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A translucent cover over a Philishave razor, which has had a red light placed behind the head, seen coming through the cutting head.
Black grape. A slice (about 2mm thick) placed on my mobile phone screen acting as a light box.
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Another tiny Mycena mushroom growing on the moss covered branch of a tree. With the day being wet and overcast there was only dim light under the tree cover. We are seeing some Bioluminescence here, like something from the deep oceans. (Thank you Wikipedia...)
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Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. Single shot, natural light, SOOC, no crop.
Plastic dog figurine, from my dog figures collection (it's about 5 cm tall, the head is about 1,5 cm long)
Macro Mondays - theme: "Translucent"
Noticed this spider out of the corner of my eye one evening; it had taken up residence in a lamp, which made for some interesting photos. I would've liked to have seen it catch something...that could add another element to the shot
Interesting theme this week that had me wondering if Unilever are right to call their "Pears" soap "transparent" (rather than "translucent"). As far as I'm concerned, their description stamped on the product just doesn't wash with me! Anyway, I quite like the stuff - here lit from behind with a torch.
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Happy Macro Mondays to you all!
Exploring layering flowers in watercolour. Another work in progress I may just ruin with the next layer or 3 >_<
Happy Friday my friends xx
Macro of the etched design of a tealight candle holder. It was backlit by a diffused iPhone flashlight.
Macro Mondays
Translucent
While editing this shot of a plaster cast putto or cherub (contre-jour and, hence, translucent; Leica M8, Elmar 90/4) it occurred to me that translucency was the first step in the evolution of the eye. Our pre-Cambrian multicellular ancestors developed "eye spots" that allowed them to distinguish between dark and bright areas. And, if things went well, even to guess where the light came from. For many creatures this is enough to survive. Snails, for example, are still on this level. Photographers would not be happy with this. They want a lot more than translucency, namely transparence, to look through a lens and see clearly what is out there. The optical principle of the camera is mimicking our eyes - we (and lots of other creatures) have got "camera eyes". They are extremely useful. Guaranteeing survival they do not. Hundreds of species having camera eyes have perished. Snails are still going strong.
Once again complementary colours hold this composition together. But the real attraction to me is the way the sunlight shines through those leaves.
For a fleeting moment a Mycenoid mushroom growing among moss sporangia on the forest floor is illuminated by a ray of autumn sunshine.
West Quebec, Canada
Olympus EM1 and Olympus 60 mm f2.8 lens
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Haven't taken that many photos recently. I've been trying to watch more movies and books that I never opened after purchasing. Also working on finding more freelance jobs cause favs and views aren't paying bills (I wish that were the case tho...)
I "watched" this movie called 'Origin' but it was so mindnumpingly bad that I had to leave the theater after 45 minutes. A movie critic on RogerEberts website gave it a 4 out of 4 but the average movie-goer gave it 1-2 stars (I gave it 1/2 a star out of 5). I don't mind movies with a slow pace but this movie just had a terrible script.