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For Macro Mondays: "Pick Two" theme

(This glass globe is 2" in diameter)

My two words are "Iridescent" and "Glass"

(But they could also be "Speckled" and "Abstract")

There were 25 possible combinations to choose from in this week's theme and I think there are some wonderfully creative photos presented. I hope group members have enjoyed this sort of "choose your own" theme.

“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” —David Attenborough

Mon pied d’Hibiscus Aute double qui trône à l’entrée de ma propriété donne des fleurs tous les jours. Il m’enchante et m’interpelle à chaque fois que je passe devant lui. Ses superbes fleurs proposent une couleur rose pastel des plus adorables. #Macro #MacroMondays #PickTwo #PinkFlower

image data:

* Tamron 90mm f/2.8 lens, 1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 50, Nikon D610 body

* Macro Mondays – Pick Two

Happy Macro Mondays!

Thank you for comments, awards and faves!

© de Orbe 2021, Canada

"Chafer the Gaffer"

I'm the garden chafer,

the metallic green gaffer,

i'll buzz and spray,

so keep out my way,

i'll trample your pansies,

spoiling all your fancies,

i'm big, i'm green, seldom seen,

i'm chafer the gaffer know what I mean! 🐞

Original Poetry

by: Sean

"Gaffer = Boss"

Metallic green rose chafer beetle, amid the blossoms, looking resplendent, they are considered a pest and can decimate flora, still they do look impressive like mini shining tanks.

They nibble pollen and sip nectar, but these little chaps

decimated my roses last year so they can definitely cause damage to the gardeners pride and joy!

A word of warning don't try grabbing them or you may get squirted, they have a nasty defence.

Of course they fly too buzzing about like small airborne tanks,

marvellous insects really, but the larvae are really ugly .... lets not go there! 😁

Metallic - Insect

This is going to be my choice for Macro Mondays this week I chose Metallic from the first five words and Insect from the second five words, hopefully concluding with ....

Metallic Insect

A green metallic beetle, a "Green Chafer Beetle."

(#226 in Explore June 30, 2020)

For MACRO MONDAYS, this week’s theme: “Pick Two"

My pick is the pink flower: Dicentra 'King of Hearts'.

HMM!!!

♥ Thank you very much for your visits, faves, and kind comments ♥

"Macro Mondays" theme " Pick Two" red-paper

Thank you very much for your views, faves and comments!

I really appreciate it !

Hartelijk bedankt voor het komen kijken, de likes en de reacties zijn zeer gewaardeerd !

I decided to try and create a scene out of just one piece of paper. The scene was looking a little flat until I decided to scrunch up the paper to create the rough ‘sea’. Please excuse the bad origami!

Just a little lightening and small saturation tweaks for processing.

First post with my new Samyang 75mm (with extension tubes).

HMM!

Blue Paper

Macro Mondays 'pick two' theme.

We were given two lists of four, had to pick one from each and make an image showing the combination.

Mine is 'yellow' and 'pen'.

This part of the pen measures 1.5"

Macro Monday - Pick two

Pick one from each list...

List A

1.Iridescent

2.Fuzzy

3.Twisted

4.Damaged

5.Speckled

List B

1. Glass

2. Toy

3. Candy

4. Plant

5. Abstract

I chose fuzzy and plant...I guess it's more fluffy than fuzzy but the background is kind of fuzzy. HMM

Patriotic “delicate insect” balanced on top of a tiny flag pole.

Macro Mondays : pick two

Papierserviette - Paper napkin

very simple ;))

ALTERNATE...

GROUP: MACRO MONDAYS

THEME: PICK TWO

SUBJECT: A BEE ON A CAR HOOD

(not quite an inch including open spaces)

BEES

Bees are insects with wings closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea. They are presently considered a clade, called Anthophila. There are over 16,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families.[1][2] Some species – including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – live socially in colonies while most species (>90%) – including mason bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, and sweat bees – are solitary. - Wikepedia

Thème Macro Mondays

Macro Mondays Pick Two Challenge - Iridescent Abstract

Shot for Macro Mondays "pick two" theme.

Thanks for viewing and HMM!

When hunger (temptation :-D) gets the better of you.

HMM theme: Speckled Candy

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Macro Mondays

Pick Two

Metallic + Basket

Panier métallique

Red & Bottle Cap

Focus stacked - 6 images.

One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Pick Two"

Chosen Words:

CURVED BASKET

Shot with an "Tomioka-Copal 75 mm F 2.8" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.

Dried icy flowers of Hydrangea. For Smile on Saturday’s theme “Shades of Brown”. Have a very nice Sunday and a great week!

