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...An Angel :)
#MacroMonday
#Bells
I guess it must be Macro Monday. And as it happens, it's also Earworm Monday once again :) But first things first (the earworm will be playing nonstop in your heads now anyway), there really is an angel in this image.
Have you ever heard of those people who never put away their Christmas decoration, because they love all the lights and decorations so much that they celebrate the entire year? I'm not one of them, but in order to participate in the "Bells" theme, I had to get the ladder and climb up to the subceiling to get one of those carefully wrapped-up Christmas Bells. Because these are the only bells I have at home: porcelain (and one made of glass) bells as Christmas tree decoration. German porcelain manufacturer Hutschenreuther (which now belongs to Rosenthal) makes, among other things, seasonal collector's editions for Christmas and Easter, and through the years we've collected quite many Christmas baubles and bells. The bell in my image, however, is the above mentioned single glass bell (manufactured by Rosenthal); it was designed by Danish artist Bjørn Wiinblad (1918-2006) who was one of Rosenthal's chief designers for almost 50 years.
The bell is made of clear glass and it's decorated with golden stars and a harp-playing angel. The backside of the angel is the golden background on the right part of my photo. The bell has a beautifully high, clear, kind of joyous sound ('Tis the season!) created by the small clapper which dangles on a small, 4 cm / 1,5 inches long, silver chain. When I saw the chain, I immediately thought "bokeh!", and since the bell itself is rather big (it has a diameter of 5 cm / 1,9 inches and, at 9 cm / 3,5 inches height, is also too big for the MM frame), I decided to focus on the clapper inside of the bell which is made of a small glass ball that is 0,8 cm / 0,31 inches in diameter.
The image is a manual focus stacking made of only four images (combined in Helicon Focus), because I wanted the clapper to be sharp all over. As illumination I've used two LED lamps, one directed against a golden-coated piece of cardboard (which I've kept from a chocolate marshmallow box – the "golden" cardboard makes a great reflector), and the other lamp was equipped with a blue glass tealight holder for some nice blue light. Processed in HDR Efex and Luminar AI. HDR Efex often is like a photographic surprise bag, results vary between "magnificent" and "downright horrible", depending on the respective image. Here, HDR Efex kind of worked wonders and brought out the clapper's glass texture really beautifully. As finishing touches, I've slightly tweaked the colours' saturation and luminosity, and added a subtle glow in Luminar AI.
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, stay safe and healthy – and don't forget: There's always a reason to celebrate the season :)
The mystical Surrealleous River, Dedicated to Marcus Surrealleous on his Birthday! www.flickr.com/photos/marcus_surrealleous/
Ballater (Balmoral Estate) Scotland. December 29, 1986. Leica M3 with Kodak 100 ASA. Lens: Elmarit-M (2.8) 28 mm.
Walking with my friend 'Lupa', my dog.
Vincitrice al November contest : www.flickr.com/groups/100__plus_comment_group/discuss/721...
Vincitrice 'Autumn contest' : www.flickr.com/groups/841660@N23/discuss/72157622891285588/
Thursday we had a Nor'easter that dropped 15" of snow. We were in heaven:! This is looking out our front window. Nothing better than a lovely coat of snow for Christmas (let's hope it stays)!
Can you find our mailbox?
Theme: Tis the season
This is a quote by John Muir.
This shot was taken on the Alpe di Siusi plateau (Italy), right behind the Alpina Dolomites Lodge Hotel. At 56 square kilometres, the Alpe di Siusi/Seiser Alm is the largest mountain plateau in Europe. For me, this is certainly Europe’s most beautiful and largest high-altitude plateau.
The air on the plateau is so pure and pristine it was totally amazing.
This is a single shot taken with a Sony Alpha 6000 Camera and a Samyang 12 mm ultra-wide lens end of October 2016.
Thank you for taking the time to look. Hope you enjoy and potentially learn something! Big thanks to the amazing Flickr family out there!
Taken at Tisted Airfield.
Thought I would do a long exposure here as the clouds where moving rather quick.
West Tisted is a small village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 6.7 miles northwest of Petersfield, just off the A32 road.
Many thanks for your visit and any comments will be most welcome.
by her pixie hat and cute sweater... or even those glittery glasses and sweet smile,
a witch is still a witch....even an emerald one.
Only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself. - Ruth Stout
Texture thanks to Clive-sax
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it was dark, we were hanging out watching tv ,
when the sun came in suddenly...blast of light!
HSS and Merry Christmas everyone!
♥
the winter is back here in Bavaria ..... a shot of the frozen pond with an island ... morning walk...
(cell phone shot)
Not all hummingbirds migrate They also eat insects and some go into a hibernation state at night when it is very cold. In spite of their tiny size they are very aggressive and I see them chasing away any and all other birds that stray into their territory. We have both Rufous and Anna's hummingbirds. on our hill. Anna's hummingbirds are a bit more colourful with both ruby and iridescent green feathers.