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It is a funny challenge theme for me- (on June 2) "No Real Animal" for "Looking close... on Friday!" because Ken & I have so many real animals! Then again, I DO have many little animals that are very quiet and require only a smile from time to time!
Navilla is like the elf on the shelf but for the fact that she lives in the cupboards most of the time, never know where she might turn up:)
project 365-20
shutter sisters 365-20
Shot with my A7RIII and Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F/2.8 AEJ Contax mount.
F/11 1/200 ISO 200
Blueberry Hill Conservation Area consists of 134 acres of wooded area in Gibbsboro, NJ. It features both paved and unpaved trails that are suitable for hiking or biking. At 192 feet, Blueberry Hill is one of the highest elevations in Southern New Jersey.
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Auto Sears 55mm f1.4 (M42) + DIY tilt-shift adapter. Focal plane is somewhere at the top of the clock tower :)
Shot with my A7RIII and Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F/2.8 AEJ Contax mount.
F/11 1/200 ISO 200
Blueberry Hill Conservation Area consists of 134 acres of wooded area in Gibbsboro, NJ. It features both paved and unpaved trails that are suitable for hiking or biking. At 192 feet, Blueberry Hill is one of the highest elevations in Southern New Jersey.
© All Rights Reserved
For FlickrFriday #MadeInJapan
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Have a great day and thank you for visiting!
Chain used to secure my side-gate seen through my little lens that my husband gave me for shooting super macros - by reverse shooting through it from my little Panasonic Lumix camera.
For Macro Monday "Holes"
Not so long ago, I went through a rather difficult patch in my life where everything fell apart in a matter of weeks. During that time, Flickr, and the support of some good friends really helped to boost my emotions up and keep me going when things were at their hardest. One of those friends gave me a small white box, and wrapped up in tissue paper inside were twenty-four small envelopes (each one is only three inches by two inches in size), each one containing a very big good wish for me. My friend knows how much I love Japanese design and Japanese papers, so she went and bought the papers and made these envelopes for me. She also gave me the hand printed Japanese paper that I have used as a backdrop. The simple gift of these twenty-four envelopes filled with positive and good wishes brought me to tears, and meant so much to me at the time. I still look at them even now, as the sentiments expressed still are so precious to me.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 30th of August is "paper design;, which just to be clear does not mean origami, but rather the designs made on the paper itself. It is a pleasure to share these twenty-four magical little paper envelopes with you, and if you get even a fraction of the joy that I did from them, I shall be glad of it! I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile!
My first tilt-shift bokeh attempt using custom made tilt-shift adapter.
Auto Sears 55mm f1.4 (M42) -> custom adapter -> A7RII.
Inspired by Takashi Kitajima's amazing tilt-shift bokeh shots.
When it was my birthday a few months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Amongst the gifts was a beautful Japanese quilted ribbon, embroidered with stylised chrysanthemums which I have accessorised with two spools: one Dewhurst's Sylko Sandalwood cotton which dates from between 1954 and 1958 and one unmarked bobbin of toffee coloured cotton which is Edwardian.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.