Are you hatching any more ideas for pictures of eggs?

Steve

Understated loveliness . I rather like flat light for these sort of pictures - it helps to evoke a mood that is quite different to what a sunny day would produce.

Steve

I like it. Thought provoking. Well done.

Is it possible to buy a hardcopy i.e. a real book? I know someone who would appreciate it and has a birthday in the not so distant future...

Steve

Stunning, original and very well seen and taken . How many times have I seen a blob of glue go cloudy and never thought about what's actually happening blob...

As for an explanation, it might be due to air trapped under the second blob trying to work its way out while the glue sets. Alternatively, it might be due to the glue setting from bottom up and top down simultanously. Apparently, superglue starts setting when exposed to moisture, even moisture in the air is enough. Once started, molecules of glue start to join up (polymerisation). Moisture in the air would start top-down setting, tiny areas of moisture or not completed polymers on the surface of the first (lower) drop could start bottom-up setting. If top-down and bottom-up setting produce polymers that are optically different (e.g. due to being different lengths), the interface could be visible. Or the true explanation might be none of the above...

OK, I'll go back in my hole...

Steve

VAT on postage is legal - VAT is charged on services as well as goods and the postage charge is to pay for the postal service. Within the UK, the postal service that is covered by Royal Mail's 'universal service obligation' is VAT exempt, hence no VAT on stamps for postage within the UK. Cross an international border or buy add-on services, though, and VAT is applied. It's complicated but explained on Royal Mail's website.

Steve

Very tasty . You'd better copyright your idea before someone poaches it.

Steve

They look to me like a cross between an evil fish and a mouse...

Nicely seen and photographed. Putting them like that gives a new meaning to the words 'flower arranging' .

Steve

A fine set from someone with a fine eye and technique to match. Luv 'em!

Steve

Thanks folks. I wasn't expecting such enthusiasm!

Partly. And the thought of the spider that spun the web waiting for a victim. And Mrs L. being in hospital for something potentially very serious (turned out not to be what we feared but a new twist on an existing problem).
And particularly interesting to have your woodlouse and my butterfly so close on the forum. Totally different ways of seeing dead bugs. And both equally valid.
Yes, the white forum background can be a nuisance. It would be good if the user could choose whether they wanted it light or dark. I always process with a dark background. Posting the result to this forum can sometimes make me doubt the processing.

Steve

Mrs L. noticed a butterfly hanging from a spider's web inside the top window of our dining room. Goodness knows how it got there or how long it had been there, but it had definitely given up the unequal struggle to stay alive. The photographic challenge was obvious: create a stacked photo of a butterfly hanging from a web about 6 feet above a carpeted floor. The slightest breath of air would make the butterfly move, while a fully extended tripod on a carpet is hardly the most rigid support for a camera on a focussing rack. But by moving slowly and carefully while standing precariously on a chair, black (as befits the subject) card was slipped behind the butterfly without doing too much damage to the web and the required set of shots was taken.

K3 + Sigma 70mm macro, stack of 20 with Affinity Photo. Processed with 'dark and grim' in mind. Here is the result. The shrunken image below really doesn't do the butterfly justice, click on it to see a bigger and (to my eyes) better version.

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual.




Steve