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The fraying must be from the cheap Wal-Mart thread - in fact, this was in a sewing kit I got from Wally World for like $ 1.19. Needles, thread, scissors, yeah, the whole bit ... I'm confident that it's of utmost quality ...
The funky background color (it is actually white - but I kinda like this) must be from the LED flashlight I used for illumination.
Stage 16/16 - The wind has almost completed its work, but the final seed clings on tenaciously! Best viewed LARGE to see the ridged structure of the tiny brown seed
This is the final shot in a sequence of 16 images illustrating the dandelion from flower bud to final seed. The remainder (in reverse order) are shown below. To see the notes and/or to comment on a particular image click on the individual image.
EXPLORE # 232
This tiny (about 3 mm across) weed flower was photograph July 4th at the NAPWC in company with Pinoy Macro members Lenareh, Black Knight, Honbless, synapz557, fredots09 and wewet. There is a bigger shot of the flower but the details were not good.
aphid on peach colored rose. This is a rework of a prior post, cropping heavily to achieve a portrait mode and cleaning up some of the extraneous pollen spots
orange ladybug with a herd of aphids on goldenrod at the John Jeffries House garden
for those of you who may not know, photographing ladybugs is one of the biggest challenges for nature photographers. they are notoriously reclusive and avoid the camera lens relentlessly, moving into the bushy environment on opposite sides of stems and leaves making it difficult to get a lens near them. when you do actually get a shot, it is almost guaranteed to get glare, because of the domelike wing shells.
however, when you do get a good shot you are almost always surprised by what you get. for example, in this shot, I had no idea there were so many aphids on the plant, I was just trying to get a relatively well focused shot of the ladybug with the front helmet and antenna in the image.
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.
No water spouts here, just flowers!
My daughter wants to be a musician when she grows up!!
"What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" Macro Monday Pool.. 6 July 2009.
The Flower of Love
Once upon a time, a Knight and his bride were walking along a river. While gathering the little blue flowers for his sweetheart, the Knight fell into the deep and treacherous river. Just before his armour had pulled him beneath the water, he tossed the flowers to his lover and pleaded, "Forget Me Not!". Those were his dying words. Ever since, the little blue flower has been known as as the forget-me-not.
The Victorians gave meaning to flowers in order to express their feelings. Forget-Me-Nots represent lasting love. In Victorian England, the Forget-Me-Not flower was worn by women to ensure that their lovers would never forget them.
Image info: used Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 reversed, handheld
this perry street cherry tree is often one of my first posts of any new photoshooting season. finally, a beautiful spring day and the blossoms were out.
(sing-sing ita)
LIFE IS A JOURNEY
Life is a journey filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations and special moments that will ultimately lead us to our destination, our purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth; in fact, throughout our travels, we will encounter many challenges.
Some of these challenges will test our courage, strengths, weaknesses, and faith. Along the way, we may stumble upon obstacles that will come between the paths that we are destined to take. In order to follow the right path, we must overcome these obstacles. Sometimes these obstacles are really blessings in disguise, only we don't realize that at the time.
Along our journey we will be confronted with many situations, some will be filled with joy, and some will be filled with heartache. How we react to what we are faced which determines what kind of outcome the rest of our journey through life will be like.
When things don't always go our way, we have two choices in dealing with the situations. We can focus on the fact that things didn't go how we had hoped they would and let life pass us by, or two, we can make the best out of the situation and know that these are only temporary setbacks and find the lessons that are to be learned.
Time stops for no one, and if we allow ourselves to focus on the negative we might miss out on some really amazing things that life has to offer. We can't go back to the past, we can only take the lessons that we have learned and the experiences that we have gained from it and move on. It is because of the heartaches, as well as the hardships, that in the end help to make us a stronger person.
The people that we meet on our journey, are people that we are destined to meet. Everybody comes into our lives for some reason or another and we don't always know their purpose until it is too late. They all play some kind of role. Some may stay for a lifetime; others may only stay for a short while.
It is often the people who stay for only a short time that end up making a lasting impression not only in our lives, but in our hearts as well. Although we may not realize it at the time, they will make a difference and change our lives in a way we never could imagine. To think that one person can have such a profound affect on your life forever is truly a blessing. It is because of these encounters that we learn some of life's best lessons and sometimes we even learn a little bit about ourselves.
People will come and go into our lives quickly, but sometimes we are lucky to meet that one special person that will stay in our hearts forever no matter what. Even though we may not always end up being with that person and they may not always stay in our life for as long as we like, the lessons that we have learned from them and the experiences that we have gained from meeting that person, will stay with us forever.
It's these things that will give us strength to continue on with our journey. We know that we can always look back on those times of our past and know that because of that one individual, we are who we are and we can remember the wonderful moments that we have shared with that person.
Memories are priceless treasures that we can cherish forever in our hearts. They also enables us to continue on with our journey for whatever life has in store for us. Sometimes all it takes is one special person to help us look inside ourselves and find a whole different person that we never knew existed. Our eyes are suddenly opened to a world we never knew existed- a world where time is so precious and moments never seem to last long enough.
Throughout this adventure, people will give you advice and insights on how to live your life but when it all comes down to it, you must always do what you feel is right. Always follow your heart, and most importantly never have any regrets. Don't hold anything back. Say what you want to say, and do what you want to do, because sometimes we don't get a second chance to say or do what we should have the first time around.
It is often said that what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. It all depends on how one defines the word "strong" It can have different meanings to different people. In this sense, "stronger" means looking back at the person you were and comparing it to the person you have become today. It also means looking deep into your soul and realizing that the person you are today couldn't exist if it weren't for the things that have happened in the past or for the people that you have met. Everything that happens in our life happens for a reason and sometimes that means we must face heartaches in order to experience joy.
---Shannon Spaunburg
(This photo was taken on September 13, 2008 using a Canon PowerShot A550.)