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Un trabajo de apilado sobre un pequeño saltamontes. D300 + lente microfichas estirada con tubos de extensión. 97 disparos, pasos de 0,02 mm y apilados con Zerene.
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#flowers
Interior of an already slightly withered purple Eustoma blossom. In German, this pretty cut-flower is also known as tulip rose, because it looks like a rose on the exterior, but like a tulip on the interior (well, sort of). For further confusion, Eustoma actually belongs to the gentian family, and therefore also goes by the name of prairie gentian, but is also known as Texas bluebell, although bluebells aren't gentians, nor are they roses or tulips, but belong to the Campanula family. Oh, and have I mentioned that the Greek name Eustoma translates as "pleasant mouth"?
The flower is endemic to the warm areas of the southern United States, to Mexico, the Caribbean and Southern America – which must be the reason why the second name this flower is known under in Germany is "Japanrose": Japanese rose. OK, let's settle on Eustoma ;) Especially the purple, lilac and white colour varierties are being cultivated for the cut-flower market.
My photo is a focus stacking made of 15 images (combined in-camera). I've used both extension tubes (10 and 16 mm) to get as close to the yellow pistil as possible. I'm not 100 percent happy with the sharpness, but as usual it was impossible to re-shoot the exact same image, so I decided to stick to what I have. Processed only minimally in DXO PhotoLab (since I already had the in-camera Jpg). In ON1 I've added a subtle vignette and some glow.
HMM, Everyone!
Innenansicht einer schon leicht welken Japanrosenblüte. Die Japanrose ist bei uns auch als Tulpenrose bekannt, weil sie von außen wie ein Rose aussieht, aber von innen eher wie eine Tulpe (aber auch nicht so richtig). Die hübsche Blume, die ihre Heimat in den warmen Regionen des Südens der USA, Mexico, der Karibik und Südamerika, aber nicht in Japan hat, wird insbesondere in der weißen und lilafarbenen Varietät für den Schnittblumenmarkt gezüchtet.
Eigentlich gehört die Eustoma zu den Enziangewächsen, wird im Englischen aber auch als Texas Bluebell bezeichnet, obwohl Bluebells, also Glockenblumen, eben Glockenblumen und keine Enziangewächse sind. Wir haben also eine Tulpe, die keine ist, aber wie ein Rose aussieht und als Glockenblume bezeichnet wird, obwohl sie ein Enziangewächs ist. Noch Fragen? Ach ja, ich vergaß zu erwähnen, dass ihr wissenschaftlicher Name "Eustoma" aus dem Griechischen übersetzt "angenehmer Mund" bedeutet ;)
Habt eine gute Woche und passt gut auf Euch auf!
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#bookmark
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Late again, and not 100 percent happy with the result, but it's an OK image, I think. Neon-coloured Post-its, arranged between the pages of a Simon's Cat book – not that I would ever bookmark a Simon's Cat book, but the cover is of a nicely bright, kind of "creamy"
Smurf blue that goes well with the now bleached by daylight and therefore slightly pastel-looking Post-its. I borrowed them from a camera book, and photo / camera / cook books are the only ones I bookmark with, sometimes many, Post-its. The fun thing with cook books is, however, that I actually never use the bookmarks as such. Because everytime I'm looking for a recipe, I'll simply flip through the pages or go straight to a certain chapter. And when it comes to paperbacks or page-turners, I'll simply bookmark these with dog ears, but when it comes to more precious books, I'll use anything that won't damage the pages – even a regular bookmark ;)
I've used the 10 mm Kenko extension ring for this photo, and I'm aware that there's only a waferthin part of the image actually in focus, the edge / tip of the blue Post-it (and the upper part of the book cover), and I hope that this "pinpoint" focus / sharpness is enough to make the image enjoyable. Processed in DXO PhotoLab, as usual, and I've also enhanced the small and medium details quite considerably in Luminar AI where I've also tweaked the colours with the HSL sliders.
HMM, Everyone, and have a safe and happy week ahead!
