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Crazy Tuesday theme: Odd One Out
These hearts were very unruly and did not want to cooperate while setting them up.
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(Left) Snowy Egret [Egretta thula]
(Right) Tricolored Heron [Egretta tricolor]
Bombay Hook NWR
Smyrna, DE
1921*
#MacroMondays
#Tiny
#BlingMonday:)
They are an improbable couple, indeed, but these two items came to my mind instantly when I read "Tiny". The (broken) screw is from a modding set I bought for one of my Casios, and the tip of the screw is still stuck in the watch's casing (I have no idea how to remove something so tiny) so the bezel is now fixated with three screws only but so what, it sits absolutely secure on the watch.
The screw is 0,4 mm/0,15 inches "tall", and the screw and the Swarovski crystal together are 0,6 mm/0,23 inches wide. I've used these crystals (that I got loose and in different sizes – this is the smallest size: 3,5 mm/0,13 inches in diameter) in a few other MM themes because they are so nice and shiny, and because it's Monday, I thought I'd add some extra bling with the star filter.
I'd have loved to stack the screw and the crystal but there was no way I could fixate the crystal on top of the screw because even the tiniest piece of modeling clay would still have been too big for the scene. I did some focus stacking with the 60mm macro but in the end, I liked the single image taken with the Laowa 2x macro better because it looked more organic (although I admit it could be a little sharper) and I was also able to get much closer to the scene with this lens. It's not quite the lens's maximum magnification of 2:1 but almost.
And actually, it's "The Odd Couple II" because I'd already photographed a pair of matches under that title for our "Matchstick" theme in June '21. But since the original movie with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon from 1968 was also made into a TV show in the 1970s, and then again in the 2010s, with several episodes, why not name more than one photo after it ;)
HMM, Everyone!
“Be uniquely you. Stand out. Shine. Be colorful. The world needs your prismatic soul!” ~Amy Leigh Mercree
You are the snake, get around me
And it came with rain
Never seen what raining
So I just could lead the way
There’s nowhere to ride around me
No one around, it’s amazing
Elevating as it seems to you
But no, never mind
Never come out
Where to ride when it’s raining?
You were mine
So I’m with you baby
You were to put it else yeah baby
You were right, you made it
You were alright
Blue-footed Booby [Sula nebouxii] and Marine iguana [Amblyrhynchus cristatus]
Fernandina Island
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
2047*
Today, storms missed Cheyenne like there was an invisible barrier over the city. For two hours before sunset, this thunderstorm moved out of northeast Colorado to the northwest (everything was moving east all day) and died minutes after this image just south of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. It would have been an epic lightning show but at least I got to see a thunderset (thunderstorm at sunset).
This storm was 50 miles away.
Picture of the Day
Managed to get up close to a family of Canada geese close to the shore of Shearwater Lkae on the edge of Wiltshire's Longleat estate.
Chocolate vine blooms
Akebia quinata, native of Japan, China, and Korea
Vigorous vine, thrives in my Missouri garden
1941 Dode W-Series (1941-1947) Model WF-21 1½ton Flatbed Truck (1941-1947)
HOLIDAYS: ENJOY no pressure and be creative☺☺!
For the group, Macro Mondays, and this week's theme: "The Odd One." Two "odd ones" here: 1. Two of the knives are American Flag knives and the odd one is a Christmas theme; 2. Two of the knives are emblazoned with the Swiss Army Logo, and the other is not.
Happy Macro Monday!
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In winter/spring, both King Penguins will have to go to sea, in order for them to feed the large chicks. The result is a large creche of chicks, with the occasional adult penguin clearly standing out from the crowd.
You know you are starting to get a bit bored with COVID routines when you start paying a bit more attention to the ducks at your local park. On our walk yesterday, I saw this guy in the pen where all the other common ducks and swans hang out. The colouring around his eye is what caught my eye at first. Then I checked out the ring of white feathers around his neck. He/she had some lovely coloring in his feathers. It was the only duck of it’s kind that I could see which made him an odd duck for this scene. I hope he/she is not trying to escape his Red Zone! Happy Wing Wednesday!