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Macro Mondays: Dots and Stripes theme

I used a turkey feather for the background striping, and I'm calling the seeds in the pod the "dots," with the seeds containing their own little "stripes" too...you can see it on some of them in the zoomed-in view. The visible portion of the seed pod is about 2.25 inches long, so the image is under the maximum 3-in. size restriction for the group. :-)

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The Art of Feathers

American Wild Turkey

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On my morning walk found quite a number of turkey feathers on the ground. Perhaps the young jakes are thinking they can take on the big Tom and of course got their comeuppins. Picked two feathers up stuck them on this branch and here's my Day 99 picture.

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The golden feather!

Ok, well, as we know, Turkey Feathers are not REALLY made of gold, except maybe in fairy tales.

So, as you may have guessed, I played with the colors.

Actually this feather looked more silver, as you will see, below in the first comment.

Below that there are two other close up shots of turkey feathers, all in their completely natural colors. I will include links in case you want to see them better!

As it was snowing quite a bit today, I decided to play with the Yongnuo YN685 as I don't do a lot of flash photography.

I grabbed the turkey feathers that I gathered over the summer and grabbed a shot of them bouncing the flash off the ceiling at 1/32 power.

Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Lens on a Canon 1DS Mark III.

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It was hard to capture the different iridescent colours of these Turkey feathers, as they seemed to change with the sun light.

I spotted this small turkey feather on my walk this morning so naturally I had to pick it up and bring it home to photograph some more.

Canon EF 70-200 on a Canon DSLR cropped and processed in Lightroom Classic.

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Before there were ballpoint pens feathers were used as writing instruments. I found a feather from either Tom or Jerry and thought it would make a great image at some point.

Used some coloured tulle and wrapped it lightly around the edge of a mirror that the ink and the feather in a holder.

Lensbaby Sweet 35 optic in the Composer Pro with the +2 macro filter aperture set to f4.

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Found another small turkey pin feather on the ground (along with some others) that had rain drops on it. I put the feather on the maple leaf and grabbed a shot.

Sigma 105mm f2.8 lens on a Canon EOS 1DS Mark III.

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Canon FD 28mm SC Lens in a reverse macro ring on a Canon DSLR. Processed in Lightroom Classic.

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Superb evening light on the nozzles of an F18 fighter jet.

Macro Monday theme: All in a Row

I have always been fascinated by the geometry of feathers, especially how they lock together.

More from my photographing the found turkey feather on the 23rd of January.

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Thanks to my lovely assistant LIZ, who helped to make this shot possible!

More from my photographing the found turkey feather on the 23rd of January.

Canon FD 28mm 3.5 SC lens on a reverse macro ring on a Canon DSLR.

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I found 5 turkey feathers today on my walk and so naturally I brought them home to photograph. Once done, they went in the vase with the others. Mike asked if I were saving them to build my own turkey. LOL Of course I am.

Sigma 105mm f2.8 macro lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

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More from my photographing the found turkey feather on the 23rd of January.

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turkey feather

I've been looking at objects on black. Here was an opportunity to examine an object on white.

Found a turkey feather over near where they roost in the neighbours side yard. Brought it home to photograph.

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Canon EOS 1DS Mark III with a Sigma 105mm f2.8 macro lens.

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Out for my walk before the rain set in I noticed one of the turkeys lost a feather. Naturally, I photographed it as it lay then brought it home to photograph :)

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Turkey feather...

Deep shade in the woods as small shafts of light penetrate the canopy create the setting for this turkey feather.

Turkey feather seen end-on...

Just a random picture. I noticed someone stuck the Turkey feather their and well...it made for a nice picture. Capturing the moments is what it is all about...but who's moment was it? Hmmmm

Turkey feather found in our woods.

Making these little wool stones is meditative for me so when I started adding elements that I found in the woods I felt like I was including their voices in the piece.

Two feathers my Grandfather gave me when I was child (40+years ago). The turkey feather came from his ranch in Junction, Texas. The pheasant feather came from a hunting trip to Nebraska. He told me that these were the feathers the Native Americans would wear in their headdresses. He was always full of colorful stories. Most of them were tall tales. I often think of the stories my grandfather would tell me. I miss my Papa, a.k.a. "Moose Plitt".

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There were 4 turkeys at Grammy's bird feeders the other day...I never knew how beautiful their feathers are...and then I decided to play around with one of the shots....here's my abstract result. Hope you have a great Sunday. HSS!

thank you Vicki! Its gorgeous!

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I love the mix of soft wool and sharp quills. This little stone seems to have some attitude.

Small stones that are felted in a layer of wool, into which I've incorporated some natural materials and embroidery.

the Ferns, out in our backyard. By the Brush Pile.........

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and then henry stuck it in his hat and wore it all weekend.

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I made this hat out of inspiration from Turkey feathers cake turkeyfeathers.typepad.com/turkey_feathers/2006/01/ella_n...

OK, so yet more hearts, I'm not doing it on purpose. For my next project, I'm going to have do something sinister to make up for all this sugar.

I had help with the trimming from here: - turkeyfeathers.typepad.com/turkey_feathers/2008/11/thanks...

In the last decade I've photographed a number of turkey hens. Not many, but every couple of years I find a few. I've never found a Tom...or at least have never seen on presenting the fanned tail feathers. Spotted a small flock of them bar back from the road. Turned my truck into an off-road vehicle, drove to get closer, and then climbed out to get as close as I could. The turkeys...a dozen or more, and two Toms...were not overly concerned, and just slowly walked away back into the treeline.

Today is a major Holiday for some. It is the first day of spring turkey hunting season, celebrated joyously by that segment of the population who are anxious to kill anything and everything that the law allows them to slaughter. For some species, we don't have to worry about climate change causing them to go extinct. All the shotgun and rifle-toting blood lust killers will do the job quite adequately.

(And YES, I own guns, I enjoy shooting...but I am not a hunter, never have been, and see no point other than satisfying some worrisome psychological desire to KILL things which pose no threat and cannot fight back. Oh well, at the very least it proves that the concept of human evolution is over-rated.)

Top comment box photo shows some of the wild flock.

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Small wool-covered stones in to which I've incorporated some treasures found in my woods; a turkey feather, some deer hair, and porcupine quills.

I was getting frustrated with scratch art paper, when making my cabs, so I decided to experiment and paint with ink on black paper. I've never been good with a brush, I've always preferred the control of a pen or pencil, but I am starting to get more comfortable with it. I just recently bought some Dr. Ph. Martin's metallic gold calligraphy paint and I love it. I have some silver coming. The white I am using is their "pen white" which is very opaque and really pops on the black background.

These are 40x30mm glass domed cabochons that I sell to jewelry artists and also occasionally create magnets with them.