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These 3 littles sure did not let mama get too far away, which is a good thing.
Hopefully I get to go again next year and will see these guys, all 3, healthy and on their way to adulthood.
Yuki is definitely a velcro dog. She always needs to keep an eye on where I am and what I'm doing. Here she is watching me through the opening of the back of a chair. I love this girl.
Family member shading himself on another hot day !
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#MacroMonday
#Hook
Velcro® tape. Not what I wanted to do for the theme at all, in fact I didn't even remotely think of using velcro for the "Hook" theme. But then, yesterday, Flickr friend TOMFLASH91 happened to fave a photo of mine that I had taken for the MM theme "Connection" back in September 2017 (you can find it in the first comment). When I noticed the fave and looked at my "Connection" photo, one I had almost forgotten about after three years, it was a true "Heureka! moment", and I almost yelled "Hook, hook hooray!", because I definitely knew what I'd do for "Hook". So a huge thank you goes out to TOMFLASH for the inspiration, you've saved my Sunday :)
Since I didn't want to present a similar or almost identical velcro capture to you, I also knew that this time I had to use the extension tubes (I didn't even own extension tubes back in 2017). I had both extension tubes (10 and 16mm) mounted, plus the Raynox DCR-250 "Super Macro Conversion Lens" to get as close as possible to those tiny velcro hooks. And you know how super tiny the hooks of a "hook-and-loop fastener" are. It was as hard to measure the length of a single hook (approximately 1 mm / 0,039 inches) as it was difficult to focus. I lost focus numerous times, or rather the camera didn't find it in the first place, so I switched to manual focus only, and even then it was rather tricky, I had to move the camera forth and back (easier anyway) many times, but in the end I was really quite happy with the result, even though not everything is perfectly sharp, but I think there is enough sharpness to make it easy on the eyes. One thing is similar to my "Connection" image: For the upper "hook" part I'd used black velcro, for the soft, loopy part I'd used a white counterpart. There is only a hint of the loopy part visible here, in the lower right corner, and I had considered to crop that away to have the hook part going from one corner to the other, but I actually like the "loopy hint", because I think it completes the image. Because, after all, when it comes to Velcro, one can't be without the other (well, the hook part can, just think of soft fabrics, wool...). The perfect symbiosis :)
Lightsources were two LED lamps equipped with my improvised colour "filters": the translucent red plastic lid of a chocolate box, and a small green glass bottle. Sharpened in Topaz Sharpen AI (method "Stabilize", sharpening at 67, noise reduction at 28), and processed in LR only, where I removed some haze (at 35) and increased the saturation of green, orange, and slightly tweaked the luminosity of orange and yellow. It's a single shot, and for the very first time I had tried the Oly's "High-Res mode" which creates a 40 MP image by shifting the sensor around. I'm quite impressed with the file ;-)
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and have a safe and nice week ahead!
Klettband. Das wollte ich eigentlich gar nicht machen, hatte nicht einmal daran gedacht, dass der widerborstige Teil, der sich so gerne an empfindlichen Textilien festkrallt, wenn sein weiches Gegenstück mal nicht schnell genug zur Stelle ist, ja aus winzigen Häkchen besteht. Dann hatte aber gestern einer meiner Flickr-Freunde, TOMFLASH91, ein Bild von mir gefaved, das ich mal für das 2017er-Thema "Connection" gemacht hatte (zu finden im ersten Kommentar). Genau: Klettband. Fast hätte ich laut "Hook hook Hurrah!" gerufen, denn jetzt wusste ich, was ich für das Thema machen würde :)
Natürlich wollte ich nicht wieder ein ähnliches Foto machen wie vor drei Jahren, daher habe ich die Zwischenringe (10 und 16mm) angeschraubt und an das 60er-Makro noch den Raynox-DCR-250-Makrovorsatz, um so nah wie möglich an die Häkchen heranzukommen. Das anschließende Ausmessen der Häkchengröße (gut 1 mm lang) war mindestens genauso kompliziert (Lupe und Lineal kombiniert) wie das Fokussieren. Mit der Einstellung S-AF+MF war es reines Glücksspiel, überhaupt mal etwas Ähnliches wie "Fokus" zu finden, weshalb ich dann auf MF mit Fokussierhilfe gewechselt und die Kamera vorsichtig vor- und zurückbewegt habe, für so eine Extrem-Nahaufnahme sowieso die bessere Methode. Das Ergebnis ist zwar nicht 100%ig scharf, aber scharf genug, um es angenehm betrachten zu können, denke ich. Als Lichtquellen habe ich zwei seitlich angeordnete LED-Strahler verwendet, die ich jeweils mit meinen improvisierten "Farbfiltern" versehen hatte, rechts den durchsichtig-roten Pralinenschachteldeckel, links eine grüne Glasflasche. Entwicklungsschritte: Schärfen in Topaz Sharpen AI (Modus "Stabilize" mit Schärfung bei 67 und Rauschunterdrückung bei 28); und in LR habe ich den Dunst etwas reduziert (35) und die Farbsättigung(en) und Luminanz(en) im HSL-Modul angepasst. Die Aufnahme ist ein Einzelbild, das ich, zum allerersten Mal überhaupt, im "High-Res-Modus" der Oly aufgenommen habe. Der Sensor wird dabei hin- und hergeschoben (oder so ähnlich) und die Kamera erzeugt eine 40-MP-Aufnahme.
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Macro Mondays - Fasteners - Monday, February 19 2018
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An interesting bit of information from Wikipedia: After taking his dog for a walk one day in the late 1940s, George de Mestral, a Swiss inventor, became curious about the seeds of the burdock plant that had attached themselves to his clothes and to the dog's fur. Under a microscope, he looked closely at the hook system that the seeds use to hitchhike on passing animals aiding seed dispersal, and he realized that the same approach could be used to join other things together. His work led to the development of the hook and loop fastener, which was initially sold under the Velcro brand name.
This wasn't taken today (Today is cold and wet and bleak), but it was only a few days ago that he and I were sitting out on the Deck, enjoying the sun. (Peewee is also lying on the Deck, but he's just out of frame in this scene!).
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Common burdock is a biennial that grows as a rosette of leaves the first year and then produces a 5-foot-tall, bushy flowering stem. The weed is best known for the hooked bristles on its burs that stick to fur and clothing. After taking his dog for a walk one day in 1948, a Swiss inventor, George de Mestral, became curious about the seeds of the burdock plant that had attached themselves to his clothes and to the dog's fur. He looked closely at the seed's hook system under a microscope and realized that the same approach could be used to join other things together. His work led to the development of the hook and loop fastener, Velcro.
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Probably the plant which invented velcro...
De grote klit, ook wel grote klis genoemd (Arctium lappa) is een tweejarige plant die tot de composietenfamilie (Asteraceae) behoort.
Encounter with the canal ochrona: not too joking a caption for this picture, the absolute seriousness of life! Three uniformed officers approached me in one of those typical SUVs. On their blue-spotted uniforms, two velcro labels were visible: Police and Ochrona! This was new to me. But the initially critical encounter ended well; I was allowed to take photographs under supervision, even though no one was allowed to be in that spot, apart from Kazakh anglers. Under these conditions, 2TE10U-0494 drove her coal train up the incline. The ТЭЦ of Quschoqy can be seen in the background on the right.
Казахстан
Карагандинская область
Регион Қушоқы (Quschoqy)
ППЖТ Кушокы (ТОО Транко Нура)
2ТЭ10Y-0494
A sign of old age.
These hooks are on the Hook and Loop (Velcro) straps that secure my Old Man trainers.
I can no longer bend down to tie laces.
You met Peewee the other day; now meet Velcro.
Happy Caturday to my Friends overseas (who are still enjoying Saturday), and especially to Lana at www.flickr.com/photos/132476314@N04/. who is the Administrator of the "Happy Caturday group!
New Zealand's Lock-Down Level 4 restricts me to walks that are close to home, but - weather permitting - I hope to get a little further afield tomorrow!
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I got home last night from visiting my family in California and as soon as I got in the door, I showered, washed my hair and then slept in the little computer room. First Mack sprawled out on top of me and then Jimmy took a turn. What you don't see is Ella sleeping on my pillow and Sadie sleeping on the floor next to the bed.
Velcro strip to keep all those wires together from my computer.
Looks like an abstract bumblebee !
HMM
the macromonday theme for today, 12/11, is stick.
#MacroMondays #stick
this one is probably the best macro one, but i like the "old stick in the mud" the best, even if it isn't very appealing ~grin~ wonder if someone else did that?? am betting there are a lot of snowmen with stick arms.
the macromondays' theme for today (2/19) is fastener(s). this hook portion is a half an inch. have a couple more possibilities ~grin~
let the dithering begin........
#MacroMondays and #Fasteners
I’ve been laid up on the couch for two days, but I did manage to do my meal prep for the week this morning. Since it’s been a day of being forced to physically rest; Dr Thomas Noodles MD has been an absolute Velcro cat. I love this soft baby boy so much. Here’s to hoping this week is a little better energy/health wise.
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