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#49 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby
My first admission for the Crazy Tuesday group - Silver
My silver spoon again. This time with some pretty little flowers.
I bought the spoon from a local Fair trade shop. It was made in Laos from aluminium salvaged from deactivated unexploded bombs dropped on their province during the secret war which took place between 1964 and 1973.
A percentage of the money from the sale of these spoons goes to a charity to help young disadvantaged Laotians further their education.
Lensbaby Velvet 56 f2.8
spring atmosphere in Copenhagen in May 2019
Taken in "Superkilen", a public park in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen - popular for its multicultural design: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superkilen
Let's hope May 2022 will bring more love & peace on Earth !
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Frühling in Kopenhagen (Mai 2019)
Aufgenommen im "Superkilen", einem öffentlichen Park im Stadtteil Nørrebro, Kopenhagen, berühmt für seine ausgefallene mulikulturelle Gestaltung: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superkilen
A lateroposterior perspective of our Australian flatwing damselfly, Austroargiolestes icteromelas.
Seldom found near still water ponds and more likely to be found near slow running water such as streams and creeks.
This being a male, around 40 mm body length.
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This is a macro of the tiny, pretty little flowers of native honey myrtle, Melaleuca thymifolia. Unique aren't they?
The flowerheads contain up to 10 individual flowers and the conspicuous stamens are arranged in five bundles around the flower, each bundle containing up to 60 curved stamens.
Each flowerhead just 20 mm diameter.
Endemic to these parts, along the east coast here in New South Wales, up in to Queensland.
Usually growing to around 1 m in height, dense foliage.
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#8 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby
Anything goes for 2021 - Bokehlicious
A bit of faffing today with the Lensbaby Velvet 56, some bokeh and the Omni filters.
Pleased to say we had our first Covid vaccinations yesterday. Still a long way to go but the start of being able to look forward to a brighter future.
Stay safe and have a lovely weekend.
Day 3/365
Macro Monday - Cotton
These are face scrubbies that I crocheted. They are an eco friendly alternative to cotton pads for makeup removal. We are doing our best to avoid anything single use. HMM
365 weekly theme - Introduction:
I am a maker of various things. Mostly handmade greetings cards so expect to see some of those in my 365. I used to teach card making and scrapbooking to adults but now it's just a hobby.
I finally succumbed to joining the 365 today (my fourth). I managed a photo each day for three days and have set up a flat lay for tomorrow...piece of cake huh? ;)
Reasons for joining:
1. Eric www.flickr.com/photos/54515311@N00/ said I was crazy enough to do it.
2. On New Year's Day my osteopath posted on Instagram "Do something that scares you" Well, committing to a 365 is pretty scary!
3. I am hoping it will help with the return of my mojo
4. At least it's not a 366
5. I just want to do it
Velvetleaf seedheads (Abutilon theophrasti, Malvaceae) with a bokeh of fall colors
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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Crocus bulbs (technically called “corms”) not only provide winter garden color, but they naturalize, meaning that they spread and come back year after year—with minimum care—for an ever-larger display.
Preference over black & white? (Sorry, just removed the B&W one. I didn’t like it after all.)
The first flowers to sprout from the earth each year (here, at least), crocus bring forth hope for the warmer days and bright blooms of spring.
The petals opened even as I photographed the tiny blossom this morning. So much fun! Nature amazes me.
tripod, translucent umbrella in soil, natural vignette by exposing for the sunlight on petals
Flauschig. Kein Wolf im Schafspelz.
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And a little boudoir. And just to cuddle.
A wonderful weekend to all of you – see you tomorrow! I have to hurry, I cuddled with the fur for too long – I have a date ;-)
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Und ein bisschen Boudoir. Und einfach zum Kuscheln.
Eine wundervolles Wochenende Euch allen – bis morgen! Ich muss mich beeilen, habe zu lange mit dem Pelz gekuschelt – dabei bin ich verabredet ;-)
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#SmileOnSaturday / #Fluffy
This wonderful caterpillar caught my eye isolated on the rushes by the lake at Warnham nature reserve.
A quick Google search shows it might be a drinker moth caterpillar?
It's another week with a lot of work to bring home so I'm having to keep away from Flickr for a few days, but a half hour out with the camera has been the best relaxation. Please forgive me for posting my finds and running for a few days :(
#MacroMondays
#Tool
A simple choice for "Tool": one of my – now that many of us mostly type on a keyboard – shamefully underemployed fountain pens. A classic, the Pelikan Souverän. The original model is black and green, but some 20 or so years ago, when I bought my pen, there also was a blue/black version that I chose. Apparently, Pelikan doesn't sell the blue version anymore, so my pen now seems to be a rarity of sorts.
