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Macro Mondays ~ Flowers

365/2021 - Expanding Horizons ~ 324/365

The Winter Hellebores are just coming into flower.

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From the same morning as my last post, I decided to dust off the Raynox 250 after seeing this leaf with many water droplets and dew. It was a perfectly dome shaped droplet and I was quite lucky to have spotted it amongst all the of other fallen foliage.

I guess it's here I will say Merry Christmas to all my follower friends! Thank you so much for all the followers, comments, faves, feedback and the such like.

Have a great time everyone and again, as always, thank you! :)

Beauty inside a crocus.

HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday

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I mean tendrils ;-)

following a little swim in the garden

my first try at image mirroring...or whatever it's called...

what is it called? this is not brilliant but it made me smile...

and if you haven't seen the wonderful documentary 'My Octopus Teacher' there's a little introduction here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XzEvXCq5gs :-)

I took this picture a couple of years ago and it was somewhat underexposed in camera. I've learned a lot editing wise, and camera related thankfully, and here's a re-edit of that shot

Auch eine verblühte Pflanze hat noch schöne Details

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For the Macro Mondays Theme. Thanks Rex! ;-)

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On stinging nettle leaf. Suffolk UK

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you land on the glass

and in the quiet

language of your eyes

I hear

my heart

kindred

the world is so much more than

and I am blessed

by a moth

on my window

where curtains

disintegrating in light

become a universe

of dust

and miracles

comments off for this one ( but not forever)

I'm grateful to all who visit.. thank you :-)

Langkawi. Malaysia

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... each visible square is 2.5cm. A focus stack of 45 images blended together to form one image

Das Foto zeigt den "Blütenschlund" einer Lerchensporn Pflanze. Der Hohle Lerchensporn (Corydalis cava) gehört zu den Frühblühern und bildet ab Ende März bis Ende April große Blütenteppiche. Er gehört zur Familie der Mohngewächse und zwar zur Untergruppe der Erdrauchgewächse, die lang gespornte Blüten haben. Nur spezialisierte Insekten sind in der Lage mit langen Saugrüsseln an den Nektar im hinteren Bereich des Blütensporns zu gelangen. Die Erdhummel allerdings trickst den Lerchensporn aus, indem sie mit ihren scharfen Mundwerkzeugen kleine Löcher ins Spornende frisst und so an den Nektar gelangt.

Gerbera daisy in all it's glory.

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Central Coast NSW Australia

noch mal eine gefrorene Seifenblase.

the ocean in you

the ocean in me

Heute Morgen habe ich mal versucht Seifenblasen gefrieren zu lassen. Das ist dabei herausgekommen. Benutzt habe ich meine alte FZ 150 und die Raynoxlinse 250.

This morning I tried to freeze soap bubbles. This has come out. I used my old FZ 150 and the Raynox lens 250.

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B. terrestris are pollen-storing bees that generally feed and forage on nectar and pollen. The queen is between 20 and 22 mm long, males range from 14 to 16 mm, and workers from 11 to 17 mm. Workers have white-ended abdomens, and look just like workers of the white-tailed bumblebee, B. lucorum, a close relative, apart from the yellowish bands of B. terrestris being darker in direct comparison. The queens of B. terrestris have the namesake buff-white abdomen tip ("tail"); this area is white as in the workers in B. lucorum. B. terrestris is unique compared to other bees in that their caste of workers exhibit a wide variation in worker size, with thorax sizes ranging from 2.3 to 6.9 mm in length and masses ranging from 68 to 754 mg.

Distribution and habitat

B. terrestris is most commonly found throughout Europe and generally occupies temperate climates. Because it can survive in a wide variety of habitats, there are populations in the Near East, the Mediterranean Islands, and Northern Africa as well. Additionally, it has escaped captivity after being introduced as a greenhouse pollinator in countries where it is not native, so this bee is now considered an invasive species in many of these places, including Japan, Chile, Argentina, and Tasmania. Nests are usually found underground, such as in abandoned rodent dens. Colonies form comb-like nest structures with egg cells each containing several eggs. The queen will lay egg cells on top of one another. Colonies produce between 300 and 400 bees on average, with a large variation in the number of workers.

Central Coast. NSW Australia

Maratus volans.

Our Urbinia purpusii succulent plant has flowered for the first time. These are very small flower buds. Captured using the Raynox 250.

Central Coast. NSW Australia

Suffolk UK

Suffolk UK

Central Coast NSW Australia

Falls Creek. NSW Australia