For Macro Mondays' theme "Pick Two"

Happy Macro Monday

dav

Twisted plant

Blue + bottle cap.

The bottle cap is 3.5 cm in diameter and is on some light blue card.

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.

A-Iridescent B-Abstract

Happy Macro Monday.

Thank you for your views, faves and or comments, they are greatly appreciated !!!

Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission !!!

© all rights reserved Lily aenee

What a great theme this week. So many choices. HMM to you, dear Flickr friends.

Fotodiox extension tubes 14mm + 7mm / Helios 44M-4 lens

curved insect 😉 for the theme #PickTwo in #MacroMondays. Ok, Seto, you were right of course: it is also a striped insect (on a striped blossom). HMM!

bee on chive blossom

Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro @f4

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to watch or leave a comment or award :)

All my photos are © All Rights Reserved. The pictures are for viewing, not to be downloaded and shared on any other site or for personal use without my explicit permission. And definitely do not post ads in my photos!!! Thank you! :)

- Living Jewels of Nature 18, Precious Living Jewels of Nature 15, Members Choice 16

- Nature's Carousel 12, Nature's Golden Carousel 12, Nature's Platinum Carousel 12

- The New Masterclass 3

- Specialist Nature & Wildlife Photographers 6, Specialists' Choice Nature & Wildlife 6, Hall of Fame 5

Curved and Pottery

HMM!

Macro Mondays: Pick Two

These curves belong to two small clay pots.

……’Pink’ & ‘Paper’ being the two I picked from the two lists for Macro Mondays theme ‘Pick Two’. I used Semolina as sand and a little frog measuring circa ½“ by 1” taking shade under the Pink Cocktail Parasol. HMM…..Alan:-)

For the interested I’m growing my Shutterstock catalogue regularly here, now sold 46 images :- www.shutterstock.com/g/Alan+Foster?rid=223484589&utm_...

©Alan Foster.

©Alan Foster. All rights reserved. Do not use without permission.……

An entry in Macro Mondays Pick Two Theme.

I picked Damaged from List 1 and Candy from List 2.

The broken peanut brittle pieces are grouped around the emblem on the box.

IMG_9692 Cropped

HMM!

*ღღ* Cosas de casa *ღღ* theme : Blue

Macro Mondays theme : "Pick Two"

#Blue #Paper

The blue paper boat is 2" long.

Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments

Macro Mondays theme; Pick Two

One from each , list A and B

List A ...............List B

striped..............pottery

jagged............. insect

delicate ...........stone

curved .............brush

metallic.............basket

I choose delicate/insect, this is a 2" dragon fly wing.

I have a collection of insects who perished in my FL screen enclosure.

SOOC, HMM

For 'Macro Mondays' theme of 'Pick Two'.

'Yellow - Paper' and/or 'Blue - Flower'.

Sometimes I can leave the weekly challenge until the last minute, take a shot, and be reasonably pleased.

Not this week!

Started with an idea that morphed into something rather different, and then ran into all sorts of issues - lighting, that isn't unusual, then paper quality and my restricted manual dexterity.

The very small glass bottle rests on a sheet of tissue paper that extends into and makes the background. The paper came as part of the wrapping around a 'Father's Day' present and just had to find a use! But the creases and wrinkles ................... !

The 'Welsh Ring' flowers were made from thin strips of paper cut from the page of a catalogue - great colour and with a sheen. But because it was coated paper it didn't wrap around a paintbrush handle smoothly, and the 'flowers' aren't too even. As for getting, let alone arranging, five flowers in such a small jar I must be completely mad for trying.

After five attempts at setting up this little picture, I've now decided to do something more sensible like drinking a mug of tea.

Panasonic Lumix LF1 ................................................. less than 3 inches

Dimension de la photo inférieur à 5 cm, prise avec deux bagues Fujifilm MCEX-11 et 16 objectif Fujinon XF 18-55mm

J'ai fait la mise point sur le sommet du pistil ou l'on peut voir des micros billes, que je suppose être le pollen.

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Taken for Macro Mondays "Pick Two" theme.

image data:

* Tamron 90mm f/2.8 lens, 2 sec, f/14, ISO 50, Nikon D610 body

* Macro Mondays – yellow flowers

Happy Macro Mondays!

Thank you for comments, awards and faves!

© de Orbe 2020, Canada

Macro Mondays: Pick Two - Twisted Plant.

Passionfruit after heavy rain.

Macro Mondays

theme: Pick Two

I picked Blue and Flower. Flower was about an inch wide.

For the Macro Mondays Theme; Pick Two

"Twisted Candy"

Thank you for your time, faves and comments, it's much appreciated

HMM!