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We had a wonderful sunny sunday... spring temperatures! I worked in my garden today. Before cutting away all dry flowers I had to take some last pictures of them... glowing in the sun.
Orienthella piunca, about 12 mm long, contemplating when to go for that hydroid polyp just in front of and a little below its head. Found as is in a tide pool.
The next image is a short video clip showing the beating heart of this same individual..
Ever since a photography teacher named Paul Johnson taught me years ago to look for back lit or side lit objects against dark backgrounds, I go looking for things like this. One of the nice things about November is that the sun is much lower in the sky, and the opportunity for natural lighting like this is much greater. I saw this beautiful plant at the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park.
Other pictures taken at Safari Park are here. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628351207247/...
Other pictures that I've taken of leaves can be seen in my Leaves album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157649845311287/
This looks decent when viewed large. Press "L" to see it that way.
found these mushrooms out on a walk in the woods. these Lil guys have nearly translucent stems which I thought was so cool. I really wanted to test out my Ricoh 35mm line scan lens In low lite and it seems to have done a fantastic job.
To me, these delicate Cherry Blossoms petals almost appear translucent in this shot. I've been very busy taking pictures of these flowers before they are all gone. I wish Cherry Blossoms bloomed all year long. But since they don't, I gotta enjoy them now. :)
Ich kann es nicht lassen, auf Wunsch habe ich die Kette diesesmal in grau gemacht mit silbernen Köpfchen www.flickr.com/photos/fimomaus/8674065933/in/photostream/
I can not leave it, on request I have made the chain this time in gray with silver head www.flickr.com/photos/fimomaus/8674065933/in/photostream/
Morning sun through a wine bottle.
A little more full-bodied if you click the pic to view in Lightbox...
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First two shots from the airfield, third shot from the lake (I live on Lake Belleville, 1 mile south of Willow Run Airport).
Sometimes the moment paints itself and I'm just happy to have the holga's way of remembering when my own fails.
This is a shell that I borrowed from my sister to exploit. Because the shell was so thin I wanted to backlight it and bring out its translucent qualities.
Lighting stuff: I placed the shell on a mirror because I wanted the added dimension that the reflection provides. Back lighting was done with a YN560 in a Rogue grid behind and to camera right. The main light was a YN560-III in a 24 inch softbox in front and at camera left pointing towards the center of the shell. Both strobes in manual mode were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
I find sea shells to be beautiful objects from nature, and have photographed quite a few of them over the years. Other shells that I have photographed are in my creatively named Shells album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290
Tree branches dipped in icicles, twisting into makeshift stars within reach of my fingertips. The streetlamp cast a faint, orange glow through the translucent frost and the sky mixed a palette of violet and blue acrylics. I stopped several feet from the end of that pathway and looked up. And if it were not for my face absorbed by the heavens, tears would have spilled and melted the snow beneath my feet.
(from my journal)
Thoughts still cling
Rainy day interface
Look out the window
HDR tonemapped, Nikon 55mm f1.2 on Canon 5D
On a sluggish weekend when it is foggy and overcast, the sun seems elusive and colours in the outer world look dull. All I could do was borrow a few colours from nature, put them on the coffee table, and indulge myself in observing the effects of light. The translucence and vividness of these little vegs were so pleasing and rewarding that for a moment I forgot that it is still foggy outside 😊