have always gravitated to the birds of prey ... the raptors. To me, there's something fascinating about their beaks, their wings, the look of concentration and determination, but mainly their talons. When a raptor flies over me, especially when they bank and show off their underside, or topside, of their body, it's so cool. Red-tailed hawks are the most variable of all of the buteos, depending on where they are found and also their color morphs. Of course, don't forget how their feather patterns change as they molt. It really makes a challenge for species specific ID.
I could raptor all day long and be happy ... we get all sorts of raptors visiting us throughout the winter and some visit during the summer.
This red-tailed hawk flew over me at a relatively close range (though this image is most likely cropped some for balance). The extended wingspan was amazing to view, with every feather serving a purpose. Love these raptors.
Happy Monday!
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
Reed Bunting posing the latest in fashion.... lush "eyebrow extensions....courtesy of "Bul-rush"....Bulrush seeds stuck to his brows after "grubbing" for food.
Please view large for better view....thanks.
Canon EF 4/70-200L (Non-IS)) with 3 stacked Kenko extension tubes. The good old EF Zoom turned out to be a cool Macro. The distance to the object was about 50cm.
This was captured at an incredibly close distance from the subject since I used a macro extension tube with a 50mm lens.
”Mi tristeza es un vaso de oraciones
que se derraman sobre el césped
y desde el césped nace dios
y está también un poco solo,
de veras un poco solo y solo.
Mas yo le ayudo a conocer las aves
y en toda su extensión la herejía vegetal,
los corazones de sus alegres huérfanos,
la tierra que es la palma de su mano”
Ahora en cambio (fragmento) - Mario Benedetti
Captured a Bush Cricket (Katydid in the US) in the garden. I would be grateful if anyone could ID this particular one. It was perched on a leaf of a Garden Croton (Codiaeum Variegatum) and that is the reason for such a colourful bokeh. Clicked with the Movo EXT-C25 AF Extension Tube (25mm) attached to the EF 300mm F/4L.
Garden Crotons are attractive, low maintenance plants and are valued for their striking foliage. There are several hundred cultivars, selected and bred for their foliage. Depending on the cultivar, the leaves may be ovate to linear, entire to deeply lobed or crinkled, and variegated with green, white, purple, orange, yellow, red or pink. The colour patterns may follow the veins, the margins or be in blotches on the leaf. I have 20 varieties of these growing in my garden, 40 odd plants in all.
El Prado municipal park, Curridabat, Costa Rica
Lens mounted on a 36+20+12 mm Xit Auto focus macro extension tube set.
Just a crocus that's popped up in our lawn.
Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35 Optic, 12mm Extension Tube, f/8
Nikon D3400, Nikkor AF-P 18 to 55mm at 40mm with Promaster 12 mm extension tube. f 11, ISO22800, 1/250.
Apx (18) 8/32 nuts and magnetic wand. Subject size 2 3/4 inches.
An extension of the Urlar Burn in Perth and Kinross, the Moness Burn is a small river which courses north for 1¼ miles (2 km) from the Falls of Moness, and through the Birks of Aberfeldy, before flowing through the village of Aberfeldy. It enters the River Tay 250m (275 yards) north of the village.
The Birks of Aberfeldy is a circular walk through mature mixed woodland on the western outskirts of Aberfeldy.
Originally called the Dens of Moness, the birks (from the Scots for beech trees) overlook the Falls of Moness and lines the slopes of the Moness gorge.
The Birks of Aberfeldy were named after a poem of the same name by Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, who penned The Birks o’Aberfeldie in 1787.
Visitors can follow the well defined path which is overhung by mature trees from where they can admire the birch, oak, ash and elm trees. The path also offers excellent views to the roaring white water of the falls and, during winter, across to Strathtay.
Much of the gorge is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its botanical features and it is likely that there has been continual woodland cover at the site for up to 8,000 years. The gorge is a place of immense natural power and beauty in any season but perhaps most photogenic in the cooler days of late autumn.
