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So many phobias, and so many choices. I should have checked the English list of phobias on Wikipedia first, because there is a phobia called "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia" (fear of the number 666) which would have been worth picking for the word alone, and it would also have been an apt choice for Halloween ;) But since I already had a vague idea of which phobia I wanted to illustrate when I read about the theme, I only looked into the German list for the correct term for the latter: which is trypophobia, a fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes – and I'd strongly advise you not to look for images of that particular fear, because... nope :)

So trypophobia is the main phobia in this photo. When we once had "Mesh" as an MM theme some time ago, I'd noticed that the biggest of the many tiny holes in the mesh of a small laundry sachet looked like a skull when seen from a certain angle. I'd picked a different subject for the theme back then, but I immediately had the idea to use the "laundry sachet skull" when I read about the Phobia theme. Btw, I'm sure there also is a phobia against losing single socks in the washing machine, even if you won't find it on the Wikipedia list ;)

Other phobias that might work with this photo as well are "necrophobia" (fear of death or the dead – and doesn't Mr. Skull remind you of a mummy as well?), dentophobia (fear of the dentist, although poor Mr. Skull has already lost all his teeth, probably because of eating too many "Mon Cherie" chocolates), achluphobia (fear of darkness), and eisoptrophobia (fear of mirrors or seeing one's reflection in the mirror ̵– which is me every morning)...

Stupidly (most stupidly, I should note), I thought that the image I had already taken and processed last night wasn't sharp enough. So I still took several more photos today – alas, none of them were any sharper so I picked the aforementioned first photo from yesterday anyway. Stupid, isn't it? It's a single High Resolution shot processed in Color Efex mainly with the tonal contrast filter which added a nice "oomph" to the image. I chose the "High Resolution" mode so I'd be able to crop the image so that there would be only one "skull" in the frame (the length of Mr. Skull's eyes and mouth is 1,5 cm/0,059 inches each). So what you see is a 3229x3229 image cropped from the original 10368x7776 SOOC photo. I did this because you can get extremely close to the subject with the 30mm macro lens – which in this case meant that the lens blocked out all the light coming from the left and right (which I'd put up to highlight the white mesh). So I had to increase the working distance which made the tiny holes too tiny for cropping out a single "skull" with the regular resolution. Setup: White mesh laundry sachet wrapped around the red, transparent chocolate box lid; the third light source was a soft white photo light from above.

HMM and Happy Halloween, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!

Skulls 5 by Ronan McCormick

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Skull Creek by Shannon O'Shea Wildlife Photography

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Sunset on Skull Creek. Skull Creek, part of Port Royal Sound, is an intracoastal waterway that separates Hilton Head Island from the mainland. Shot taken from Hudson's on the Docks, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Mysterious SKull by Meown Davids

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Sitting in the calm grass with foxes jumping all around her , she noticed something."" A skull? , How unusual this is a an eternal realm ." Seems like a foreshadowing for evil.

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Skull hoverfly / Totenkopfschwebfliege by Waldemar Wiera

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💀467 by Bheti Carter

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Photosynthesis V by VincentMattina.com

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The sad skull by Millie Cruz (On and Off)

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Once a beautiful tree, today a sad skull. Carved by humans to impress, for many years, the wooden skull has witnessed the passing of Halloween nights, with hollow eyes and a heart full of rings.

Happy Shocktober!! 💀🎃 HSS!

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Skulls by David Snoddy

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Skull Creek @ Winter by Susan

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SKULL CREEK by Ametz lo

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Skull Rock by Beatrix

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Joshua Tree National Park, California

Bird Skull by david94903

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Skull and hat by Andy Sutton

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Skull and roses by David Ellis

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Skulls 7 by Ronan McCormick

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Skull Carving by Steve Taylor

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The Prettiest Skull by Xuxa Yue

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I'm the prettiest skull that you'll ever find!

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Head: LeLUTKA Nova EvoX Head 3.1

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.3

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“Reborn” Pose

Skulls by Morgana Sea

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My Style Darkness

20200123.JPG by Mark Hagemann

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💀 Carcharias taurus by Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez

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• Sand tiger shark, grey nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark, blue-nurse sand tiger

• Tiburón sarda (UY), tiburón toro, escalandrún (AR)

• Cação-mangona, tubarão-touro, tubarão-cinza

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Infraphylum: Gnathostomata

Parvphylum: Chondrichthyes

Class: Elasmobranchii

Subclass: Neoselachii

Infraclass: Selachii

Superorder: Galeomorphi

Order: Lamniformes

Family: Odontaspididae

Genus: Carcharias

Species:C. taurus

~160mm (wide)

Artisanal fishing boats (no recreational)

Atlantic coast, Rocha, Uruguay

Skull candles ultrawide crop by Jonathan Cutrer

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Skull & rod by Eric Baygon

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Skull Shop by RadarO´Reilly

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Skull Wands by Star Sugar

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🔮Cast a spell with theses creepy skull wands. Fully animated Bento/Animesh, Deco Snake holders and partical hud included.🔮

Available at Hallow Manor.

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Skull-duggery by Jak O'Dowd

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A composite of a close-up of a skull found at the 13th century Château de Mauriac in Gaillac. The background is the skull in it's actual location, high up in the ramparts - HSS!

Skull Rock by Lisa Ridings

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Skull rock is among the Jumbo Rocks at Joshua Tree National Park.

Skull Rock by Doug Lemons

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Joshua Tree National Park, California. As you can see, this rock formation is aptly named.

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💀 by Paulina Aguero

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skull king by elle Pearl

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Antechinus skull by Christine Lynch