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Photographed in the British Museum London. Made in 1610 all that remains of this clock is the face, internal workings and the chiming mechanism. the actual clock case has long since disappeared. It could show day date and month as well as the time and lunar cycles and could also roughly predict eclipses. The clock maker and country of origin have not been given. (Probably unknown.)
Cute mini wind-up toy of the smilely face - love the glow of the yellow as he wanders across the shot
It's incredibly cold right now in Northern Colorado........So, what to do.........I KNOW!! Go put on your arctic clothing and go outside and photograph snowflakes!! Its what we do!!! This was my first time attempting real snowflake photography. I must admit that its a bit addictive. I got very excited when I saw cool flakes land on my material. The conditions were just right yesterday morning, 2-11-2021. It was about 7 degrees outside and there was a very light snowfall with no wind. It was just perfect for catching individual snowflake crystals because the cold temperature helps keep the crystals sharp and slows the melting process. I used a black material phone case to catch the flakes. I didn't have much time as the falling snow didn't last very long. I used a tripod with a horizontal mount for my camera and had it very low to the ground where I was catching flakes. I used a Nikon D850 with a Nikkor 105mm F2.8 macro lens with a 1.4x teleconverter. I didn't want to focus stack these images so, I used a very small aperture of F16 to try and get the best depth of field. I had my camera lens mostly parallel to the material catching the flakes so that they would be flat and thus more in focus. Its important to keep everything on the same plane of focus if we aren't going to focus stack. I used only the natural light I had available. I hope to be able to improve on my technique moving forward....including using some external light and extension tubes to get closer to my subject. All of these images were heavily cropped. WHAT A FUN MORNING!!!!!
Sommerliches Sterben unter blühenden Linden
Bei meinem mittäglichen Rundgang fand ich auf einem Fahrradweg oberhalb der Uni Bielefeld hunderte von toten oder im Todeskampf befindliche Hummeln.
Natürlich habe ich mich dann im Internet über dies Phänomen schlau gemacht und bin dann auf Artikel über "Hummelsterben unter Linden" gestoßen.
Die Hummelvölker haben sich wohl so auf die Lindenblüten spezialisiert und sind evtl. auch süchtig danach, da der Nektar der Linden wohl Stoffe wie Nikotin und Koffein enthält.
Die Hummeln verlassen im Allgemeinen bereits das Nest ohne große Reserven, welche während des Flugs zur Linde dann schon fast komplett aufgebraucht sind. Wenn das Tier nun an der Linde seinen Nektarbedarf nicht mehr stillen kann, da die Blüten bereits verblüht sind, fällt das Tier vom Baum und verhungert.
Wie ich dann feststellte, befinden sich am Fundort tatsächlich zahlreiche Sommer- und Winterlinden, die verblüht sind. Da auch in unmittelbarer Nähe nicht mehr viele Pflanzen blühen, haben die Hummeln keine Alternative.
Weitere Infos über das Hummelsterben unter Linden:
www.nabu.de/tiere-und-pflanzen/insekten-und-spinnen/hautf...
aktion-hummelschutz.de/biologie/tote-hummeln-unter-linden...
Lumix GX80 mit Olympus 60 mm Makro - Post-Focus Stack aus 93 Einzelaufnahmen mit Helicon Focus - Naturlicht - Freihand aufgestützt
Fundort: Deutschland - OWL - Bielefeld - 08.07.2019
(Macro) As requested, this is not a fly.
This tiny little Carpet beetle is walking down a toothpick.
This caret beetle or anthrenus verbasci is a British textile pest which can damage furniture, curtins and carpets and be present in food products.
A stunning Holly Blue taking a break on a warm spring day. I can guarantee to see these on the Lilac bushes behind my house year on year.
Ingredients:
Sony ILCE-7
The BEAST
press "L" to large and take a look, how sharp this lens can be...
Manual setup, manual focus, available light, handheld. Hope, you enjoy!
Chances are you've walked right by these tiny, delicate little flowers and not noticed them.....I did.
I could not decide on what kind so I went with 4 different kinds. Reese's Thins, Cosmic Brownies, Little Bites and Hershey's Mike Chocolate all stacked on top of a picture of s'mores.
Taken for the Macro Mondays challenge on 17 June 2019. A very small toy standing on the centre of a wooden trivet.
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Orange".
This weeks theme is dedicated to the MacroMondays moderator and longtime contributor Hans and his nations color orange. As a relatively new member of the group I don’t know too much about him, however I’ve seen some of his great shots and appreciate the effort that went into them.
I tried to include a little 'H' into the image, that can stand for 'Hans', 'Hallo', 'Hey' or good 'Health' and with that I wish him a good recovery and all the best for the future!
Shot with a Carl Zeiss "Dokumar 38 mm F 5.6" lens on a Canon EOS R5.