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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Thank you Carin. I will give this challenge a go.

I hope to be with you this month as we now have thaw and I can come out.

A fine idea for this challenge :-)))

Excellent idea!

Great idea for a challenge. 

Cool challenge and a fine start by blinkings ;-)

Andrew and Don - thank you for opening the "floor" with two great shots.

Andrew - the lines and angles makes it even more interesting being cropped to fill the frame.

Don - I know this is a plant but it reminds me of a alien starfish! Wonderful image.

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Thanks. Yes I can see the starfish too!

Here is my 3 captured all around the complex a few minutes ago.

Second One.

Third and last one.

In al 3 capturess i used my magic spray bottle.Just to let you know if any one was wondering if it rained.

I tried to get a new shot but could not get it done. This is from 2008, recently discovered and edited.   I will get new shots for my other 2 entires.  

 

These are chimney pots in northern UK.

Nice effect with the magic spray bottle and, the b/w works well with the ports, tile roofs and bricks. ;-)

Outstanding captures by everyone.

May there be many more uploads for this challenge.

Oh-ho!!  claps wildly  My favorite thing!  Gosh ... it shouldn't be too tough for me to do some new fill-the-frames.  :D  All I have to do is take pictures in February, right?  LOL!  GREAT idea for a monthly challenge, Dierbaar.  It's good to think about the "basics," and to come up with new ideas.  I love the architectural work from Andrew and Tom, and the macros from everyone so far.  Excellent work, everybody!

Now I guess I've got to go get busy.  :P

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Rippling waters...Picnic Point, Washington. Creek meets Sound.

Taken about 3-4 days ago.

Thanks Carin for this monthly challenge...lots of fun.

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

OK,  Here i fill the frame with?.....You would never guess. :)

Sofar good job guys and girls. I might should do some picture to join.

 All I could wish is a notification about new uploads...:( grrr.

seeyus 

A ruffled leaf prickly pear that I usually just call a dotted swiss cactus. I love the tiny buttons of irritating hairs that jut from the paddles.

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Some more outstanding work posted by everyone.Lets see some more Ladies and Gents.

Just a bit of whimsy...

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Outstanding work PJ.

One more to go.

PJ, I do believe your frame filling flower is a Aggie Bluebonnet (lupinus texensis) (a most interesting find in California) lol. Some cool entries so far. ;-)

Flannelman, I do believe this was found nearer to you - like not far from a bird blind on the water. :-0

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working on the upcoming feb 14th theme so here is sneak peek...cliche I know but suit for the challenge...

 

seeyus  Tunde

 

Boring...?    Compared to the rest of the colourful posts it certainly is!

Borer beetles left their mark on this log.

Clive

Tunde...nice hearts of silver and gold...looking forward to your Valentine post:)

Great Clive...I see none of those beetles could walk a straight line...may have been walking under the influence (WUI). Serious offense!

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

PJ, I keep coming back to 'Just a bit of whimsy...' . . .

More outstanding captures from Babuci and Clive. Keep them coming.

What a great fun to se what you are coming up with. Untill now it is pretty amazing stuff. Here is something shiny :)

I still have no idea what your first post was, Helle!

A brain? a rock? Entrails of a fish? .....?

Clive

Quote - I still have no idea what your first post was, Helle!

A brain? a rock? Entrails of a fish? .....?

Clive

Clive It looks like a meal of Chicken.

Well i hope this is not my last shot because it is just to show you what it was. :)

Is that cheating?

I would never have guessed, Helle!

Lol I am bowled out.

Well it was so rotten, that i didnt dare to move it from the low bowl. First the frost spoiled it, but it was still beautiful and then i forgot about it and suddently i saw it looked like the first shot and the bowl is big and was full of fluit from the pumpkin.
No smell though.  the very low bowl is standing on a TALL pot atleast 100 cm from floor on the outer terace. I thought maybe i could tilt it all into a big bucket, but i have a good imagination and know what would happen LOL!  I would get half of it in my face :)

I am still thinking. (I thought maybe i was lucky, that my hubby would remove it somehow) :)

Let me add something a little unusual to this month's entries. This is something I've been dealing with since I was released from the hospital a few weeks ago. It's amazing to me to look at the photos from the early days and see how quickly it's healing and filling in. I look forward to the day it's healed enough to only be a scar, but that's going to take a while.

YIKES !
Yes, it takes time to heal from inside. You make me think back 30 years, when the same happened to me after an appendix operation.  Took me long time and alot of pain before it was healed.  I hope you will heal fast.

Great uploads so far everyone!

This gives me another chance to show you what has been keeping me away from the galleries recently. I had been thinking about doing some more full-frame industrial pics and after seeing this months forum theme I mentioned it to the customer that I was working for. They were quite intrigued to see how this would come out. Once they had seen the finished pics they were more than happy to have them included in their paid-for selection.

Yet again, these are not photos that I would normally upload into my gallery but they are quite different! lol.

 

Carl

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This is the tray transfer operation into a freeze dryer isolator. Liquid drugs are pumped into the trays and then freeze dried which tranforms the drug into powder.

