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Lightning . . . by Nick Cowling

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Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Autumnal Dreams by Nick Cowling

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Harlequin | Harmonia axyridis | Coccinellidae

Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

A tree by the fence by Katharine Hanna

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in our backyard. Asheville, North Carolina. Shot through condensation on a window, and using, of all things, a macro lens.

small and smaller by Johanna H. (back - slowly catching up!)

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Thank you very much for your visits, faves and nice comments. I really appreciate it!

Ich möchte mich ganz herzlich für eure Besuche, Sternchen und netten Anmerkungen bedanken. Ich freue mich sehr darüber!

a marble by Johanna H. (back - slowly catching up!)

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Green Bottle Fly on Coreopsis by Jan Nagalski

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Green Bottle Flies are common throughout North America. They are a type of blow fly that may lay their eggs in rotting meat. Historically, blow fly maggots have been used for "maggot therapy" in necrotic tissue, such as in infected, untreated wounds. With widespread availability of antibiotics, "maggot therapy" is seldom used currently. However, with antibiotic resistant bacteria becoming more common, maybe we will see hungry blow fly maggots used again someday :-))

Coreopsis spp. are naturally occuring wildflowers. Two species (or varieties) are planted in my "wildflower" garden.

from the heart by Johanna H. (back - slowly catching up!)

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open up and see the light by Johanna H. (back - slowly catching up!)

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5letters - glass by Johanna H. (back - slowly catching up!)

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Five o'clock shadow by Charlotte Hedman

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We are in the midst of another arctic outflow and it's been snowing like crazy. This was in the back yard a couple of days ago after 25cm (10") of snow, with the sun shining. Got up this morning, and there is almost that amount all over again and still coming down.

I've been off Flickr for about a week - I have a lot going on. I hope to get to your latest images today :)

Nightmares Are Made Of This . . . by Nick Cowling

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Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Tender Touch . . . Almost! by Nick Cowling

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Courgette | Cucurbita pepo | Cucurbitaceae

Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Cricket-hunter, closed wings by Jan Nagalski

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A pair of Steel-blue Cricket Hunter Wasps circled my yard for several days. The only place they would stop was on the orange flowers of the Butterfly Weed.

They strongly resemble Blue Mud Dauber Wasps, which have a longer pedicel (the "stalk" that connects their thorax to their abdomen).

Butterfly Weed is a native plant species, and my favorite Michigan wildflower. Ironically, I have never seen a butterfly land on the flowers, although it does attract a variety of wasps and hornets.

A side view, with wings lifted is included in the first comment below.

The humble dandelion by Barrie T

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Large areas of the garden which are left to their own devices are awash with dandelions and daisies and a particular white flower which you see everywhere here. It died out when winter arrived but has come back even stronger just as Spring is arriving. One day I'll discover what it's called.

This one's for Geka! 😊

Silverine . . . by Nick Cowling

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Field Forget-Me-Not | Myosotis arvensis | Myosotis

Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

shades of pastel by Johanna H. (back - slowly catching up!)

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..never shall I presume to know you fully... by Dawn Tranter

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Mushroom Lamp Post . . . by Nick Cowling

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Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Whispers From The Woods by Nick Cowling

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Wood Anemone | Anemone nemorosa | Ranunculaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Gatekeeper by Nick Cowling

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Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus | Nymphalidae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Fern in the forest by Heike Rosenbaum

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Oberbergischer Kreis, Germany

Thank you all for visiting and your kind comments, awards and

faves - I appreciate them all.

Meadow Waxcap | Hygrocybe pratensis | Hygrophoraceae by Nick Cowling

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Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Comma (Polygonia c-album) by Eleanor

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Taken in my garden and showing off his comma. A lot of these in the garden this year.

Pluteus Possibly . . . by Nick Cowling

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Possibly a Wrinkled Shield | Pluteus phlebophorus | Pluteaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Alone On The Lawn by Nick Cowling

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Dwarf Bell | Galerina pumila | Hymenogastraceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Morning Dew by Charlotte Hedman

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Spring is when flowers beckon

in every corner of your heart.

~ Bhuwan Thapaliya

Sweet Alison | Lobularia maritima | Brassicaceae by Nick Cowling

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Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

White rhododendron.. by Elisafox22 off and on a bit!

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The garden delight just now is the flowering of azaleas and rhododendron... the range of colours is amazing. The white hedge of rhododendron has flowers with multiple 'heads' ... so I picked just one flower-head here to get in really close. There's a shot of a full flower in the first comment field,

"Looking close on Friday" - "a single white flower"

Macro-Looking Close: Here

My Azaleas & Rhodies set: Here

From the garden Here

Firestarter * by Barrie T

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This is one of many teeny weeny flowers from a flowering succulent I recently bought.

* youtu.be/wmin5WkOuPw

Macro Mondays - In a Bottle by Phil Lowe

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"Eau de Cologne" Dandelion and Bluebell

Parasol Pleats by Nick Cowling

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Pleated Inkcap | Parasola plicatilis | Psathyrellaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Hesperiidae Hawk by Nick Cowling

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Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | Hesperiidae On Orange Hawk Bit | Pilosella aurantiaca | Asteraceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Gallivant . . . by Nick Cowling

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Snowdrop | Galanthus nivalis | Amaryllidaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Stronger Together by Nick Cowling

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Double Daff | Narcissus 'Minnow' | Amaryllidaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

μ Cu by Nick Cowling

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Small Copper | Lycaena phlaeas | Lycaenidae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Tatty Twig by Nick Cowling

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Scurfy Twiglet | Tubaria furfuracea | Tubariaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Mellow Bell by kirsten

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Why do I always struggle with bells? Hmmpfff.

thanks for the theme suggestion, Tom:)

Spring Overture by Nick Cowling

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Balkan Anemone | Anemone Blanda | Ranunculaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Rolling Into Winter by Nick Cowling

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Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Bella Bellis by Nick Cowling

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Common Daisy | Bellis perennis | Asteraceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Pixie Cup Lichen | Cladonia fimbriata? | Cladoniaceae by Nick Cowling

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Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Keeper of secrets by Dawn Tranter

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Pelar Pink by Nick Cowling

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Pelargonium | Geraniaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Daisy Delight . . . by Nick Cowling

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Common Daisy | Bellis perennis | Asteraceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Deerly beloved by Charlotte Hedman

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A wildlife photography I am definitely not. But when a couple of deer walked right in front of me as I was shooting close up with my macro lens, what was I to do? Go for it anyway! I kept walking closer and they didn't seem afraid at all.

drops by majka44

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And Together They Parted by kirsten

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Macro Mondays - Screw by Phil Lowe

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Just a little light screw

... and screwing around too ...

Lowely Laccaria by Nick Cowling

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The Deceiver | Laccaria laccata | Hydnangiaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro