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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.
I was able to capture the sunlight hitting the Yoshino Cherry Blossoms creating a translucent light effect.
Given the extremely transitory nature of flowering cherry blossoms (they are quite fragile and short-lived), this is one of the "goal photos" I had for my trek down to the Tidal Basin this season.
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.
trans·lu·cent
[trans-loo-suhnt, tranz-]
–adjective
1.
permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
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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. :)
Greta oto is a brush-footed butterfly, and is a member of the clearwing clade; its wings are translucent. Its most common English name is glasswing, and its Spanish name is "espejitos", which means "little mirrors." Indeed, the tissue between the veins of its wings looks like glass, as it lacks the coloured scales found in other butterflies.[1] It is one of the more abundant clearwing species in its home range, which is found in the Amazon Rainforest. This was taken in Wales.
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