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Leitz Wetzlar f2.5 90 mm colorplan projector lens on macro focusing helicoid.
Macro Mondays theme Miniature.
HMS!
Join our group Miniature Sunday - HMS! and learn how to make these fake miniature shots!
It is ages since I did one of these and I don't think this is one of my best - never mind, just a bit of fun!
My graduate student is studying stonecrop (the yellow flower), so I am always looking for them. I am also intrigued with plants that seem to grow out of rocks. Finally, I am fascinated with colorful lichen communities. The next person to come by might not give this rock a second glance, while I had difficulty leaving it. Like art, we perceive natural beauty differently.
Handheld, with the wrong lens for the job. But I was far from the 4Runner, and I just couldn't help myself.
Kaupinoja. Tampere, Finland.
MAY-2024
Nikon F90x
AF Nikkor 35/2D
Agfa CTx200 @100 (expired 12/1997)
Minilab Developed
Today's fake tilt-shift is of Røros.
Røros is a copper mining town and those are slag heaps in the foreground.
For those interested in learning more about this simple technique there are two tutorials at the Miniature Sunday pool. You are all welcome to come and have a try once a week just for fun!
Some miniatures I have made out of cardboard cereal and granola bar boxes based on homes i've photographed over the years!
Macro Mondays 'fingertips' theme. My finger and thumb tips holding a miniature crystal ball refracting some of the trees in my local park.
This one was a little bit tricky; I tried initially with the macro lens while walking the dogs. I hadn't enough reach to get my hand far enough away from the lens to focus, plus hanging on to the dogs in the same hand made keeping the ball still impossible, as well as keeping the camera steady in the other hand. Yesterday I went out without the dogs and used the kit lens, which has a closer focusing distance and is also lighter. Success, though I then had to crop the image to get within the group's 3" limit.
The crystal ball measures 3 cm in diameter, with my finger and thumb tip this is approx 5.5 cm high
I'm also using this for Smile on Saturday group's 'Made of Glass' theme.
Macro Mondays 'low key' theme.
A miniature pewter jug for the theme.
Off camera flash through a short home made snoot, at 1/32 power, held close to subject from the left.
This part of the jug measures 2.25" (including the handle)
tiny fir cone, bathed in beautiful winter sunshine. yesterday.
today it will be blown away by the gales!
A series of photos I took at my friend's home, which she and her family turned into a miniature Christmas wonderland.
I took this for Macro Monday’s ‘Single Use’ challenge today. It’s from a pot of miniature daffodils someone kindly gave us for Christmas.
However, on reflection, the daffodils could grow again next year so they’re not one off!
Snapped against some party balloons with a FA 50mm macro.
Funny how this little rose bush has kept a good percentage of its leaves. I don't think it looks too happy nearly buried in the snow though! The bush is several years old and has never kept the leaves like this before.....Interesting nature!
I forgot to share this shot from earlier this summer; we were descending Narao Peak in Yoho NP when we took a break along a rocky bench below a large patch of snow. This is where I found this stunning miniature meandering stream. It was only a few centimetres wide, but it had incredible symmetry; it almost looked contrived! I must confess that I did edit this photo--I removed a large patch of snow that was coming in on the left side of the frame because it detracted from the amazing symmetry of the stream. I very rarely remove elements from photos, but in this case I feel it was justified, especially because I'm sure the snow would've melted out of frame within a week or two. What do you think? Thanks for looking!
Model of The The Church of Peace in Świdnica, seen in the Miniature Park in Kowary, which we visited when we were in Karkonosze :) At background you can see the model of similare church in Jawor :)
Church of Peace in Świdnica - The Church of Peace in Świdnica is a sacred monument of architecture created as a consequence of the Peace Treaty in Westphalia which was signed in 1648 and ended the Thirty-Year-War. The church is the largest wooden worship place in Europe, and since 2001 it has been on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites. This miniature was built by seven artists in three months.
The Lower Silesia Monuments Miniature Park in Kowary was created in 2003 in the area of old carpet factory that is not working today. The goal of this park is to create a euroregion information centre. You will see there perfectly made models of castles, palaces, monasteries and city-halls from Lower Silesia region, all are made in scale 1:25, besides model of Karkonosze with Śnieżka mountain (1602) because which gabarits required bigger scale, 1:50. Miniatures have been made by assistance of newest modeler technique, at use of whether proof so it can stay outside all season.
