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Crazy Tuesday - theme of April 21nd, 2020: Lines
... the lines of my classical guitar (frets and strings) ... and some paper clip ...
.... this guitar paper clip is very clingy by the way: it already was a subject of my submission for MM yesterday - but it just wouldn't let go !! So here we are again :D
HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday, everyone : )
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Sei kein Spielverderber und spiel mit mir :)
Verrückter Dienstag - Thema am 21. April: Linien
... Bundstäbe und Saiten meiner Konzertgitarre ... und eine sehr anhängliche Büroklammer : ))
Einen schönen Dienstag euch allen !
#MacroMonday
#Safety
I wonder if James would approve of this? This is a look inside of a small TSA 007 safety lock which I use on my – at the moment unemployed – camera backpack. I think James should approve if the number is 007, although I read somewhere that these locks are easy to pick. Well, I don't care, the only thing this lock is supposed to do is to prevent pickpockets from emptying the camera compartment of my backpack while I'm in a crowd :)
My MM experience at the moment is like picking the petals off a daisy, saying "Will I take part", "Will I skip", "Will I take part", "Will I skip"... and so on ;) I seem to be in a lockdown lethargy, but my inspiration is slowly coming back. Or is it? Well, I certainly hope so :)
The keyhole of this safety lock is 4 mm / 0,157 inches high. I used the 10mm Kenko extension tube and the Raynox DCR-250 close-up lens attached to my macro lens to get nicely close, but not too close. The image is a manual focus stack made of only two images, because it was impossible to get those two metal components (there are more inside) equally sharp in a single shot. Processed in DXO PhotoLab, Analog Efex (the vignette), Color Efex (Graduated Neutral Density Filter) and Luminar AI (details on the metal parts inside of the lock).
Happy Macro Monday, stay safe and happy, everyone :)
98/100: 100 x challenge - Flowers
100 Flowers 2020
Another one from my reserves, gradually getting there, just two more to go.
I think this rose looks like whipped cream.
Day 346/365:
Definitely Dreaming - Dreaming of...A White Christmas
We rarely have snow here now, at least not enough to settle. So I took advantage, wrapped up warm grabbed my walking stick, a couple of baubles and my camera with Lensbaby Velvet 56 and set off into the fields at the end of our road. It was a difficult walk but I got the shot I had envisaged so was a happy bunny.
Macro Mondays - theme of June 8th, 2020: On a coin
This earring was a gift from my dad - we both shared the love for the colour turquoise / cyan
(the coin is 2.3 cm in diameter, the stones are 1.5 mm - I should have polished the silver, but - alas - didn't have the time)
The one pound coin I will spend when we come back again to London / England (we would have been in London this spring, but then Corona happened)
Happy Macro Mondays, everyone
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Erinnerungen
Macro Monday - Thema am 8. Juni 2020: Auf einer Münze
Dieser Ohrring war ein Geschenk meines Vaters - wir haben die Liebe für die Farbe Türkis/Cyan geteilt :)
(Die Münze ist 2,3 cm breit, die Steine maximal 1,5 mm - ich hätte das Silber wohl polieren sollen; leider fehlte die Zeit dazu)
Die Pfundmünze werde ich ausgeben, wenn wir eines Tages wieder nach England kommen (wir wären in diesem Frühjahr in London gewesen, aber dann kam Corona)
Einen schönen Montag Abend !
Wanted to see if I could get some action with camera and lens. To show card movement, that is. Need a card shark and a whole lot more practice to show movement at this table. And to set up a better light or two.
Just for fun.
forgive me for deleting group comment codes...
they're not my thing.. tho I do appreciate the visit!
"Orange is the happiest color."
~ Frank Sinatra
... this must be the reason I gave my hubby this orange christal ball paperweight some years ago : ))
... not that it is needed much in this day and age of mostly electronic communication ... but it makes a wonderful decoration in the living room cabinet with all that enclosed 'crazy' air bubbles
Crazy Tuesday - theme of March 16th, 2021: Orange
😄 HaPpY CrAzY ORANGE Tuesday 😄 , everyone
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Briefbeschwerer aus Glas mit eingeschlossenen Luftbläschen ... nicht dass das Ding arg viel zu tun hätte in der heutigen Zeit der vorrangig elektronischen Kommunikation ... die Glaskugel macht sich aber wunderbar als Dekoration im Wohnzimmerschrank : ))
Crazy Tuesday - Thema: Orange
Habt einen fröhlichen Dienstag !
