I think this ‘swag’ came from a school science fair we attended years ago. It’s a small plastic fidget spinner.

I’ve designed so many merch items across the years for clients, you would have think I would have kept some!

Fidget spinner and a gramaphone (miniature)

#MacroMonday

#motionblur

Yes. Another fidget spinner. And another whirlgig? Well, not quite. It's a rotating spintop-like thingy that isn't a real spintop which I've placed onto a rotating fidget spinner. So what is this spintop that isn't a spintop? It's a transparent part of my moon globe which I don't use on the moon globe, because I use the moon globe as a decorative lamp hanging from the ceiling. That's where a moon belongs, doesn't it? When I disassembled the moon globe to turn it into a lamp I noticed that the small piece at the bottom (and does an orb have a bottom?) that connects the globe with its stand and makes the globe spin around its axis actually makes a perfect spintop. I've always wanted to use this thingy – how about "moonspin"? – for an MM theme. But how should I make the motion visible with an item that is transparent and runs so smoothly that you can hardly see any motion? I used my makeshift colour filters for some colourful accents and then I put the moonspin onto the non-rotating centre part of the rainbow coloured fidget spinner (and the fidget spinner also added some extra mortion blur). I got the best result when I waited until the moonspin got slower and began to wobble – just before it stopped to rotate.

This was actually only a test shot, but I didn't have much time to do more this weekend (or Monday), so I decided to stick to it, because while it's not exactly an original idea for the theme, I like the outcome. What I also like is how well the IBIS of my camera works, because this, again, is a handheld image. I didn't use an ND filter, because I've taken the capture last evening when it was already dark outside. Since it was only a testshot I also didn't bother to place the fidget spinner and the moonspin on / against a "proper" background, but just grabbed the black velvet adhesive foil I'd bought recently to repair the palm rest of my keyboard, propped it against a vase and put the spinning thingies in front of it. Which is the reason this moonspin rotates in Fuzziverse, because the velvet foil, while nice to the touch (as it should be), is fuzzy. Pleasantly fuzzy and soft for my hands, fuzziverse fuzzy in a macro image. Processed, as usual, in DXO PhotoLab 4, then I went into Luminar AI to enhance the details and saturation, and finally into Analog Efex – and the white vignette actually is an accident, but I think it added more depth to the image than a totally black background would have. I also like how the vignette highlighted some of the velvety fluff which added a nice starry look :)

The "moonspin" is 4,5 cm / 1,77 inches in diameter, so I had to crop the image quite considerably (and I really didn't like to do that this time, because I think the image looks nicer with more negative space, but it's "To be in MMs or not to be in MMs", isn't it?), so the width here is exactly 3 inches.

Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and have a nice and safe week ahead!

Bungee-Jumping. Oder einfach nur auf einer Sonnenlichtwelle surfen?

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This little adventurous branch hung off just a bit and fidgeted in the wind until I finally managed to catch it vertically. It comes from an Irish juniper, where it may have become too dark or too narrow. Or both.

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Dieser kleine abenteuerlustige Zweig hing einfach mal so ein bisschen ab und zappelte ganz schön im Wind, bis ich es dann endlich geschafft hatte ihn senkrecht einzufangen. Er stammt von einem Irischen Wacholder, wo es ihm vielleicht zu dunkel oder zu eng geworden war. Oder beides.

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#CrazyTuesday / #minimalism

HMM 😊😊😍

HMAM 😊😊😍

The balls measure 1/2", 1/4" & 1/8" respectively.

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It's exactly a year today when we had to start working from home due to the impending impact of COVID. It's quite fitting that this week's theme is "Motion Blur" The past year has been a blur. We could however still focus on the good things. HMM!

Fidget Paynesworth (aka Charlotte Bailey)

"Macro Mondays" - theme "Circles"

"Fidget Spinner" in motion

A precious handmade fidget spinner made by a Finnish artist we met at am exhibition. He creates artistic items with his hands from old watches, metallic parts etc.

Hope you enjoy it.

Happy MM!!

This guy was fidgeting around in the brush on the family fen farm and I'm sure there were some fledglings nearby, but they never showed their baby faces.

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Fidget spinner is in principle indicated for relaxing, decreasing stress, and helping children with autism, or with difficulty concentrating like those with ADHD. Ironically, its use has been suspended in many schools for distracting children from their schoolwork.

For Macro Mondays

Theme: Relaxation

Fidget Spinner in Bewegung

Danke für Euren Besuch, über einen Kommentar und Stern freue ich mich.

Fidget Spinner in motion

Thank you for your visit, I am looking forward to a comment and a star.

Tourneur Fidget en mouvement

Merci de votre visite, j'attends avec impatience un commentaire et une étoile.

Fidget Spinner en movimiento

Gracias por su visita, estoy deseando recibir un comentario y una estrella.

Fidget Spinner em movimento

Obrigado pela sua visita, estou ansioso para receber um comentário e uma estrela.