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Model Kościoła Pokoju w Świdnicy, pstryknięty w Parku Miniatur w Kowarach, który odwiedziliśmy będąc w Karkonoszach :) W tle widać też model Kościoła Pokoju w Jaworze :)
Kościół Pokoju w Świdnicy - Kościół Pokoju pw. Trójcy Świętej jest zabytkowym budynkiem sakralnym wybudowanym na mocy porozumień Westfalskiego, zawartego w 1648 i kończącego wojnę trzydziestoletnią. Kościół jest największą drewnianą świątynią w Europie i od 2001 roku znajduje się na liście Światowego Dziedzictwa Kulturowego i Przyrodniczego Ludzkości – UNESCO. Model budowało siedmioro modelarzy przez trzy miesiące.
Park Miniatur Zabytków Dolnego Śląska w Kowarach - powstał w 2003 roku na terenie nie działającej już dziś fabryki dywanów. Znajdują się w nim perfekcyjnie wykonane modele zamków, pałaców, klasztorów oraz ratuszy z terenu Dolnego Śląska, wszystkie zrobione są w skali 1:25, wraz z największą w Polsce Miniaturą gór, jakimi w tym przypadku jest pasmo Karkonoszy, wraz ze Śnieżką (1602 m n.p.m.) oraz wiernie odtworzonymi szlakami i schroniskami. Miniatury zostały wykonane za pomocą najnowszych technik modelarskich, przy użyciu materiałów odpornych na oddziaływanie warunków atmosferycznych. Informacje oprowadzających, jak również opisy przeszłości obiektów, zapoznają zwiedzających z ich walorami historycznymi.
This beauty is a Falcon Miniature camera originally made by the Utility Manufacturing Company beginning around 1939...they are simple cameras made of Bakelite and where badged under several different names during their run. I have several of these in my collection, two Falcon's, a Miniature Remington camera, and a Photo Master.
The Utility Manufacturing Company was eventually taken over by the Spartus Company and these simple 127 cameras continued to be produced for many years. These cameras appear to be modeled after the Argus A 35mm cameras but the Argus A's were much better cameras...I have several of these in my collection too.
The Falcon Miniature is a fun camera to shoot and if you like the Lomography style of photography these will definitely appeal to you. They shoot 127 film, which is still available online from several film retailers. I find these at Estates sales from time to time and I always pick them up if they are in decent condition. This one, as you can see came with the original box and the original instruction manual.
Lying in their area near the road in Armstrong, B. C. where my sister lives.
We walked past them every day and I took a couple pics... we couldn't get close to the fence because there was a big ditch in the way full of water, mosquitoes, weeds and, well, who knows what. They did come to the fence...but, all we could do was talk to them from many yards away. Very short and quite chubby...
and, they seemed lonely......
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I used to paint miniatures some years ago - usually inspired from old sepia 'visitor's' calling cards. I have a little collection of them still.
I tried a light and a dark vignette on the image but felt it was best left as it was. I also tried cropping it, but in the end preferred the space around it.
I don't very often take photographs like these but I noticed how pretty the Aquilegia flowers are this year.
Pic 1 & 3 are Aquilegia (Columbine,Granny's Bonnet)
Pic 2 is a miniature posy with Aquilegia, Mexican Flea Bane and Chive Flower
Warmington
Northants
England
Originally built by my father and mother in law and given to me. I have re-painted and added many new things. Scale is 1:12. One inch equals one foot. More pics to follow (gradually) of the other rooms and the exterior, which has an attached greenhouse. My mother in law called the greenhouse Cathy's Flower Shop.
Miniature scene carved from cork inside a 4”x 6” black lacquered display box. It is enclosed by glass on both sides.
I’ve had this for about 35 years.
A distant view of the city of Melbourne and surrounding areas from the east. You can just make out the light towers (very mini!) of the Melbourne Cricket Ground where the sunset is at its lightest.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Please, step out into the garden so Strawberry can show you her miniature flower arrangement.
This Blythe doll is Strawberry Heaven posing for “Make It Miniature” in Blythe a Day on Flickr. Her pretty dress is from WoollyRockers on Etsy. The doorway is part of a pop-up dollhouse book.