Writing with a fountain pen is associated with beautiful handwriting, but, well, mine has always been messy, regardless of the writing tool I choose. In elementary school, we also got grades for our handwriting, and in the German grading system, which is a scale from 1 (excellent) to 6 (failed) I never exceeded a 3. So in my case, it's probably better if I type so it's readable, but it's still a pity that I use this beautiful pen so scarcely nowadays.
The setup was really simple, I put the pen on a small glass jar, placed both in front of a black foam sheet, natural light from above, a warm LED light from the left, and from the right I illuminated a gold-coated cardboard "reflector" (positioned on the left behind the pen) for more golden, warm tones. The nib and the small part of the fountain pen visible in my photo are 2,6 cm / 1,02 inches long.
HMM, Everyone!
Einfach abhängen. Und ein bisschen im Wind schaukeln.
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On the hazelnut bush – the very first spring blossoms :-)
Both male and female flowers appear on every hazelnut. The male flowers appear before the female flowers – and probably have to wait here for a time ... The female flowers are bud-shaped and bloom after the male flowers – and they take their time ... In the course of their flowering phase, they are pollinated by the male flowers using the wind.
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Am Haselnuss-Strauch – die allerersten Frühlingsblüten :-)
Sowohl männliche als auch weibliche Blüten kommen an jeder Haselnuss vor. Die männlichen Blüten erscheinen vor den weiblichen Blüten – und müssen hier wohl noch warten ... Die weiblichen sind knospenförmig und erblühen nach den männlichen Blüten – und lassen sich also noch Zeit ... Im Verlauf ihrer Blühphase werden sie mithilfe des Windes von den männlichen Blüten bestäubt.
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A song by Hazel O'Connor just goes with it ///
Dazu passt einfach ein Song von Hazel O'Connor:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLXDpmx8D_E
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Samyang / 1:2.0 / 135 mm
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#Freitagsbluemchen #FridayFlora
... sometimes I need this quirky and melancholic pop-dance-song on a Monday: 🎵 David Guetta featuring Sia - 'Flames' (with lyrics) 🎵
[The first time I noticed Sia was when I stumbled upon the electronic Pop-Jazz long-player of ZERO 7 'the garden' in 2006
🎵 www.last.fm/music/Zero+7/The+Garden 🎵 ... give 'Throw it all away' a try]
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Saint Petri Church in Malmö (Sweden)
I loved the alignment of candle lights along the centre aisle and had enough time to play with depth of field. In the end I prefered the photo with aperture f/1.6 (one stop down from wide open) ...
Wishing you a happy first week of September !! :)
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Sankt Petri Kirche in Malmö (Schweden)
Mir gefiel die Anordnung der Kerzen entlang des Mittelgangs und ich hatte genug Zeit, mit der Schärfentiefe zu spielen. Letztlich hat mir das Foto mit Blende 1,6 (eine Stufe abgeblendet) am besten gefallen
Ich wünsche euch einen schöne erste Woche im September !! :)
Twirls and swirls of the unique Galpins conebush foliage...with a delightful female seed cone.
Leucadendron galpinii is a multi-stemmed, evergreen perennial with long, upright stems covered in silver-green foliage. A native of South Africa.
This is cultivar Purple Haze growing to 1.5 m. Seed cone diameter 20 mm.
Link to a more detailed seed cone macro: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/52509473858/in/datepo...
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This was the last of the poppies in our garden. They are so delicate and lose their petals so quickly.
Sol 45 with macro filters. Backdrop made by me using alcohol inks.
Apologies for my absence, rather a busy time lately with not much time for photography or Flickr.
#36 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby
My grandson loves a babyccino...for the uninitiated that's frothy milk posing as a cappuccino. After a hard day's work helping Pops in the garden and then making gingerbread men with Nanny, the little man had earned his babyccino. HMBT
Lensbaby Velvet 56 and Omni filter
For Smile on Saturday - The word Smile
Some letters from my craft stash here, resting on a vintage book, to make the word Smile.
Taken using my Velvet 56 and the OMNI set my husband bought me for Christmas. I need to practise with it but hoping it might help my mojo return. The object in the background is my vintage camera.
HSoS and hoping you all found something to smile about during this strangest of Christmasses.
[ manual vintage SMC Pentax-M 1:1.7 50mm - wide open ]
I am slowly coming back - with my mind still in the mountains ... and missing the cooler temperatures at 1,600 m altitude.
I will try to catch up the coming days : )
Please take care !
"...of obligation." Photographed while wandering with NJ. Pender and Richards Streets, downtown Vancouver. November 11, 2015.