bad air today : feeling barely-there

Yankee Springs, Michigan during the Fall is a beautiful place. If you've never been there, I would encourage you to hop in your favorite vehicle and take a tour. The colors, lakes, and scenic roads are great.

Translucent fiery girl!

View On Black

Nikon D300 - Vivitar Series 1 105mm 1:2.5 Macro - 1/1250 sec - f/5.6 - ISO 360

Balloons illuminated by the afternoon sun

Press L

ODT 13th June 2011: Candy

iPhone 4 and Pixelmator for text.

Butterfly with translucent wings

Peacock butterfly on knapweed flower

Crocus --- Image by © Frank Krahmer/zefa/Corbis

These images are all about playing with translucency. The leaf has been placed on a piece of glass put between two tressles. A soft box is used to illuminate the leaf from below, with metering for the light, not the leaf.

I have had a lot of fun with these and will now try a few different scenarios.

Strong sunlight (a rare commodity in Whaley Bridge in February!) passes through the overlapping petals and folded leaf of this beautiful tulip, creating an attractive variety of tones and revealing shadows which hint at the hidden reproductive parts of the flower on the inside.

Back lit by diffuse sunlight through a curtain

Unidentified translucent katydid eating some kind of egg? Malaysia.

Xiphidiopsis sp.?

More Orthopterans of Malaysia: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2013/02/orthoptera-of-malaysia....

Translucent alabaster vessel 3in wide by 6 1/2 high

On a visit to Mona Vale gardens November 23, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.

this pic: no editing, I liked how beautiful and fragile this leave looks... I played in the sun for almost an hour, and got a very bad sunburn in my back for the session with the little hearts, but, no regrets... pics are worth it :-)

Corstorphine hill

This weekend (April 16/17) the tulips were at their best in the Bollenstreek area. Bright colors everywhere!

Tiffany Bozic

Acrylic on maple panel

2012

12 x 12 in.

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Nike Air Max 90 Ice Dark Grey, Men’s Size 13, Dark Grey, Cool Grey, White, Black, Infrared, 631748-006, UPC: 00091208603186, 2013 Release, synthetic suede upper, triangular print throughout, Geometric shaped ice dominates the upper, “Ice” pack, QS edition of the Air Max '90 Ice, celebrate "Air Max Day", Inspired by the OG "Infrared's, grey-based upper, black and infrared accents, limited release, icy translucent sole unit, varying Gray shades, translucent midsole, permafrost look, Nike Air branding in the heel, rubber outsole, Visible Nike Air Max Unit, Lace up closure, Men's low top sneaker, Padded tongue with logo, Signature NIKE Swoosh Logo, Cushioned inner sole, Tinker Hatfield, 777

A leaf is translucent when backlit by the sun in the Botanical building at Balboa Park.

Photo by William Morton for Digital Photo Academy's Composition In The Field workshop.

©2011 William Morton

Spectra Vondergeist

Okuma, Okinawa

Yippee! We got snow last night. Again... :-P The spring is not here yet.

Chambly Fort in Quebec, the ducks just floating along. Very relaxing to watch.

A tufted Titmouse backlit by the evening light.

Taken 5/31/2012 | Pentax K-5 | Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm | f/4.0 | 1/250 sec | ISO 400 | Aperture Priority Mode | Tripod | #0137

It's important to stay hydrated while walking the golf course (average walk for 18 holes is about 5 miles)...this Thermos Intak bottle is my favorite!

... or beads or some such. Lit from below with a flashlight.

Patterns in dried paint, resembling a jade carving.

A door that had marbles set in it. It made awesome sounds when you rubbed your hand up and down it.