My nephew and I love searching for feathers when we go out walking - it's like finding treasure. We both have quite a collection. This one is absolutely tiny, and I think it dropped off a rosella. We have the most beautiful, brightly coloured birds here in Australia. Each time I see one I haven't come across before, it gets a tick in my bird book.
Macro Mondays - "In a bottle". HMM!
7 Days With Flickr - Free theme (Mondays)
Keinesfalls starr. Meine Erinnerungen an Südafrika.
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Even if it has been a while since I was in South Africa, my memories are still very much alive – these handmade bangles do their best there ;-) My best friends and my daughter have also been given some, I like to wear them. Just for a relaxed break – with a nap if necessary – I prefer to take it off ;-)
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I wasn't on Flickr for a while – and will have a lot to look at ... I haven't forgotten you ;-) Even today only briefly – see you soon!
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Auch wenn es schon eine Weile her ist, dass ich in Südafika war, sind meine Erinnerungen noch sehr lebendig – diese handgemachten Armreifen tun da ihr bestes ;-) Meine besten Freundinnen und meine Tochter wurden ebenfalls mit welchen bestückt, ich trage sie gern. Nur für eine entspannte Ruhepause – mit eventuell auch einem Nickerchen – lege ich sie lieber ab ;-)
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Ich war für eine Zeit nicht auf Flickr – und werde viel anzusehen haben ... Ich habe Euch nicht vergessen ;-) Auch heute trotzdem nur kurz – bis bald!
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#SmileOnSaturday / #Bangles
Der Sommer verblasst. Setzen Sie sich Herbst.
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Today is the first day of autumn. And the summer has passed very stylishly – a pleasant temperature, bright colors in the sunlight, a gentle breeze. Cette journée nous a appartenue :-)
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Heute ist der erste Herbsttag. Und der Sommer hat sich sehr stilvoll verabschiedet – angenehme Temperatur, leuchtende Farben im Sonnenlicht, ein sanftes Lüftchen. Cette journée nous a appartenue :-)
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here is my song about it / hier ist mein Song dazu:
For all my dear Flickr friends ..... a big 'thank you' for your faves and lovely comments on my images. So much appreciated xoxo
April 2023: A month in 30 pictures
Macro Monday - Blue
This little blue vase is about and inch and a half wide and the same height. Placed on a blue vintage book with a baby blue muslin backdrop (and a bit draped across the side). I used tungsten WB to enhance the blues. HMM
I found this taken the same time as another way back in my photo stream where happily i recorded what lens was used. Shot with Nikon- D850 with a Helios 44-2 using an m42 adapter. Been discussing the attributes of this lens with a friend and the reason for me uploading it now. I intend digging out this lens as the weather forecast is poor but I don't have any flowers and we try not to go into shops if we can help it...
This photo is available for sale minus the border @
www.photo4me.com/profile/30148/all/canvas-prints?sortby=p...
Die Brücke. Mit Tränen aus meinem Garten.
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But sad tears are by no means. That morning the dewdrops glittered so brightly – I couldn't resist for joy. If you zoom in, you can see the meadow around it (actually lawn, just not mowed for ages ...) and my home.
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Doch traurige Tränen sind es keinesfalls. An diesem Morgen glitzerten die Tautropfen so strahlend – da konnte ich vor Freude nicht widerstehen. Wenn man hineinzoomt, erkennt man die Wiese drumherum (eigentlich Rasen, nur ewig nicht gemäht ...) und mein Haus.
