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Found while walking around doing some macro photography in Sindelfingen yesterday. Happy mothers day to all the moms out there! :-)
Der König in Thule
Es war ein König in Thule,
Gar treu bis an das Grab,
Dem sterbend seine Buhle
Einen goldnen Becher gab.
Es ging ihm nichts darüber,
Er leert’ ihn jeden Schmaus;
Die Augen gingen ihm über,
So oft er trank daraus.
Und als er kam zu sterben,
Zählt’ er seine Städt’ im Reich,
Gönnt’ alles seinen Erben,
Den Becher nicht zugleich.
Er saß bei’m Königsmahle,
Die Ritter um ihn her,
Auf hohem Vätersaale,
Dort auf dem Schloß am Meer.
Dort stand der alte Zecher,
Trank letzte Lebensgluth,
Und warf den heiligen Becher
Hinunter in die Fluth.
Er sah ihn stürzen, trinken
Und sinken tief ins Meer,
Die Augen thäten ihm sinken,
Trank nie einen Tropfen mehr.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Faust
[ The King in Thule
There was a king in Thule,
faithful till the grave,
To whom his lover, dying,
A golden goblet gave.
Nought was to him more precious;
He drained it at every bout;
His eyes with tears ran over,
Every time he drank from it.
When came his time of dying,
He counted his kingdom's towns,
Granted his heirs everything
Except the golden goblet.
He sat at the royal banquet
His knights around him,
In the lofty hall of his fathers
There in the castle by the sea.
There stood the old carouser,
And drank the last life-glow;
And hurled the hallowed goblet
Into the tide below.
He saw it plunging and filling,
And sinking deep in the sea:
His eyes made him sink,
And never more drank he!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Faust, in the translation edited by Nathan Haskell Dole - via Wikipedia - with a couple of modifications ("mistress" is definitely not the right word I think...) ]
Someone gave me that goblet when I was very small, and I loved drinking from it, despite the very strong metallic taste it gives to virtually anything.
Kit 40-150mm zoom with extension tubes.
Happy Macro Monday and thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
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Blue Flag Iris leaf in my small water garden. For the Macro Monday challenge Leaf. For once I took the photo before Sunday but then had a power outage for 24 hours so a late entry.
Grub Screws, Rivets, Self tapping Screws, Electrical Fitting Screws, Pop Rivets, Cap Screws. Macro #MacroMondays #Fasteners
Many thanks for the Favs and a comment :-)
This is a macro of a washing up bottle.
Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35 Optic, 36mm Extension Tube, f/5.6
For this week's Macro Monday theme of "white on white", I used strips of white paper photographed on another sheet of white paper. I tried photographing curls and spirals but wasn't that happy with the results apart from one or two. So most of my photos were of a strip gently folded to form loops about 1 cm high, stuck to the other sheet with double sided tape, and using a light to throw shadows. My first attempts used a bright white LED torch and the photos came out very blue - not really what I was looking for in terms of the theme but interesting nevertheless. So I tried again with a halogen light source and that was better. I played around with clarity and contrast and must admit I like the darker, higher contrast images this produced, but was worried they wouldn't be quite right for the theme. So I did a few with less contrast and clarity, which gives a gentler, softer image.
I have discovered another amazing fact this year with our Waterlilies, The Lily in the Pond lasts 5 days,
The photo I posted the other day was 4 days in bloom,
I brought it in the kitchen and after 6 days still looks amazing with only a wrinkle or two....
So much to learn!
Photo when I cut it bellow,
www.flickr.com/photos/komotini49/30092865513/
Have a wonderful week ahead!