macroshot of a Taraxacum officinale /blowball /Pusteblume...

this one will make it ;) save your species!

Make a wish, I use to love blowing these and making the seeds go everywhere when I was a kid.

Panadero - Diente de Leon

Macro Shot

Very Best Large!!!!

For Macro Mondays theme "Mysterious".

HMM!

**(I want to thank all of you for your kind comments and faves. I truly appreciate it.)

**(Explored 11/14/16)

View On Black

Strobist info:

Sony F42 #1 from camera right beneath the catkin, fired upward, Sony F 42 #2 camera left.

Fractalius effect added.

Explore #27, 18.04.2010

This is ridiculous - i saw many shots of my contacts that were much better, but were not on explore. Sometimes i really wonder about flickr.

Pisauridae spider on the leaf. West Siberia, Tomsk

"Both light and shadow are the dance of Love" - Rumi

"Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides." -Junichiro Tanizaki

Felitsa- Yanni

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwr0TU0M3g0

Happy Valentine's Day! ♡♡

Here is another shot of my beautiful boy named Speckles.

Bite sized candies for Macro Mondays theme; "All in a Row". HMM!

Another unique and vibrant Dahlia at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

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Mangora acalypha

For Macro Mondays theme; "Happy 10 Years."

*( A 2" corner of a devils food cake, covered in a whipped crème frosting, complete with balloons and confetti.)

HMM to all - party on everybody . . .

Rainy days & easter eggs

In love with Costa Rica

Caterpillars - Macroshot in my Garden.

A tablespoon full of Navy Beans for Macro Mondays theme "B - Food" HMM!

(Thanks to everyone who has commented and faved - I truly appreciate it.)

I bought this miniature car many year's ago, as the make and model holds a special place in my heart. HMM everyone.

(Image captured for Macro Mondays theme; Planes, Trains and Automobiles.)

*(Explored - Highest position: 75 on Tuesday, September 6, 2016)

When I took these photos, I didn't notice the little ladybeetle crawling on the petals. These were taken in another neighbour's garden and she had beautiful dahlias growing in all colours. These are not crops and are SOOC only resized in photoshop. They were taken with my 75-300 mm lens and the 36 mm Kenko macro extension tube.

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This butterfly was sitting on the edge of the chair that I sit my washing basket on, so I got a chance to capture this beauty before t flew off

White Burnet - Canadian Burnet www.cbookerphotography.com

This is just of my roses that is growing in my front yard.

macro shot of a flower

Paper Clip Monster - For Macro Mondays theme; "Pens, Pencils, Erasers and Paper Clips."

HMM to all . . .

(Since it is October, and the month of colored leaves and Halloween - I thought I'd post a whimsical image for this weeks theme. The monster stands 1-1/2 inches tall from the top of his little lacquered head to the tips of his shiny shoes.)

** I want to thank everyone for their kind and often amusing comments. I really enjoy reading them.

(Explored 10/10/16)

Birthday Gift: White rose rushed to the vase and dropped in to the frost. Sony/ Zeiss/ Achromatic Diopter 10x. Macro

For Macro Mondays theme; "Window Sill". HMM!

Fish and sea shells sit on my bathroom windowsill. The hand carved fish was purchased in Florida many years ago, and Doc and I harvested the shells from the islands of Sanibel and Captiva while visiting there one winter.

Macro Mondays theme is Hobby

This is bread in the making before it is going in the oven, I'm peeking in to see if it has grown

I love all home made

My title is actually something that we sometimes don't want to take in

A hobby for me doesn't neccessarily need to be fun for others to watch

Like when I'm deep diving into Lightroom

I thought it was only in my house that was something others in the house hated

But I've realised that it is pretty common. One guy in my photoclub said his wife hated when the laptop came on his lap, then he deep dived into his world and she wouldn't get anything sensible out of him as long as he was occupied with it.

And that is of course what we do with our hobbies

We deep dive

Sometimes we use hobbies as excuses to get away from our everyday life

I know I did

Maybe it is time to think a bit when we do that

Questioning ourselves

What am I escaping from

And try to solve it

It might be a signal of something that should be dealt with, but of course not neccessarily

It's all in the balance isn't it

Now I'm not deep diving for hours, things have changed, luckily for me

LIfe sure is interesting if we just dare deep dive

That's a "hobby" I will never stop with, but I found it difficult to take a macroshot of my life, lol

So it became a bread dough

And yes it tasted heavenly, if I may say so of my own "work"

HMM 2 u all!