Spinner fidget in movimento

Vi ringrazio per la vostra visita, attendo con ansia un commento e una stella.

Vergeet Spinner in beweging

Dank u voor uw bezoek, ik kijk uit naar een opmerking en een ster.

I was checking out at Walgreens yesterday and saw these little "Fidget Spinners". Spinning them is supposed to be relaxing (or something like that).

Fidget in space

Taken for the “Macro Mondays” theme “Relaxation”.

I think most people must know what a Fidget Spinner is by now. They seem to be everywhere these days. Just in case, I found this blurb online: "Fidget spinners are toys initially created to relieve stress. This toy helps to calm nerves and helps you to relax; it also helps to ease anxiety. " It was a very stressful photoshoot. :)

HMM

I've had a few weeks of poor luck locating "my" chamois, but today they were back to one of their favorite spots, seemed to recognize me and even posed nicely. That's when you have to stop and wonder what's wrong... I did wonder about the blurry results, but blamed the poor light and also didn't have the time to fidget with my camera. Turns out I'd accidentally activated one of the integrated ND filters 👿 and I could really kick myself. Amazingly the camera managed a few (VERY few) acceptable results, and here is one of them. Lesson learned, hopefully...

A handmade fidget spinner by a Finnish artist we met in a fair in Malmö.

My sons little treasure and also perfectly symmetrical

Da ist er lang. Geh einfach nach links.

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The little corn stalks look a little excited. Maybe it was the wind that made her fidget a little. I was walking alone that day and no one was to be seen anywhere – maybe they meant a ghost? ;-)

A field walk.

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Ein wenig aufgeregt sehen die kleinen Maisstrünke aus. Vielleicht liegt es am Wind, der sie ein wenig zappeln ließ. Ich war an dem Tag allein unterwegs und niemand weit und breit zu sehen – vielleicht meinten sie einen Geist? ;-)

Ein Feldspaziergang.

Known as a "hand spinner", "fidget spinner".

photo size: 3 in w 2.89 in h,

7.62cm w 6.29cm h

Theme: "Motion Blur"

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A macro view of a fidget spinner in motion. The frame represents a span of 2¼ - inches across.

Techical info:

The scene was illuminated by an LED cube @ 8-o'clock, an overhead LED at 2-o'clock, and a red LED flashlight handheld camera left.

Lens: Helios 44M-4 58mm f/2.0 with 20mm extension tube attached

Two small pieces of plastic, and a divide, part of a fidget toy, at 25x magnification, Omax microscope.

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The same Mabel Orchard Orbweaver, Leucauge argyrobapta, building a pretty chaotic 3D web with some orb-like elements. Tighter than 1:1, no crop, single exposure, f/4.

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One of the models doesn't know I'm taking a picture.

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1932 MG F2 Magna 'Prince Bira' in action at Cultra, June 2016. Nicknamed 'Fidget' on account of the prince had a habit of fidgeting with things and breaking them!

We got only four inches of snow for which I'm grateful.

Everyone has food, water and a degree of contentment. Fidget is concerned that I shoveled snow off the highly secret spot where she buried her new bone yesterday.

At sunset yesterday.

Fidget spinner is in principle indicated for relaxing, decreasing stress, and helping children with autism, or with difficulty concentrating like those with ADHD. Ironically, its use has been suspended in many schools for distracting children from their schoolwork.

Fidget hears something moving down in the ravine.

We're not being aggressive, but we're not kidding around, either.

I’d parked myself on the icy jetty for sunset shots of Mount Rundle but I’m a fidget so I wandered off and a group of photographers nabbed the prime spot. I could have elbowed my way in but the jetty wobbled a lot and they daringly had their tripods balanced on the thin ice. And their gear looked pretty expensive 😊 If you’re on Flickr I’d love to see your images, and to know what kind of cameras those are. Anyone?

This set of three photos of Otis are him fidgeting while he waits for lunch. That's my jacket draped over the back of the tall kitchen chair.

I like the way his head is framed by shadow.

Character graff in Leake Street Tunnel.

As I walked along the trail. we spotted each other, almost simultaneously I think. He began to fidget almost immediately and I knew he was going to fly. With a distance of 120 yards or so, and not the best of backgrounds I thought perhaps it would be for not. I think it came out pretty good all things considered.

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Bindi: ROSSI. India Bindi 2

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Lipstick: Dazed. Coconut Lipstick Set

Necklace: [POM] Self Paid Necklace

Top: _CandyDoll_ Babbo Shirt White

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Bracelet: ::C'est la vie !:: Devin Bangle

Watch: e.marie // Retro Watch - White

Scrunchie: Lyrium. Scrunchie 1

Rings: Vibing -- Mila

Pants: Teased - Shapewear Corset Leggings Beige

I had to fidget to get this Spinner pic.

Yellow spinner with exposed bearings.

magenta post it note, back lit

Grandson's new fidget spinner. Lighting was achieved by pushing an led light through a colour cube (new) to give the purple yellow split light.