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Taken for Smile on Saturday - Nuts and bolts.
I asked my husband for some nuts and bolts expecting him to give me some lovely old rusty, grungy looking things. I was a bit disappointed when he presented me with these shiny ones. So, trying to make the best of it I decided pretty, high key might be the way to go...I know, who would expect me to do high key?
It seemed rather lifeless so I added a texture courtesy of Kerstin Frank www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/34714524056/in/...
Still not convinced, I added a film filter and some extra scratches for good measure, giving a high key grungy look.
Happy Saturday everyone
...in Hagen's Open Air Museum for Craft and Technics (Ruhr area North Rhine Westfalia, Germany).
"Crafts and trades demonstrated at the Westphalian Open-Air Museum include ropemaking, smithing, brewing, baking, tanning, printing, milling, papermaking, etc.[citation needed] An important attraction is the triphammer workshop. Once the hammer is engaged, a craftsman goes to work noisily forging a scythe, passing it between the hammer and the anvil underneath in a process called peening." (Wikipedia)
This pictures shows a detail of a die press / Gesenkpresse.
Today is Monday again......a new working week begins and for the necessary work vitamins I thought I post this model by David Brill 'Nut and Bolt'.
It's a challenging model, which requires very precise folding and also for the assembly you have to be patient.
And as a bonus you can screw it together, see lower photo ;-))
Happy new week ahead!!
I used one sheet of thick wrapping paper, 33x33cm, for the bolt, For the nut, half a sheet, 33x16,5cm.
Final size:
- bolt length 13cm
- nut lenght 3,5cm
Both have a diameter of 8cm
Model: origami Nut and Bolt Design: David Brill
Diagrams in the book 'The beauty of Origami' by Makoto Yamaguchi
A 5-image HDR composite of a rusty nut and bolt holding an old railroad trestle together, taken for the Macro Mondays group theme, "Rust." The scene spans 2 7⁄8 - inches.
Lens: AF - S DX VR Zoom - Nikkor 18 - 200mm f / 3.5 - 5.6G IF - ED[II] with 12mm extension tube attached.
Illuminated by natural light.
#MacroMondays
#Rust
EXPLORE #194
GROUP: #MACROMONDAYS
THEME: #RUST
SUBJECT: RUSTED NUT AND BOLT
(not quite 1 1/2" horizontally. nut is 1/4")
Photo taken looking straight down.
Golden Nut
If I were nut, where am I ? maybe a spacecraft nut in the far-up sky, or maybe part of a Vauxhall Viva, 🚗 driven around by a lead-footed diva, I'd like to be a Porche wheel nut, wheelspinning around like a big donut. 🍩
Fun poetry
by Sean.
For this week's (Macro Monday) with a theme of "fastener" I assembled a selection of small nuts and bolts 🔩 and tried to make them look as interesting as I possibly could.
This image was photographed outside with the lovely sunshine as my only light source.
I got in very close to capture this image in macro. All the nuts and bolts were the same size, although it doesn't really look that way.
I do have a vast array of things I could have used today for the prop, I have a large shed full of items suitable, which made choosing anything more difficult.
I have enhanced the image in the usual way to hopefully improve the end result.
Love & Peace Everyone ❤️
Cheers 🍻 Sean.
This weeks Macro Mondays theme is Fastener.
Here is an interior view of a bolt. The items you see here, left to right, are the bolt, a nut, a bolting plate, a piece of channel strut, a washer, and the bolt head at the far right.
HMM.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall who is the fairest bolt of all?
"Well you of course, your nut fits so well, it really suits you, and no it doesn't make your rear end look big either!"
"Your so pretty"
I know you feel screwed up, with modern life, so I suggest you try to relax and unwind, stop being so uptight .... try some light dancing .... may I suggest .... "The Twist" ... that may help.
Just a little fun, I hope you enjoy my humour! Sean.
Happy Macro Monday everyone!!!!
Love & Peace.
"Love Nature .... Love Life."
Thank you ... for viewing, commenting or favouring
my image this week ....
Cheers! .... Sean.
This was achieved by putting the screws, nuts and bolts on a black porcelain tile with a photo of a long exposure sky behind it. Two soft boxes with continuous lights were placed on either side of the tile and I needed to take the photo really low so that the end screws appeared to be on the horizon. In PS I used the smudge tool to create a slight moment so it appeared as if reflecting in water, I then selected the bottom half of the image and used Gaussian blur.
February 27, 2017
Macro Mondays Theme: The Space In Between
Subject: nut and wrench
All comments are highly appreciated. It will help me a lot to improve my photography skills. Big thanks to all of you for the comments, faves and views.
Happy clicking to all! HMM!!!
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There's this water pump I think it is at the park and it has lots of nuts and bolts... and painted red! Perfect for the group's theme: #Fastener .. So many to choose from. Some were rusty, some stained and others were covered with webs and dirt. I picked this because of the tool marks and peeling paint. The nut is about an inch in diameter. #MacroMondays
Taken for group 'Macro Monday' theme 'Perfect Match' October 1st 2018.
This is a nut and bold from a self assembly bunk bed. Taken in natural light and is straight out of the camera.
Print Contest Entry
Subject: Rust
Award: 1st Place
PSA Open Category Entry 4/2020
This is part of a horse sculpture in the Harris Sculpture Garden on the campus of North Central Michigan College in Petoskey, Michigan.
The sculpture is called "J-bolt and The Ghost Rider" by Dixie Jewett.
This week's Macro Mondays effort, on the theme of a 'Perfect Match' brings us a nut, a bolt. and a washer. HMM y'all!
Canon 5D
Canon 50mm Compact Macro
Background is curved white copy paper
Strobist info:
- the number of flashes used: one Nikon SB-28 Speedlight
- where the flashes are placed in relation to the subject or camera: Camera right
- how the flashes were modified (umbrella, soft box, beauty dish, snoot, etc.): Homemade Grid
- how they were triggered: PocketWizards
Nut and spring washer on the granite loadings for the flywheel of the 26" rotative engine of the Man-engine House.
Before LEGOs there were ERECTOR sets. A.C. Gilbert marketed his first construction set under the name ERECTOR in 1913.
shot with Nikon D3X @ AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED @ SB 600 @ next to the subject @ hitting it directly to create shadow
Camera Nikon D3X
Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture f/32.0
Focal Length 60 mm
ISO Speed 200
“HELLO BOYS . . .”
The strong boy-centric marketing was very much the norm for Erector Set advertisements. A. C. Gilbert’s marketing consistently targeted boys, often using phrases like “Hello Boys!” in bold type. The ads were structured as personal messages from Gilbert himself, reinforcing the idea that these toys were meant for young male engineers.
This gendered approach wasn't unique to Erector Sets—it reflected broader societal norms of the time. Toys were heavily segregated by gender, with boys encouraged to engage in engineering and construction play, while girls were often directed toward domestic-themed toys. Interestingly, while Gilbert's ads rarely acknowledged girls as potential users, there were a few exceptions—some early ads depicted girls admiring their brothers' creations, though they were rarely shown actively building.
There has been a shortage of women in the STEM professions – science, technology, engineering, and math. Its roots are hard to pin down, but the gap starts early and may go back to the toys kids are presented with. There have been significant efforts to narrow the STEM gap through educational initiatives, policy changes, and greater visibility of women in STEM careers serving as role models. Inclusive advertising has evolved gradually over the decades. How different might the situation have been if marketing were more inclusive from the start?
[Sources: acghs.org, Smithsonian Magazine, and ProfessionalPrograms.MIT.edu]