Or: We Are Family
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#Four
OK, let's say that sharpness isn't everything. At least not every time ;) I simply couldn't get this "inside view" any sharper, but I still like the result, because it reminds me of planets, or, more precisely, a planetary "group" consisting of four equally sized planetary siblings that are kept together (and also safely apart at always the same distance) by a special, gravity-defying magnetic field that only exists in "teaverse". Yes, this is a stainless steel tea egg, its holes are beautifully arranged in groups of four, and we are looking through one of those holes (diameter of each hole: 1 mm / 0,039 inches) right into the tea egg. In the upper "planet" you can see one of the aforementioned "hole quartets" on the opposite inner wall of the tea egg. I was surprised that it actually worked, and I assume it's because you can get extremely close to your subject with the 30 mm macro lens, in fact so close that its UV filter (highly recommended for this lens!) touched the tea egg.
The image is a single photo illuminated by a single LED lamp which I'd put inside of the tea egg. Processed in DXO PL5 and Analog Efex (with only the basic adjustments, no film preset, vignette, or anything else).
HMM, Everyone!
Sagen wir mal so: Schärfe ist nicht alles, jedenfalls nicht immer ;) Schärfer ging es hier nicht, aber ich finde, das Foto funktioniert trotzdem - irgendwie. Ich sehe hier eine Gruppe von vier Planeten, Planetengeschwister, die von einem sehr speziellen Magnetfeld mit ausreichendem, der Schwerkraft trotzenden Sicherheitsabstand zusammengehalten werden. Und das gibt es so wohl nur im "Tee-iversum". Richtig, dies ist ein Tee-Ei, dessen Löcher (jew. 1 mm im Durchmesser) in hübschen Vierergruppen angeordnet sind. Und durch eines dieser Löcher (bzw. durch vier, natürlich, aber nur der Blick durch das obere rechte Loch ist halbwegs scharf) schauen wir hier ins Innere des Tee-Eis. Im oberen "Planeten" könnt Ihr eine solche Vierer-Loch-Gruppe an der gegenüberliegenden Innenwand des Tee-Eis sehen.
Ich war überrascht, dass diese Innenansicht überhaupt so funktioniert hat. Allerdings kann man mit dem preiswerten 30-mm-Makro auch extrem nah ans Motiv herangehen. So nah, dass sich auf jeden Fall ein Schutzfilter empfiehlt, und so hatte auch hier der Filterrand bereits das Tee-Ei berührt. Nicht so günstig für viele Motive, hier aber ideal :)
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, kommt gut durch die bevorstehende Hitzewelle!
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#String
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Mesh fabric: A material that consists of many thin (nylon) strings, which in turn consist of even thinner, obviously only very loosely twisted together individual strings, which were obviously also only loosely knitted together afterwards, but still make an absolutely tearproof fabric. Amazing, isn't it? This is an extreme close-up of my rainjacket's purple mesh lining. Each of those larger holes is 1 mm / 0,039 inches in diameter. I've used both extension tubes (=26mm) together with my 60mm macro lens. You can see the rainjacket's waterproof membrane (original colour: white) behind the knitted nylon strings; the colours were again achieved by the (partial) use of my red and blue makeshift colour filters and warm light from the living room ceiling lamp. The image is another 40 MP High-res JPG which I've slighty sharpened in Topaz Sharpen AI (method: sharpen), next I moved into ON1 Photo Raw where I'd applied the HDR filter, method "Subtle" at 67% opacity, and tweaked the Color Enhancer filter sliders for the background colours, and as final touch I've removed some colour noise in Topaz DeNoise AI.
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, stay safe, take care!
Netzgewebe: Ein Material, das aus sehr vielen dünnen (Nylon-)Schnüren besteht, die wiederum aus noch dünneren, offenbar nur sehr locker zusammengedrehten Einzelschnüren bestehen, die im Anschluss offenbar ebenfalls nur sehr locker zusammengestrickt wurden und trotzdem ein absolut reißfestes Gewebe ergeben. Erstaunlich, oder? Dies ist das lila-farbene Netzfutter meiner Regenjacke; der Hintergrund ist die weiße, wasserdichte Membran der Jacke. Ich habe hier wieder die Zwischenringe (26 mm insgesamt) angeschraubt, um näher an das Gewebe herangehen zu können und habe auch teilweise wieder meine improvisierten Farbfilter inklusive warmes Licht von der Wohnzimmer-Deckenleuchte verwendet. Das Bild ist wieder ein 40-MP-High-Res-JPG, das ich in Topaz Sharpen AI noch leicht nachgeschärft habe; im Anschluss habe ich in ON1 den HDR-Filter "Subtle" (67% Deckkraft) und für den Hintergrund den Color-Enhancer-Filter (individuell angepasst) verwendet und zum Abschluss das Bild in Topaz DeNoise AI dezent entrauscht. Und: Bitte "Z" drücken :)
Ich wünsche Euch einen guten Start in die neue Woche und passt auf Euch auf!