During the Fall and Winter, I take most of my Mushroom images at a 900' elevation. Once March is here, they don't emerge there. My property is at 500' and they start emerging here, like the above image.
This was a 31-image stack using Helicon Focus. This Mushroom was too small for my 60mm lens so I used my 50mm with an 11mm extension tube so I could get closer and lower. A 40mm lens would have been ideal to push the background back more.
AKA goldenrod crab spider, kukkahämähäkki (fin).
Taken with Canon FD 50mm F3.5 Macro / 25mm extension tube / LED panel, about 1:1.2 macro.
I took pretty much the same photo with my Rodenstock XR-Heligon 75mm F1.1 on a full frame sensor.
This picture was taken in Oakwood, Ohio at Smith Gardens with my 180mm lens + 36mm Extension tube. Better view in Light box. Click on image for 100% detail on organs.
As always thank you for your lovely comments.
España - Lugo - Ribadeo - Playa de Las Catedrales
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ENGLISH:
Beach of the Cathedrals is on the northwest coast of Spain. It is the name given by the tourism industry to Beach of the Holy Waters. The beach is located in the Ribadeo municipality, in the province of Lugo (Galicia), on the Cantabric coast, and it lies about ten kilometres to the west of the town of Ribadeo. Its name is derived from its cliff formations. It has been declared a Natural Monument by the regional Ministry for the Environment of the Xunta de Galicia.
The characteristic features of the beach are its natural arches and caves, which can be seen only at low tide. During high tide, the beach appears small, but still suitable for swimming. During low tide the size of its cliffs and sea caves is more apparent, ranging from small cracks on the rock to big caves whose roofs have collapsed due to the erosion of the waves.
At low tide, there is access to a sand deposit delimited by a rocky wall made from slate and schist forming 30 meters arches resembling cathedral flying buttresses, large caves, sand corridors between rocky blocks, and other geological features. Particularly low tides create access to nearby beaches through the sand extension. As the coast stretch is almost horizontal, the water covers the beach again very quickly.
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ESPAÑOL:
La Playa de Las Catedrales está enclavada en la costa de la provincia de Lugo (Galicia), también conocida como La Mariña lucense. El lugar en el que se ubica pertenece al Ayuntamiento de Ribadeo, limítrofe al este con el Principado de Asturias y al oeste con el Ayuntamiento de Barreiros.
Fue bautizada originalmente como la playa de Aguas Santas. Sin embargo, es conocida por todos como la Playa de Las Catedrales debido a las gigantescas rocas en forma de colosales arcos y torres, muy similares a los vistos en los templos cristianos.
Lo característico de la playa son los arcos y las cuevas, solo apreciables a pie de playa durante la bajamar. Durante la pleamar la playa es relativamente pequeña, de fina arena y sigue siendo adecuada para el baño. Es interesante ver la playa con la marea alta recorriendo la parte superior de los acantilados en dirección oeste-este hacia la playa de Esteiro y verla con marea baja sobre la arena de la playa. Durante la marea baja puede accederse a un largo arenal delimitado por una pared rocosa de pizarra y esquisto erosionada en formas caprichosas: arcos de más de treinta metros de altura que recuerdan a arbotantes de una catedral, grutas de decenas de metros, pasillos de arena entre bloques de roca y otras curiosidades. Con las mareas vivas, en las que las mareas bajan más y suben más que las mareas normales, incluso se puede acceder a las playas vecinas por la arena, aunque eso sí se debe tener precaución y volver antes de que comience a subir la marea ya que el nivel del mar sube rápidamente puesto que se trata de un tramo de costa prácticamente horizontal perteneciente a la Rasa Cantábrica. La playa tiene este relieve debido al efecto de la erosión del viento y del agua salada.
7DWF: Wednesdays Macro
My pre-beloved KENKO macro extension tubes replaced by the 105mm micro lens :D
Q: Which one do you prefer to use, extension tubes or dedicated macro lens?