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Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P / 1:3.5 / 55 mm / extension 10 + 16 mm
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#LookingCloseOnFriday / #Grasses
Day 52/365:
Macro Monday - Two
So many choices for this theme. I was going to use tiny bottles but then thought of these tiny vintage mustard spoons filled with gold stars in the silver spoon and siver in the gold spoon. I called it two scoops (rather than spoons) as a nod to the 'Two soups' sketch with Julie Waters. You may only know this if you are of a certain age and live in the UK. HMM
A metaphor for our times, perhaps, when the world seems upside down. I just received an email from Bruce Percy, who wrote of inverting his photos (a lot better than this ;-) And hoping to sell his work. (www.brucepercy.com link off Flickr.) He calls it reinterpreting the image. I call it fooling around on an overcast morning.
This is a new crocus bloom from yesterday morning, taken using a translucent umbrella and tripod. I used an invert tool in Photoshop and then added a slight yellow hue. Just an experiment. No need to comment. I'm just a basic user of Photoshop. No knowledge about all of those little tools and layers. Looks a bit similar to a negative.
November ... this year more trees than ever still have their leaves ... it was a beautiful late November sun
Day 130/365:
Had to make the most of my wisteria while it's in bloom. This is three images blended together. I put a scarf behind the flowers to improve the background.
Definitely Dreaming - Doorway
A doorway within a doorway here. This glass door leads to the conservatory at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. The black door within leads to the house.
Photographed while exploring with Kiyoshi-san, Roger-kun, and Teruhide-san. Nanzen-ji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. November 30, 2015.
#Contained for #MacroMondays
Sky reflected from windows. Image measures 5cm across.
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘It will be happier.’”
– Alfred, Lord Tennyson
taken on a very windy day (at about 1,700 m altitude) - the rose hips and the grass were dancing beautifully together ...
When thinking of the colours of autumn the bright red rose hips (and other fruits and berries) always come to my mind.
Rose hips also make very tasty jam / spread ... but no fun when you have the little itchy seeds under your clothes on your skin (this was a favourite pastime of the bad boys at elementary school ; ))
Crazy Tuesday - theme of October 13, 2020: Autumn
Happy Crazy Tuesday, everyone !!
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aufgenommen an einem sehr windigen Tag (auf etwa 1.700 m Höhe) - die Hagebutten und das Gras tanzten wunderschön zusammen ...
Wenn ich an die Farben des Herbstes denke, kommen mir immer die leuchtend roten Hagebutten (und andere Früchte und Beeren) in den Sinn.
Hagebutten geben auch sehr leckere Marmelade / Aufstrich ... aber kein Spaß, wenn man die kleinen juckenden Samen unter den Kleidern auf der Haut hat (das war ein Lieblingszeitvertreib der bösen Jungs in unserer Grundschule ; ))
Verrückter Dienstag - Thema am 13. Oktober 2020: Herbst
Einen schönen Herbst-Dienstag !
Ein Zaun. Im Herbst seines Lebens.
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And there it can still be bright quite strong ;-) A certain magic lives in these objects and this has a very special charm for me.
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Und da kann es noch ganz schön kräftig leuchten ;-) Eine gewisse Magie wohnt diesen Objekten bei und diese übt für mich einen ganz besonderen Reiz aus.
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An autumn walk. / Ein Spaziergang im Herbst.
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#LookingCloseOnFriday! / #Magical
"The glass is cut
The bottle run dry
Our love runs cold
In the caverns of the night"
Bono/U2 - 'Red Hill Mining Town'
This glass lid came (some years ago) with a bottle of very very delicious Sicilian red wine - but it can be used on most other wine bottles, too : ))
another experiment with lighting ...
for Macro Mondays - theme of November 18, 2019: lids
width of this image: 6,5 cm (the lid is 2.7 cm wide)
Happy Macro Monday everybody - and thanks a lot for looking and your feedback <3
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dieser Glaskorken wurde (vor ein paar Jahren) mit einer Flasche sehr leckeren sizilianischen Rotweins geliefert - kann aber auch auf den meisten anderen Weinflaschen verwendet werden : ))
für Macro Mondays - Thema: Deckel
[Breite dieses Bildes: 6,5 cm - der Deckel ist 2,7 cm breit]
... ein weiteres Experiment mit Licht und Beleuchtung
Einen schönen Montag euch allen - und herzlichen Dank fürs Anschauen und euer Feedback !!