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#Safety
I wonder if James would approve of this? This is a look inside of a small TSA 007 safety lock which I use on my – at the moment unemployed – camera backpack. I think James should approve if the number is 007, although I read somewhere that these locks are easy to pick. Well, I don't care, the only thing this lock is supposed to do is to prevent pickpockets from emptying the camera compartment of my backpack while I'm in a crowd :)
My MM experience at the moment is like picking the petals off a daisy, saying "Will I take part", "Will I skip", "Will I take part", "Will I skip"... and so on ;) I seem to be in a lockdown lethargy, but my inspiration is slowly coming back. Or is it? Well, I certainly hope so :)
The keyhole of this safety lock is 4 mm / 0,157 inches high. I used the 10mm Kenko extension tube and the Raynox DCR-250 close-up lens attached to my macro lens to get nicely close, but not too close. The image is a manual focus stack made of only two images, because it was impossible to get those two metal components (there are more inside) equally sharp in a single shot. Processed in DXO PhotoLab, Analog Efex (the vignette), Color Efex (Graduated Neutral Density Filter) and Luminar AI (details on the metal parts inside of the lock).
Happy Macro Monday, stay safe and happy, everyone :)
(Explored June 2, 2020)
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#FillTheFrame!
Width of the frame: 1,5 cm / 0,59 inches
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Last night, I debated with myself whether I fell short of the "Fill the Frame" theme or not. I have not arranged similar-looking things within the frame, and there are some parts of the image that look like free space, but actually aren't, because all of what you see is the surface of an agate "worry stone", the same that I'd captured for the "Patterns in Nature" theme back in July 2019 (please see first comment). So this frame is entirely filled with agate. And especially this agate is full of those fascinating "macro secrets", which is why I keep returning to it for yet another capture. Well, and since I like the outcome, I've decided to risk to add it to the MM group pool ;-) While my photo for "Patterns in Nature" reminded me of storms on Jupiter, this part of the agate to me actually looks like a volcanic deepsea scene, and those super tiny wick-, or even worm-like (giant tube worms! Please see the quote from Wikipedia below) looking "pipes" reminded me of hydrothermal vents (also know as black or white smokers) found around submarine volcanic activity, while those floret-shaped rings all around those "pipes" remind me of some quite intense hot water / lava bubble action ;-)
Here is some very interesting background info on the "smokers" that I'd rather quote (Wikipedia): "Relative to the majority of the deep sea, the areas around submarine hydrothermal vents are biologically more productive, often hosting complex communities fueled by the chemicals dissolved in the vent fluids. Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea form the base of the food chain, supporting diverse organisms, including giant tube worms, clams, limpets and shrimp. Active hydrothermal vents are thought to exist on Jupiter's moon Europa, and Saturn's moon Enceladus, and it is speculated that ancient hydrothermal vents once existed on Mars."
Like my "Jupiter Weather Report" photo this is a backlit, in-camera focus stack, and I used my Kenko extension tubes (this time the 16 mm extension tube only) and the Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro close-up lens to get closer to the subject. Sharpening and de-noising done in Topaz Sharpen AI and processed in LR and ON1 Photo Raw where I applied the "Natural" HDR filter - ON1's jack of all trades -, and the LUT filters "Keen" and "1975" (each filter with some individual tweaking and sliding).
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and Happy Pentecost Monday to the Flickr friends who celebrate Pentecost :-) !
