My first Macro Monday. I have been waiting for a good time to squeeze this shot in. Saw the theme for this week and decided it was a good time to join the group and post this picture. This was taken while waiting at Golden States Foods in City of Industry, California.

Cosmos Purity against a soft satin background

Buongiorno a tutti gli amici di Flickr 😊😊

Taken at {fae forest}

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forest%20Haven/74/208/31

I had this White delight waterlily 2 years ago,

I decided to get one this year,

Please see the one taken with my D80 bellow,

www.flickr.com/photos/komotini49/14523305848/in/album-721...

Back lit Black and white

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed.

Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.

"Rare is the union of beauty and purity."

by Juvenal

A Roman poet

Where has everyone gone?

Taken at: Alcyan's friends land

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Just got back from San Francisco today! I had a wonderful time :). My friend Linda and I walked around all day yesterday. We started at the marina, which had a wonderful view of Golden Gate Bridge. We then went to Fisherman's Warf for some delicious crab and Ghirardelli square for desert :). We ended the day at the Golden Gate Park, which is pull of beautiful gardens and museums...it was fantastic!

This photo was taken of a dandelion. It still had some dew left over from the morning.

Explore #93... thanks everyone!

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Lily legends - many stories, myths and legends have been composed about these beautiful flowers. Since ancient times, people have worshiped the lily as one of the most beautiful creatures on earth. Even the wish for well-being sounded like this: "May your path be strewn with roses and lilies." A symbol of hope in Ancient Greece, peace and purity in Rus', and in France these flowers meant mercy, compassion and justice.

The rose is rightfully called the queen of the flower world, since ancient times it has become an object of reverence and admiration.

The flower was already known in ancient Egypt. During the meeting of Cleopatra and the commander Mark Antony, the floors of the hall in her palace were covered with a layer of rose petals almost half a meter thick. In ancient Greece, this flower was considered a gift from the gods. And it was the rose petals that enveloped the beautiful Aphrodite emerging from the sea. The Olympian gods, being in admiration, sprinkled their nectar on the flower, and since then the rose has received its pleasant smell.

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Taken with my Sony SLT a65V with my Tamron SP AF60mm f/2 DI II LD (IF) 1:1 macro lens

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Hair: Stealthic - Purity (Browns)

Earrings: Zaara : Nizam Jhumka (earing) *white*

Necklace: LaGyo_Cassidy Coin Necklace - Gold +

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A peony flower (or possibly a China rose) in evening light at the botanical garden in Hain Park. Flower ID: PlantNet.org. [P1040562_lr_2000]

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Fragmento de: Pureza

Autor: Ramón López Velarde

Al sentir que vuela a ti mi fe última de niño

te consagro la sublime floración de mi cariño

porque brillas con fulgores de divina refulgencia

en las sombras impalpables que han envuelto mi existencia

cual destello cintilante de las luces de algún astro

o cual nítida blancura de una estatua de alabastro.

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Fragment of: Purity

Author: Ramón López Velarde

When I feel that my last faith as a child flies to you

I consecrate the sublime bloom of my love

because you shine with glares of divine effulgence

in the impalpable shadows that have enveloped my existence

which sparkling flash of the lights of some star

or what a sharp whiteness of an alabaster statue.

"Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil."

- Reginald Heber

Done with textures: blurr-4, bokeh-3 and some Topaz filters.

Thank you for watching, your comments,

your faves, but most of all your friendship!

Much appreciated!

We are sending you hugs and love.

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He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Thomas Kempis

Travemünde/Germany - Baltic Sea.

You all have a peaceful week ahead. Thank you vor visiting - as usual :-). Will be off for the next ten days and will try to get back to yu ASAP :-)

The whole Dubai set.

No HDR, no DRI, but still some processing: On the original shot, the sky was only 1/4 of what you see now. This is because I wanted to capture the maximum of the dune. But for the final composition, I wanted to make a square format with half sky/half dune, so what I did is 'expand' the sky using Photoshop's transform/scale tool.

Then applied a blue gradient on the sky, a curve with a layer mask to add some variation of luminosity on the dune.

And finally, I 'cloned out' lots of little debris here and there on the sand.

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Textures created with JixiPix Impresso Pro and Pastello

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Head: Lelutka - Veylon 3.1

Body: Legacy - Classic

Hair: Doux - Lia Hairstyle

Sunglasses: :: TAKE IT :: Infinity SunGlasses, Gold

Necklace: EMPIRE - Letter Necklace - Silver - L

Ring Right: MG - Heart - Wedding bento ring (Group Gift)

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Dress: neve - intrigue, bloom

Sweater: Lunar - Vivi Sweater, Nude

Boots: S&P Dallas boots

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