Cool Nature images
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Nature's own lens
Image by sunnyUK
Nature's lenses are provided by waterdrops. Anything behind a waterdrop will be refracted shown upside down and left-to-right - just like a glass lens.
Taken for Active Assignment Weekly: Lenses
Assignment: You can take photos of anything you like but in your image the lens (glasses, contact lenses, magnifying lenses, telescopes, camera lenses...any!) must be an important part of the composition.
Dare: show us the world through your lens (and of course I don't mean your camera's lens but the lens that you put in your photo)!
Restriction: no people in the photo...but any other human living being is allowed.
What it took:: Green plant placed on a chair in the bathroom and given a shower so there were loads of water drops hanging from the leaves. Orange flower placed behind green plant and black cardboard placed behind orange flower.
Lit by overhead tungsten light diffused through frosted lamp shade.
Focusing on the water drop was easy, but focusing on the refraction of the flower within the water drop was a pain. The distances involved are tiny and it feels like the DOF is non-existing.
It was a great learning experience, but also a lengthy one. I started by trying to place drops on a leaf with an eye dropper. But as waterdrops are most stable in a humid environment and as our living room is not moist, this was a waste of time. By filling the bathroom with steam and then showering a plant, I had loads of drops within a few minutes.
There's an excellent introduction to water drop refraction photos here
Cool Architecture images
Check out these Architecture images:
abstract architecture
Image by Darwin Bell
Prague Architecture
Image by KJGarbutt
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Cool Macro images
A few nice macro images I found:
Macro of Maryke Rhodie
Image by photogirl7.1
This Maryke Rhodie is one of my favorite shots as the macro brings out the softness of detail and gives a soft velvety feeling to the flower. The soft pink is pleasing to the eye and relaxing.
Tromotriche revoluta flower macro
Image by Martin_Heigan
A macro photograph of a Tromotriche revoluta flower (from Botterkloof, Northern Cape, South Africa).
Field Number: PVB 6036
Best viewed LARGE.
Martin
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Administrator of:
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All things beautiful in Nature Group
Succulent Treasures of the Desert Group
The World Up-Close (Nature Macro) Group
Macro of Tamerack needles (Larch)
Image by clickclique
A fall colour macro of these Tamerack needles.
Cool Macro images
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Wolf
Image by Stephen Begin
Wolf spider viewed much closer than I'd usually like to get. Interestingly, there is a bit of blue in the larger eyes which showed up from several different angles and different lenses.
Teasel Seed Head
Image by Verdance
broken antenna element
Image by INDelight Photography
made in Canada, destroyed in Indiana.
Just some random stuff today to clutter up my stream
Cool Nature images
A few nice nature images I found:
Bushveld Sunset
Image by Martin_Heigan
A sunset seen through Acacia Thorn Trees in the Bushveld.
Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa, October 2007.
Best viewed LARGE.
Martin
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Administrator of:
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Succulent Treasures of the Desert Group
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Rural Rustic America
Image by Striking Photography by Bo
A Colorful Patriotic Country Sunset with a rustic rural little house on the prairie and USA Flag background. Striking Fine Art patriotic nature landscape photography prints, canvas art and stock images by James Bo Insogna Copyright (C) 2012 - All Rights Reserved 1-888-682-0122. www.jamesinsogna.com/Art/Patriotic-Red-White-and-Blue/147...
Cool Macro images
Some cool macro images:
Ultraviolet
Image by ecstaticist
Kyoto Color filter applied to this flower macro.
orange stars
Image by spettacolopuro
to really see all the details please view it large
Out in the field
equipped with:
Canon 40D;
Canon macro EF 100 mm;
Canon macro ring light MR-14 EX
Cool Nature images
Some cool nature images:
Image by Hind AlRabiah ♥
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buona fortuna
Image by pynomoscato
Someplace
Image by man@Che
Cool Macro images
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Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) 金斑蝶 樺斑蝶、阿檀蝶
Image by jerryhsu2k
動物界 Kingdom Animalia /
節肢動物門 Phylum Arthropoda /
昆蟲綱 Class Insecta /
鱗翅目 Order Lepidoptera /
蛺蝶科 Family Nymphalidae /
Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) 金斑蝶 樺斑蝶、阿檀蝶
Canon 350d + Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro
Busy Ants
Image by BlueRidgeKitties
Took a break from mowing the lawn to watch the ants... well, at least someone was hard at work in my yard! 
This is my first attempt at shooting a movie with the Raynox macro lens. Not too bad I guess! It has a very shallow focal depth though.
This video is now also available on youtube if you prefer to watch it there.
Cool Macro images
A few nice macro images I found:
Time
Image by ZORIN DENU
TIME: A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
But is it truly irreversible? Ask me Yesterday!
5X Tone mapped HDR Macro
HAPPY MACRO MONDAY!
Little Hand
Image by fs999
Pentax K20D • Tamron SP 90mm f:2.8 Di Macro
Dörr Combi TTL Macro Flash
sur soufflet Novoflex - on Novoflex bellows
Amaryllis Pistil
Cool Nature images
Some cool nature images:
Cape Cobra
Image by Martin_Heigan
A Cape Cobra or Yellow Cobra (Naja nivea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Martin
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Orbea carnosa ssp. keithii flower
Image by Martin_Heigan
An extreme macro photograph of the corona of the small flower of Orbea carnosa ssp. keithii (a South African Stapeliad Desert flower).
Was Pachycymbium keithii before reclassification.
Martin
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