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#Hook
Velcro® tape. Not what I wanted to do for the theme at all, in fact I didn't even remotely think of using velcro for the "Hook" theme. But then, yesterday, Flickr friend TOMFLASH91 happened to fave a photo of mine that I had taken for the MM theme "Connection" back in September 2017 (you can find it in the first comment). When I noticed the fave and looked at my "Connection" photo, one I had almost forgotten about after three years, it was a true "Heureka! moment", and I almost yelled "Hook, hook hooray!", because I definitely knew what I'd do for "Hook". So a huge thank you goes out to TOMFLASH for the inspiration, you've saved my Sunday :)
Since I didn't want to present a similar or almost identical velcro capture to you, I also knew that this time I had to use the extension tubes (I didn't even own extension tubes back in 2017). I had both extension tubes (10 and 16mm) mounted, plus the Raynox DCR-250 "Super Macro Conversion Lens" to get as close as possible to those tiny velcro hooks. And you know how super tiny the hooks of a "hook-and-loop fastener" are. It was as hard to measure the length of a single hook (approximately 1 mm / 0,039 inches) as it was difficult to focus. I lost focus numerous times, or rather the camera didn't find it in the first place, so I switched to manual focus only, and even then it was rather tricky, I had to move the camera forth and back (easier anyway) many times, but in the end I was really quite happy with the result, even though not everything is perfectly sharp, but I think there is enough sharpness to make it easy on the eyes. One thing is similar to my "Connection" image: For the upper "hook" part I'd used black velcro, for the soft, loopy part I'd used a white counterpart. There is only a hint of the loopy part visible here, in the lower right corner, and I had considered to crop that away to have the hook part going from one corner to the other, but I actually like the "loopy hint", because I think it completes the image. Because, after all, when it comes to Velcro, one can't be without the other (well, the hook part can, just think of soft fabrics, wool...). The perfect symbiosis :)
Lightsources were two LED lamps equipped with my improvised colour "filters": the translucent red plastic lid of a chocolate box, and a small green glass bottle. Sharpened in Topaz Sharpen AI (method "Stabilize", sharpening at 67, noise reduction at 28), and processed in LR only, where I removed some haze (at 35) and increased the saturation of green, orange, and slightly tweaked the luminosity of orange and yellow. It's a single shot, and for the very first time I had tried the Oly's "High-Res mode" which creates a 40 MP image by shifting the sensor around. I'm quite impressed with the file ;-)
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and have a safe and nice week ahead!
Klettband. Das wollte ich eigentlich gar nicht machen, hatte nicht einmal daran gedacht, dass der widerborstige Teil, der sich so gerne an empfindlichen Textilien festkrallt, wenn sein weiches Gegenstück mal nicht schnell genug zur Stelle ist, ja aus winzigen Häkchen besteht. Dann hatte aber gestern einer meiner Flickr-Freunde, TOMFLASH91, ein Bild von mir gefaved, das ich mal für das 2017er-Thema "Connection" gemacht hatte (zu finden im ersten Kommentar). Genau: Klettband. Fast hätte ich laut "Hook hook Hurrah!" gerufen, denn jetzt wusste ich, was ich für das Thema machen würde :)
Natürlich wollte ich nicht wieder ein ähnliches Foto machen wie vor drei Jahren, daher habe ich die Zwischenringe (10 und 16mm) angeschraubt und an das 60er-Makro noch den Raynox-DCR-250-Makrovorsatz, um so nah wie möglich an die Häkchen heranzukommen. Das anschließende Ausmessen der Häkchengröße (gut 1 mm lang) war mindestens genauso kompliziert (Lupe und Lineal kombiniert) wie das Fokussieren. Mit der Einstellung S-AF+MF war es reines Glücksspiel, überhaupt mal etwas Ähnliches wie "Fokus" zu finden, weshalb ich dann auf MF mit Fokussierhilfe gewechselt und die Kamera vorsichtig vor- und zurückbewegt habe, für so eine Extrem-Nahaufnahme sowieso die bessere Methode. Das Ergebnis ist zwar nicht 100%ig scharf, aber scharf genug, um es angenehm betrachten zu können, denke ich. Als Lichtquellen habe ich zwei seitlich angeordnete LED-Strahler verwendet, die ich jeweils mit meinen improvisierten "Farbfiltern" versehen hatte, rechts den durchsichtig-roten Pralinenschachteldeckel, links eine grüne Glasflasche. Entwicklungsschritte: Schärfen in Topaz Sharpen AI (Modus "Stabilize" mit Schärfung bei 67 und Rauschunterdrückung bei 28); und in LR habe ich den Dunst etwas reduziert (35) und die Farbsättigung(en) und Luminanz(en) im HSL-Modul angepasst. Die Aufnahme ist ein Einzelbild, das ich, zum allerersten Mal überhaupt, im "High-Res-Modus" der Oly aufgenommen habe. Der Sensor wird dabei hin- und hergeschoben (oder so ähnlich) und die Kamera erzeugt eine 40-MP-Aufnahme.
