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Another one from my latest visit to Sussex Prairie Garden. I wish I could tell you what this flower is, but I'm afraid I don't know. It's very delicate and pretty, though.

Looking at a Rose of Sharon bud. Fall is quickly moving in.

Happy Macro Mondays

Rudbeckia (a.k.a. Black-eyed Susan) is now in full bloom at Sussex Prairie Garden and looking gorgeous. It shares this particular area with pink and white Echinacea providing a feast for the eyes ... not to mention the bees. :)

Photographed while exploring with Charlie-san, Fukuda-san, Fumi-san, Maeda-san, Miki-san, sonnar-san, Take-san, and Teruhide-san. Pontocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto. May 28, 2017.

My first spring snowflake this year.

 

Used Tools:

Sony A7II

Samyang 135/2

Love

Granville Island, Vancouver. April 17, 2022.

Suan Luang Rama IX, also referred to as (King) Rama IX Park, is a public park in Bangkok's Prawet District. With an area of 500 rai (80 ha; 200 acres), it is the largest park in the city.

 

The park was built to celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's sixtieth birthday in 1987, and was opened by the King on 1 December that year. It features extensive botanical gardens, a lake, and a pavilion housing exhibits in honour of the King.

Early evening in the garden. I love Helenium, but this year I'm discovering why its common name is Sneezeweed. :)

The hydrangea were in full bloom alongside a canal in Huisten Bosch, a theme park modelled after the Netherlands in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture, Southern Japan. Happy weekend, everyone.

佐世保市のハウステンボスにある運河沿で咲いている紫陽花は満開を迎えました。皆様、良い週末をお過ごしください。

A lovely female Eastern Bluebird taking a little stretch by her nesting box.

MacroMondays#Redux2021

My attempt to connect the two topics "Tradition" and (ginger)"Bread and Topping"

The cookies are 4cm in size and if proof is needed, I shot them next to the ruler. You can see it with the other cookies in the previous photo in my photo stream

HMM!

I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Broadleaf lime (Tilia platyphyllos) in early evening light.

 

Olympus EM1 + Meyer Optik Görlitz Oreston 50mm f1.8, wide open aperture.

 

I don't know which species? Male ebony jewelwing

Keychain, Carabiner style

Scene is 3" wide and an on camera flash was employed

A busy bee on the globe thistle in my garden.

 

Lensbaby Velvet 85

  

Recent rains had caused a profusion of wildflowers around my house. It was a good enough reason to mount my Dukane projector lens and go outside instead of sitting in front of the computer looking at other people's pictures.

Colorful Ireland - Kinsale

Smooth Hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris)

 

Olympus EM1 + Olympus 12-50mm.

 

Edge of Barbury Castle

Meyer Optik Görlitz Oreston 50mm f1.8, wide open aperture.

Cathartes aura

Seabourne Creek Nature Park, Rosenberg, TX

Thanks, Noel!

The forecast for yesterday afternoon said there would be a 'moderate' breeze. In flower photography terms, a 'moderate' breeze is a howling gale! I still enjoyed my visit to Sussex Prairie Garden, though. :)

October 2023: A month in 31 pictures

 

We still have our grandson with us so getting a photo isn't easy. I held this cyclamen in front of some organza then added some textures. It's rather pink but I like pink and his Lordship approved ;)

 

Lensbaby Sol 45 and macro filter

Not everything that is faced can be changed , but nothing can be changed until it's faced ~ James Baldwin

 

Another shot of my cafe au lait dahlia, this time from a different angle and using an Omni quilted iridescent film.

 

Lensbaby Velvet 85

Photographed while guiding/exploring with Teruhide-san and three Vancouver friends. Fushimi-Inari Taisha, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto. October 21, 2019.

This is another of my new dahlias this year. It's called Night Silence and is another favourite for photography.

 

Lensbaby Sol 45, macro filters and gold Swiss cheese Omni

My garden is currently a soggy mess after the recent storms and heavy rain, so I struggled to find anything I wanted to bring into my house! In the end I gave in and visited a local florist, where I found a spray of tiny roses and this is one of them. It's barely ¾" across and I love the colour. I look forward to the day I can photograph flowers where they belong ... outdoors. :)

 

For this week's Smile on Saturday group theme, 'Get Nature in your Home!'

pine needles, leaves and water on a smooth surface shot with a shallow depth of field at a 45 degree angle

 

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Photographed on an awesome day of Kyoto exploration with Charlie-san, Fukuda-san, Fumi-san, Maeda-san, Miki-san, sonnar-san, Take-san, and Teruhide-san. Zenkyoan, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. May 28, 2017.

The weather was beautiful when I took this shot a few days ago at Borde Hill. Today it's grey, wet and uninspiring!

 

For this week's Smile on Saturday group theme, Insects and Co.

Guitar string coming through my guitar bridge heading on down the neck.

Listen.

Happy Macro Mondays

I found this perfume bottle in a local charity shop on Friday and instantly fell in love with it. OK, I admit it wasn't the only thing I bought. My collection of bits and pieces continues to grow. The wonderful thing is that if I ever tire of it I can just give it back to the charity shop so that they can sell it again for someone else to enjoy. I think this particular one may stay with me for a while, though. It's such a fabulous colour.

Fruit (or achenes) of wood avens, also known locally as clove root and Herb Bennet.

 

Olympus EM1 + Canon SSC FD 50mm f1.4, wide open aperture.

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mii

Kamlan 50mm F1.1 lens

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Taken by my wife with her Samsung Galaxy A10 phone.

Canon EOS R6 with Laowa 100mm f2.8

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