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This tiny little hoverfly meets an beautiful Goblet of Fire. The red lilium almost looks like it burns. So two beautys of nature paired for an Rendezvous :)

About the hoverfly: Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.

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A metal printers block (well the face you can see is the rest is wood) shot on the metal lid of my MacBook.

HCT!

Challenge CoF174 - OBJECT & BLACK&WHITE

Challenge on flickr

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A detail from one of our little used cut glass goblets.

HMM! Theme: Glass

Innes National Park South Australia

another still life with fruit

Spain; Laguna del Cañizar, Aragon 26/4/23

High Key image created for Macro Mondays theme, September 8, 2025.

-Image spans 2.75in. on the long edge

Sadness Is Dark

You can't even call it a color

It's the color of your eyes I crave

Regret Reeks

You can't even call it a scent

It's the smell of your skin I can't waive

Black and Blue in the face

Longing for you by my side

Red wine I easily embrace

Lusting for you by my side.

--Ophelia

Location: Anduril

...cleaning the china cabinet yields opportunities

France; Vienne 7/6/18.

This method of Painting means that every Goblet turns out to be Unique ! .............

Compositionally Challenged Week 48 - Still Life

CC Rainbow Game - Purple

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Gemma

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Image taken with a front element of a lens from a Panasonic Lumix. The bad technical quality is by design.

An empty crystal goblet sitting on a sunny table beside the glass fence, at the Mayfair Hotel rooftop bar.

France; Brenne, Lignac 18/7/18.

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"goblet of light" large and on black

Erythromma lindenii

France; Vienne 7/6/18.

France; Brenne, Lignac 18/7/18.

High Speed Photography with water droplets and additional colors.

Liquid collision!

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Gemma

Is this a phantom or is it just swirling water? There are hearts and other things, too, floating around!

Polyaxial birch on the edge of the top of the Krasnoye Solnyshko mount in Kislovodsk

Another in the marbles in glass project. This was lit from behind by an IKEA Jansjö LED reading light placed about an inch from the goblet. Four exposure brackets were combined by Lightroom"s HDR routine.

Would be interesting to explore this miniature world. Ants do..