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, passt gut auf Euch auf und bleibt gesund!
Macro Monday: #PatternsInNature
Width of the frame: 1,5 cm / 0,59 inches
Last Minute capture for "Patterns in Nature". It's an extreme close-up of an agate palm or worry stone which to me looks like a storm on Jupiter.
Taken with two Kenko extension tubes (16 and 10 mm) and the Raynox DCR-250 "super macro conversion lens" all mounted to my macro lens, and with in-camera focus stacking. Developed and processed in ON1 Photo Raw. It's amazing that some backlight, and then haze reduction and increase of saturation and dynamic range brought out these colours on what looks like a fairly palish (mostly brown and white tones) mineral to the unaided eye (no extra colours added!).
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Jupiter-Wetterbericht
Offensichtlich ist Sturm auf dem Gasriesen angesagt ;-)
Last-Minute-Foto für das Thema "Patterns in Nature". Extrem-Makro (so etwas in der Art) eines Achat-Handschmeichlers, aufgenommen mit zwei Kenko-Zwischenringen (10 und 16 mm) in Kombination mit dem Raynox-DCR-250-Macro-Converter. Von hinten angestrahlt und mit der Kamera-internen Fokus-Stacking-Funktion aufgenommen. Entwickelt in ON1 Photo RAW. Die Hintergrundbeleuchtung sowie "Haze Reduction" (Dunst entfernen) und die leichte Erhöhung der Sättigung und des Dynamik-Umfangs brachten mal wieder erstaunliche Farben zutage, die mit dem bloßen Auge so nicht zu sehen sind, da wirkt der interessant gemusterte Stein eher blass mit seiner bräunlichen Grundfarbe sowie der weißlichen Bänderung. Die Gelb- und Orange-Töne dürften auch überwiegend dem Hintergrundlicht zu verdanken sein. Künstliche Farben habe ich der Aufnahme aber nicht hinzugefügt.
Ich wünsche Euche eine schöne Sommerwoche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
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#OneColor
Find the tiny 💙
Another one from my cube berlin series... well, no, of course not ;) But it is a cube and it is in Berlin. It's just a little bit smaller than it's big brother at the Berlin Central Station. Quite a bit smaller. This cube is part of a very strange object that consists of many similar cubes, and all these cubes together make some sort of crystal. A magical crystal, obviously, because there are strange numbers engraved – and there is a tiny heart. Actually it's solely because of the tiny heart that I'm uploading this today. I'd have needed another day or two of a break from this image to see if it is any good or not at all – right now my tendency goes to "not at all", but... to quote The Bangles "It's just another Manic Monday..." (and you can replace the "Manic Monday" with "wasted Sunday", if you wish). The length of this weird crystal object is 1,7 cm / 0,6 inches, and the size of each cube is about 0,4 x 0,4 mm / 0,015748 x 0,015748 inches. The crystal is made of translucent blue plastic, but since it's a magical crystal it can't be made of plastic, can it? It arrived together with my Playmobil Robot Roberta aka Roby which some of you might remember (you can see Roby in the first comment) :) Roby is out and about in her small space rider right now, causing UFO sightings all around the world, but as soon as she's back I'll ask her about this small crystal and let you know what it is for :-)
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, stay safe, take care!
Liebe Flickr-Freunde, aus Zeitgründen muss ich Euch mal wieder auf DeepL als Übersetzer verweisen, wenn Ihr wissen wollt, was dieses seltsame Gebilde ist. Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Woche und bleibt alle gesund!
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#EDC
I wasn't sure if things that you have on you every day (like glasses) were OK for the theme, so I decided to photograph my little GRIII as that required "other" EDC that, together with my (now unfortunately slightly faltering Lumix LX100), is always in my shoulder bag. I have two compartments reservered for the cams that also offer enough space for spare batteries.
