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Day 170/365:

An iPhone shot of these coreopsis in a garden centre. They really caught my eye. No, I hadn't heard of coreopsis before either ;)

Teramachidori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto. December 2, 2015.

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Macro Monday - Bottle

#100 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby

Anything goes for 2021 - Glass

This is one of a trio of glass bottles I recently bought to use as reed diffusers...as well as photo props.

I took several images but this one of the bottle on its side just made me think of treasure laying at the bottom of the ocean. HMM

I am still so behind with comments so apologies if I haven't caught up with your latest images yet...I hope to manage that a little later today.

I'm pleased to have completed my 100 x challenge

Lensbaby Velvet 56

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

When my husband suggested a walk, I didn't notice that I had the Laowa-manual-everything lens on the camera. That's a bit as if I took a film camera ;-))

Cloudy and sunny with sprinkles. This year promises to perform much more nicely than last year with its heat, dryness, and forest fires.

On our front fence

I have a reputation for loosing my gloves and hats (and sometimes umbrellas, too, if I ever use one) at a regular basis ... usually on the streetcar / tram, on the mountains or somewhere else out and about taking photos

... I don't mind wearing odd / different gloves (and socks) though, so I don't throw away the single ones ; ))

And there are actually columns dedicated to all the lonely gloves out there on "out of frame" (a student-edited platform for all things untold, unseen and forgotten, so they say):

The Lonely Glove Phenomenon: What is a Lonely Glove?

The Lonely Glove Phenomenon: Lonely Glove Locations

Cherish and protect your gloves ! : )))

Crazy Tuesday - theme of February 22, 2022: Single

😄 HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday 😄

A male Bullfinch feasting on the dried seeds of last Autumn's Brambles.

Week 2 2020

manual vintage Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI - wide open

A little hoverfly enjoying my mum's garden - like me on Pentecost :)

Happy Friday, everyone, and have a lovely weekend !!

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Dieser kleine Besucher, eine Schwebfliege, genoss am Pfingstwochenende - wie ich - den Garten meiner Mutter :)

Manuelles Vintage-Objektiv Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 bei Offenblende

Ein schönen Freitag und ein sonniges Wochenende euch allen !

Looking Close on Friday - Nothing in focus (black and white)

This is a succulent on my kitchen windowsill. You may just be able to make out a wire heart that is stuck in the pot...or maybe not!

#75 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby

Lensbaby Twist 60

How lovely, seeing this little community of fungi, lichen and moss on a broken branch lying on the forest floor, benefitting each other in regard nutrients, shelter. So pretty, the colours and shapes.

I believe these are oyster mushrooms.

Seen in south-west Pennsylvania, USA.

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HSS

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Day 253/365:

Smile on Saturday - Beads & Pearls

This is a bead bracelet that I bought from the Chelsea Flower Show in May. Happy memories of a wonderful day.

I also took a photo of pearls but wasn't too keen on it and preferred the simplicity of this one. HSoS

Male California Quail for the Crazy Tuesday Group, Challenge: Shallow Depth of Field.

A macro image taken in Atlantic Canada

29/365

Some hidden Treasure from last year.

Used Tools:

Sony A7II

Walimex Pro 135/2 (Samyang)

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Thank you all so much for your comments & faves.

~ George Harrison ('It's all too much')

Someone (who will know who I mean) was asking for a slice of cake - so here you are 🍰

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Display of a confectioner around the corner.

I'm not used to much sugar anymore and I'd probably get pretty sick if I ate a piece of this fancy cake, but it really looked soooo beautiful and inviting with those roses and macarons ...

So I was admiring it at least with my camera ; ))

Wishing you a happy (Whit) weekend

I will catch up later - busy eating cake right now, lol : ))

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Schaufenster eines Conditors um die Ecke.

Ich bin Zucker nicht mehr gewöhnt und mir würde wahrscheinlich ziemlich schlecht werden, wenn ich von dieser reich verzierten Torte ein Stück essen würde, aber sie sah wirklich sooo hübsch aus mit all den Rosen und Macarons ...

Ich habe sie daher wenigstens mit der Kamera bewundert und festgehalten

Habt ein schönes (Pfingst-) Wochenende !

Alberni Street, downtown Vancouver. March 12, 2022.

Which is why we took fun walks and I fooled around with the only lens I brought on the July closing trip. Best viewed larger, if you, too, feel like fooling around.

Nikon D810, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8

1/8000 sec; f/3.2; ISO 250

manual exposure, monopod

Thanks for looking.

Caught him smelling the air and staring at random spots on the balcony. The sunny morning did the rest!

Taken with Pentax K20D digital camera and smc Pentax-DA L 50‍–‍200mm F4‍–‍5.6 telephoto lens, part of the lightweight kit lens duo (hence the L). Not bad for a mere kit lens!

Tomonoura, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan. November 26, 2015.

Happy Fenced Friday my Flickr Friends. I wish you all a great weekend with only the best weather.

Used Tools:

Sony A7II

Sony SEL85F14GM

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Steveston Motor Co, Mitchell Island, Richmond, BC. July 17, 2021.

Grotto in Lourdes

Also known as a katydid nymph

#7: 100 x challenge - Lensbaby

I love to see the snowdrops show their pretty little heads. It always feels like spring is just around the corner...this year more than ever we need signs of hope.

Lensbaby Velvet 56 f2.8 and Omni filters

Stay safe and enjoy your Sunday

Smile on Saturday Theme: 'SHINY METALS'

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All comments are highly appreciated. It will help me a lot to improve my photography skills. Big thanks to all of you for the comments, faves and views.

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Another one from my recent visit to Sheffield Park Garden, where I enjoyed the wonderful autumn colours.

Tsuyunoten Shrine, Kita-ku, Osaka. November 10, 2017.

Sunday, April 22 is my next Kansai Flickr photo sanpo. Our walking routes will include Ishikiri and Ikoma. Please contact me by Flickr mail for our meeting and route information!

Captured with SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7 lens.

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Montparnasse - Paris

Experimented with shallow depth of field in combination with backlighting to anonymize street shots with people. Wanted especially to include the shadows created by the sun. From October last year. After visiting a photo exhibition in Montparnasse (Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation) I got inspired to catch shadows :)

HMBT- Happy Monochrome Bokeh Thursday

The Shop, Columbia Street, Chinatown, Vancouver. October 25, 2015.

SOOC (straight out of the camera except for the signature).

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Happy Fenced Friday my Flickr Friends.

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Day 269/365:

Macro Monday - Zigzag

Small wooden stars (which I think are a sort of zigzag pattern) on zigzag patterned paper. HMM