Rainbow Falls at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN

I think this is banded agate, but I'm not so confident in that that I wanted to put it in the title. HMM

Lampionblume - Physalis - Chinese Lantern

Zeit für Kerzen - time for candles

Translucent Orchid Petals

Viewfinder on a Kodak Box Brownie Automatic

HSV Botanical Garden

The #FlickrFriday #Translucent challenge

"Oh flowers, how lovely!" was my dear wife's response as I returned from a quick shopping trip. She didn't even ask what I'd done. Of course what I'd actually done was to grab a subject for this week's FF homework. It didn't take long for her to work that out. The vase is an art deco design by the well known 1920s-1930s British ceramicist Charlotte Rhead.

The photo was taken as shown using an old filter, which does not fit my current lens, smeared with Vaseline and balanced precariously on the front of it while I held a reflector to bounce some windowlight back onto the flowers. Thank goodness for delayed shutter release. Processing was light (by my standards anyway) with some colours boosted and texture and a small vignette added.

lichtdurchflutet sei auch euer tag...

have a sunny sunday :=)))

Best viewed on black ..press L ... thank you

A friend introduced me to this "unique" steampunk band. I promised her I would add their site on one of Selene's photos for people to hear. They are a musical pantomime troupe called "Steam Powered Giraffe" and I really enjoy their music.

If you visit the website you can hear a few of their unique sounds, pick a song and click the arrow to play www.steampoweredgiraffe.com/

Present to myself, picked up while browsing the pop-up music stall that's often on Middle Meadow Walk. Frankly you've got me a Thelonius Monk, but Monk with John Coltrane? Oh yes, having that. Exra little bonus when I got home and went to put it on the turntable, to discover the actual record was not only pressed in coloured vinyl but translucent too, so I improvised this quick shot of it with a small light behind the record.

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Translucent Dream

Common Rot (Rhizopus artocarpi) of world wide distribution here on an immature Jackfruit, showing color changes hour by hour from translucent, to white, to pale grey, to pale brown and suddenly to black as spores form. The spore print is black. The best I can do for resolution with a 2 mm horizontal field of view.

Small wave in evening light.

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(trimmed top & bottom). I love the way the sunlight is shining through the lighter parts of the wing.. as this 'Red Admiral'.. 'Vanessa atalanta'.. basks in the late evening sun.. far better viewed.. HERE

HBW..!! Thanks for stopping by.. have a great evening..

Beech young leaves, Vessy (Switzerland)

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Sky view fro a hiking trail.

IMG_8618 50 flickr friday translucent I saw the theme a thousand times a day, but I couldn't capture it on film. It was so frustrating. In the end these shots of two glasses and a cup came the closest.

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Backlit light painting and focal stack. Not sure the PhotoShop auto-blending worked very well. Don't miss the detail in this one! www.flickr.com/photos/kerrinjon/50246649971/sizes/6k/

With so much rain and not a chance to go outside...I focused on what was inside.

As flowers are some of my favourite things I try to 'shoot' them whenever I can. I find the inside of flowers often more interesting than the outside...here is the proof in the next three images