I have a lot of EDC stuff in my bag and also jacket pockets for (almost) all eventualities, so maybe I would have been a good scout. One of these "be prepared" items is a few strips of plaster. As a possibility for "EDC", I've photographed the padded part of a "Hansaplast Aqua Protect" plaster, and it looked interesting in close-up but I decided to keep that idea for a future "Dots" or "Hexagonal" theme ;)
What I don't have in my bag anymore is the small screwdriver to fix my glasses' hinges if required (I can always fix them at home) or my miniature Swiss pocket knife because there are spots where knives are prohibited (there's a huge problem with people carrying knives, especially male teenagers, but also others), and I don't want to get in trouble because of a tiny pocket knife.
But now for my subject: The GRIII's mode dial has three user preset options, U1, U2, U3, and I've assigned them as follows: U1 is for general "Architecture and Landscape", meaning that I've set a base aperture that usually works best for anything (F 5.6). U2 is my macro preset (essential!), and U3 is assigned to HDR for the more difficult light situations.
I used two light sources: the natural light photo LED from above and a single LED from the right that I had pointed at the gold-coloured cardboard reflector (handheld) for a warmer second tone (the GR's mode dial is all black with raised silvery indicators).
I'll try to catch up with you tonight! HMM :)
Mesh bath sponge. back light one flash light on a mount. Nikon PB 4 bellows. sigma macro 24. Nikon camera. Macro Mondays theme mesh. Extreme magnification.
From brillant sunny days to snowflakes the next.....the weather here has taken us on a rollar coaster ride....
Not unlike flickr right now...
I am glad they are at least acknowledging there is a problem...gonna take a break...at least until I can feel like the problem has been resolved....It is impossible to keep up with all my flickr friends the way it stands now. :-(
These images capture the mesmerizing beauty of water drop collisions, achieved using a Pluto Trigger and Pluto Valve for precise timing. The top layer consists of milk, while the base is water infused with red food coloring. The contrast creates a stunning visual interplay of fluid motion, forming delicate structures that last for just a fleeting moment.
Each droplet descends in milliseconds, rebounding into an intricate dance as the next drop collides. The swirling milk and red water create otherworldly forms—some resembling volcanic eruptions, others evoking the sense of a rising phoenix. The physics behind each shot is as captivating as the aesthetic result.
By fine-tuning the drop size, delay, and flash timing, each frame becomes a unique, unrepeatable composition. A perfect example of the unpredictable nature of fluid dynamics, frozen in time.
I think it looks a little like he is sitting on a throne.
I took this picture on one of my morning tours in the Ore Mountains.
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#New
Something old, something new, and no, I'm not going to marry ;) The old part first: it's the crystal beads. My Mom, magrit k., recently went through old, long-unused things and found this crystal bead necklace. She asked me if I wanted to wear it, and since I love some bling from time to time, I said, "Yes!". This leads us to the new part: the jewellery wire. The necklace had been strung and tied classically on a jewellery thread which was pretty much worn and frayed with use. So I bought jewellery wire just before Christmas and made a new necklace with the beautiful old glass beads.
It's a single photo illuminated from above by a natural light photo light, from the left and right with LED lamps (the left lamp equipped with the yellow bottle cap "filter"), and a handheld flashlight to highlight the new part: the wire. The background colour is from a huge peach-coloured amaryllis blossom that had just fallen off its stem and was already placed on the table, waiting to be photographed. Processed in DXO PL7, Color and Analog Efex, and with finishing touches in LR with the Primary Color sliders.
Wishing you a Happy, healthy, peaceful 2024, dear Flickr friends!
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
名稱 Name：沖繩小灰蝶〈藍灰蝶〉/ Pale Grass Blue.
檔名File name：【BUTT00291tw-FB】
學名 Scientific Name：Zizeeria maha okinawana ( Matsumura, 1929).
科名 Family：小灰蝶科 (Lycaenidae).
圖像尺寸 picture size：3872x2592 pixel
拍攝地點 Location：
台灣 台北市 二二八和平紀念公園
228 Peace Memorial Park, Taipei, TAIWAN
簡介 Description：
生態與分佈 Ecology：
別名 Other Names：藍灰蝶、大和小灰蝶、酢醬小灰蝶、小型小灰蝶、柞灰蝶.
成蟲：小型蝶種，展翅2.2～2.5公分
蜜源植物：成蟲吸食酢漿草、鼠麴草、咸豐草或紫花霍香薊等植物花蜜。
寄主植物：酢漿草科之黃花酢漿草。
生態習性：分布於台灣全島平地到低山地區，海拔500公尺以下山區均有分佈。全年均可見到成蟲活動。
沖繩小灰蝶是台灣最小型的蝴蝶 ，外型袖珍的牠們，是都會綠地裡常見的小型蝶類。喜歡在光線充足的草叢間，貼近著地面飛行、造訪小花吸取花蜜，郊區常見之野花如咸豐草或薊等菊科野花及各種小型野花均為成蟲喜愛之食物。
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These images capture the mesmerizing beauty of water drop collisions, achieved using a Pluto Trigger and Pluto Valve for precise timing. The top layer consists of milk, while the base is water infused with red food coloring. The contrast creates a stunning visual interplay of fluid motion, forming delicate structures that last for just a fleeting moment.
Each droplet descends in milliseconds, rebounding into an intricate dance as the next drop collides. The swirling milk and red water create otherworldly forms—some resembling volcanic eruptions, others evoking the sense of a rising phoenix. The physics behind each shot is as captivating as the aesthetic result.
By fine-tuning the drop size, delay, and flash timing, each frame becomes a unique, unrepeatable composition. A perfect example of the unpredictable nature of fluid dynamics, frozen in time.
Part of Bernard Herrmann`s Soundtrack: "Vertigo" (youtube)
verschwommen schwindel höhenangst tiefenangst vertigo
Part of: "Lotti - Lottchen" photos taken by Lotti, photographiert von Lotti //// "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" an afternoon in the garden
DMC-GH3 - P1380574_2019-06-27 photo by Lotti, edited by me Storyline, Dramaturgie, Verlauf, Ablauf, Querverweise, Parallelen, rote Fäden, die sich durchziehen, nicht abreissen, Fäden die sich kreuzen:....auch an jenem Nachmittag im Garten, auch ein Porträt, auch fotografiert von Lotti, grün und blau findet man auch in diesem Bild - Entwicklung: Halbotale (laufende Ilvy), gefolgt von medium close-up, gefolgt von close-up, hier nun gefolgt von extreme close-up bzw. italian, ....und: das Thema Auge nicht aus den Augen verlieren, ....
(Carlotta`s Portrait: immer wieder hörte ich Bemerkungen über die Ähnlichkeit zwischen meiner Mutter und mir. z.B.: Leute, die fragten ob wir Schwestern sind (kein einmaliger Vorfall), meine Großmutter, die als sie mich durchs Fenster im Hof kommen sah für einen Moment glaubte, meine Mutter käme, meine Urgroßmutter als ich über die Stiegen zu ihr ins Gartenhaus hineinkam: "es hat ausgesehen als würde die Mutter deiner Mutter (die schon tot war als ich geboren wurde) kommen".... )
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#Paper
A rare "close-up" photograph of one of the many solar flares on Papyrus, the sun of the Charta-spissa solar system. "Close-up" in this planetary context means that it was taken at a distance of 2:1 million kilometers from Papyrus. The photographic material was commissioned by me and provided by Roby, intergalactic traveller, cake lover, and UFO sightings creator, or should I say perpetrator (whenever she is visiting our solar system she simply can't resist causing some UFO sightings for the records). Some of you might remember Roby, and for more info on her, please see the first comment.
Solar flares on a star like Papyrus might sound like a contradiction – given the material this star and all the planets of Charta-spissa consist of – but, in reality, are not. Due to Papyrus' specific surface properties, its flares are extremely long-lasting, slow, and cold. To the untrained eye, they might even appear permanent. So Roby had all the time in the world to choose the prettiest of the many Papyrus flares and properly set my (I lent it to her) camera and extreme zoom lens ("Why can't I shoot in "P" mode, Silke?" "Because "P" mode is boring, Roby." "But your camera is sooo complicated!" "When you come back, you get an extra Pastel de Nata with lots of Dulce de Leche on top for your efforts, Roby, I promise.").
