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~William Carlos Williams
Happy Saturday! Laura's Mom is coming to visit us here in San Francisco tomorrow, so you know I will be handed a lengthy "Honey Do" list shortly. Oh well, it will be great to see her and show off our city...even if it means I have to do lots of chores. :)
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I've been trying this droplet macro thing for some time now. This is the first example of what I might consider "success". With the DoF so tiny, and the camera and reversed lens being handheld, AND the occasional breeze happening through... it's a BEAR to get ANYthing in focus. And if you think about it, focusing on the view in the droplet involves focusing through three different lenses simultanously. Anyway, this is on the foliage of a california poppy. They have the loveliest pink tips on their soft green leaves.
Fall picture a day 36/91.
hoverfly (syrphid fly) on a decaying flower. this is one of my early shots taken with a Nikon Coolpix 4300. I believe this was a macro but the camera information does not list that setting. I was shooting primarily in macro mode to get close shots of these rather small insects.
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¡Cabo! Lots of gorgeous flowers & exotic plants in Mexico, this paper-thin ruby beauty being one of them. Lots more fantastico flora to come!
Happy Scarlet Sunday! (#1 of 2)
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It's Food For Thought Week! And you know what I'm thinking? I'm hungry. All the time.
Hot Chocolate & Cookies: Though I know it's offcially Spring, it was 27° F (-2° C) here in Chicago yesterday...more than enough reason to whip up one of my fav afternoon (or late-night) snacks—hot chocolate & chocolate chip cookies. Yes, I dunk...don't you? :)~
Thank you all for your understanding about the craziness of the move and your sweet & supportive comments. You're the best. Yes, you. :)
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Getting high on Red Bull
Nikon D90, Nikon SB600 Flash mounted off camera and fitted with a cloud modifier, 105mm Nikkor micro. and a open can of Red Bull
This superflux! (CLIVIA)
Ez a fotó, az első képek egyike.Itt látható, hogy a képernyőn egészen másképpen láttatja "magát", mint élőben. Csodás bibeközpont, ha nem fotóztam volna le, nem láthatnánk -e virág és a fény játékának szépségét., a lényeget.
Te is így gondolod?
The clivia seed here visible, you look at it ?
You may have noticed by now that the eyes of jumping spiders can be several colors, but I have noticed that the eyes of female Maevia iclemens are often exceptionally vivid. With their beautiful deep blue anterior median eyes displaying the occasional moving wash of red due to the internal movement of the spider's retina, they are truly remarkable.
I found this little (~5mm) female Maevia inclemens in a light fixture on my back porch, and upon noticing that she was going to be quite a cooperative subject, I ran back inside and grabbed my macro bellows. I have no way of judging exactly what magnification the photo above was taken at, but I am confident it was taken past 5:1 with the 28mm reversed to the bellows. I spent a little bit watching her through the viewfinder as I could actually see that red haze move about behind those lenses! It's absolutely amazing to see these movements - I'll have to try to get a video of it sometime soon.
The photo above is a focus stack from 4 photos taken at f/8 and cropped pretty significantly. I only got 9 photos of this spider before my good luck turned - she hopped away and I lost her. I thought I was getting better at finding escapees, but her flee was
successful - I never found her.
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To read more about jumping spider vision on Wikipedia (with a photo of mine), go here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider#Vision
And Dr. Wayne Maddison has a fantastic page about salticid vision over at Tolweb here:
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# Fuchsia
enjoy a wonderful pink delicious tuesday !
When one lives with others and is bound by feelings of affection, then one realizes that one has a reason for living, that one may not be utterly worthless and expendable, but is perhaps good for something, since we need one another and are journeying together as compagnons de voyage. But our proper sense of self-esteem is also highly dependent upon our relationship with others.~ vincent v. gogh
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Reverse mounted Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1:1 magnification, handheld, lit with with shoe mounted Canon Speedlite 430EX II. Diffused with sto-fen omni-bounce and bounced off printer paper.
This is a close-up of the flower of a mimosa tree in my yard, also known as "albizia julibrissin" according to wikipedia. These flowers don't have petals, but rather just tight clusters of tiny stamens. And it's totally a bee magnet, unfortunately. This whole tree is just covered with bees at times during the summer.
Highest Explore position: #372 on Monday, December 27, 2010 - thanks everyone!