 

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This image shows a canister docking to the front of a freeze dryer isolator. Small parts such as tools and transfer hose enter the sterile isolator in this way.

 

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Complex and very clean, Carl. 

The closest I get to this at work is a pick and place circuit board assembly line for electronics.

Clive

 

And finally, this pic shows a finishing line where product canisters are filled, weighed, samples taken, and then canisters heat sealed into heavy duty polythene bags. This view of the isolators with doors open would not normally be seen during the working process, except for the very final stages of deep cleaning the equipment.

So that's my 3!

 

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Thanks Clive.

They are not usually as clean looking as this when I take the shots - the shoot happens on the manufacturing workshop floor and the units have to be "cleaned" in PS lol.

I do think that a full-framed circuit board pic would make for a great image though - especially in this forum theme! Maybe you should give that one a try!

Carl  :-)

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Quote - Let me add something a little unusual to this month's entries. This is something I've been dealing with since I was released from the hospital a few weeks ago. It's amazing to me to look at the photos from the early days and see how quickly it's healing and filling in. I look forward to the day it's healed enough to only be a scar, but that's going to take a while.

What happened my friend. A spider bit me last year and i ended up in hospital.

Thay had to make 2 deep cuts and it took about 3 months for the cuts to heal completely.

Christo.

 

Quote - Thanks Clive.

They are not usually as clean looking as this when I take the shots - the shoot happens on the manufacturing workshop floor and the units have to be "cleaned" in PS lol.

I do think that a full-framed circuit board pic would make for a great image though - especially in this forum theme! Maybe you should give that one a try!

Carl  :-)

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I'm not homophobic - I love my house!!!

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Thank you for sharing these captures.

Stunning and fitting captures for this challenge.

Christo.

Glad to see that you have posted your image "Old School Navi" here Garageland!

Outstanding work garageland.

Lots of depth and detail here Steve! Great to see.

not easy to fill the fram with a bowl..! this terrestrial globe i found in a beautiful old tea room at our hotel in La Gomera (Spain) most beautiful location and real ancient globe;)

And the world goes around, Priska! Links wonderfully to Steve's photo above,

Clive

 

Jaguar reflections ...

Clive

 

Wonderful frame fillings here.

Some very very clean and beautiful shots, Rockstrider.

Gorgeous golden eehh zodiac thing, Garageland.  Sorry dont know the name in english.

Such a beautiful old globe Priska.

Lovely reflections from a Jaguar, Clive.

Mine pales compared to the previous ones...well,here goes...Temple Bell.

I love the movement here, Thomas.  I can almost hear the peel of this bell. Interesting details on it too.

Clive

This is a bell of peace between a city where the fuel for the atomic bombs of WW2 was made and a sister city in Japan.  The bell was produced at an old foundry in Japan with the historic technique of casting a bell of this magnitude.

 

We are wecomed to ring the bell and that sound signifies peace from this bell.  Yes, the sound is quite special.

Stunning work everyone.Tom i can just imagine hearing the sound of the bell.

wow!  Helle what is it? you filled the frame with it

good idea for this month, i like to go near - in fact every month is very interesting with my friends on Rendersity..

Tom, that looks fantastic with the movement.

 

HAHA Priska! It was an extreemely rotten Pumpkin.  I explained about it on this site. :)

ANd your Aloe or Agava is so lovely and so perfect.

wow, havent seen the first pages, so many interesting pictures! hope bobs wound picture is closed now, had to do with this kind of wounds many years, was nurse for many years past times... now something that brings summer feelings;)

 

Bright and colourful, Priska, full of adventure and fun to be had!

Clive

 

My last one...

Clive

There are many marvelously creative photos here!  My last submission fills the frame at the top..oops, not the bottom.  That I left to set the scene otherwise I don't believe it would work.

If this is not acceptable, please show your dissatisfaction by throwing fruit, FRESH rather than rotten..We can use fresh fruit. Brussel sprouts and garlic cloves will be ok, too.    :  )

 

Tom.

Tom it looks perfect for me.

Quote - wow, havent seen the first pages, so many interesting pictures! hope bobs wound picture is closed now, had to do with this kind of wounds many years, was nurse for many years past times... now something that brings summer feelings;)

The wound is still healing and should take another 6 weeks or so to finish if everything goes as expected. In late January it was originally about 2.5 x 3.5 inches and maybe .75 inch deep depending on my position. Not really a nice thing to be sent home with after a colon cancer surgery, even though the surgery was 100% successful. Here's hoping I don't bring the same thing home after the kidney cancer surgery in a few months.

 

Bob, what we pray is for all to go very, very well and the one thing you do not bring home after the coming surgery is cancer.  It would be wonderful to have that totally left behind you with healing to do but of a more joyful sort.

Thank yopu all for all your wonderful images and participation!

Hopefully I will be more visible in the next month!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Well darn....I would really fave liked to enter that one, but it's March already.

Some great shots there folks.

Leonie.