As for Papyrus' surface properties: This is one of the cardboard "reflectors" I use to help illuminate my macro photos. This one is small and round, and it was part of a small chocolate cardboard box I once got as a present. The, rather thin (1 mm / 0,039 inches), cardboard is laminated on both sides (gold and silver, I believe it's thin foil that is used for lamination), just like cake (or fish packaging) board. I used the gold-coated side which I "coloured" red with the help of the translucent red plastic chocolate box lid and an LED lamp. I also used my small LED Lenser flashlight (set on spotlight), handheld from the right, which created/brought out the web-like golden pattern.
Now I was a little unsure if it still counts as "Paper" if it's laminated (although technically, it still is because it's the main material), but the part in focus, the "flares", are pure paper: two small frays on the cardboard's edge that slightly protrude from it. So I think (hope) my photo is within the theme's requirements. The bigger of the two "flares" is 2 mm / 0,078 inches long. It's a single shot taken with the Laowa Ultra Macro lens at a little less than 2:1 magnification.
I'll catch up with you later.
HMM, Everyone!
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#Hexagon
Another spoke reflector, shiny and new (yes, I bought it for the theme). The honey jar lid (I don't know how it is in your countries, but in Germany, we often have specific honey jars with lids that are either printed with a bee picture or have a nice 3D hexagonal honeycomb pattern) was easier to photograph but I somehow was set on the reflector.
As you know, the typical cat's eye-style bicycle reflector also has a honeycomb-like structure that is best seen when photographed straight from the front. When you slightly turn the reflector to the side, however, these hexagons turn into cascade-like cubes which is almost like an optical illusion. And this is what I aimed for. I wanted to show this peculiar optical illusion, and include the cube shapes.
I tried to "place" the transition from hexagon to cube in the center diagonal line (bottom left corner to upper right corner), and I think it (kind of) worked, but I have looked at this image a tad too often today to see the forest for the trees. So I hope I don't give you a headache with this image ;)
HMM, Everyone, and have a great week ahead!
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#Wet
You might as well call it "jester, fool, or harlequin bokeh" because this Amaryllis stigma with its fully opened three lobes and the water droplets reminds me of a jester's "cap and bells". The Amaryllis blossom is the same that provided the background colour for my "New" MM photo. The blossoms of our Christmas Amaryllis bouquet are amazingly sturdy, they still look good and pretty fresh more than a week after parting from their stems.
As for the silly title: People with astigmatism know about blur, and there is plenty of blur in this very close close-up. I wish I had managed to get a nicer refraction/reflection in the in-focus droplet, and a nice, clear droplet refraction is definitely something to keep in mind for a future MM theme. This is one of the first test shots, so I just took a couple of photos without particularly taking care of the reflection in the droplets, and in the end, I ran out of time. As backdrop, I had placed the gold-coated cardboard behind the blossom, and another part of the background is the Amaryllis petals themselves. The other colours are from stuff that was on the table – test shot colours ;) At least they match the "jester theme" ;)
The image is a single shot taken at 2:1 (or close to that) magnification with the Laowa 50mm Ultra Macro. Since it features the same Amaryllis blossom and somewhat similar colours to my previous MM photo, I decided to process it similarly (please see the first comment). Processed in DXO PL7, Analog and Color Efex, and LR.
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone! I'll try to catch up with you tonight!
Photography in the magical world of plants and bugs captures the intricate beauty and delicate interactions of nature. Macro shots reveal vibrant flowers and the fascinating details of insect anatomy, highlighting the delicate wings of butterflies and the complex eyes of dragonflies. Each image tells a story of symbiosis, resilience, and the breathtaking diversity of life often unnoticed by the naked eye.
A week ago, an intriguing idea struck me. What if each week I came up with a different theme? This notion seemed both exciting and promising, offering a fresh perspective and a constant source of novelty. I imagined diving into a new world every seven days, exploring diverse themes.
Photography in the magical world of plants and bugs captures the intricate beauty and delicate interactions of nature. Macro shots reveal vibrant flowers and the fascinating details of insect anatomy, highlighting the delicate wings of butterflies and the complex eyes of dragonflies. Each image tells a story of symbiosis, resilience, and the breathtaking diversity of life often unnoticed by the naked eye.
A week ago, an intriguing idea struck me. What if each week I came up with a different theme? This notion seemed both exciting and promising, offering a fresh perspective and a constant source of novelty. I imagined diving into a new world every seven days, exploring diverse themes.