Nature's Patterns - the beauty in the details

A flower gone by.

[Image description: a pad of a prickly pear cactus, the dots of the spines are evenly spaced, and a streak of purple appears to spread from each spine down the smooth grey surface of the pad, towards the base.]

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From Nikon 1992 Photomicrography Competition

8th Place

Found here

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From 2023 Art of Nature Competition

'...This year’s Art of Nature winner serves as a photographic Rorschach test! The photographer mentions a range of reactions and theories as to what the mesmerizing lines might be part of. A coastal scene with waves crashing on the cliff or sand rippled with waves in the deep desert? We’ll keep you in suspense no longer: It’s the underside of a mushroom, likely a member of the Lactarius family. The photographer notes that he was drawn back to the unusually vibrant colors displayed on the gills, the blue color in particular, which might indicate the presence of psilocybin or psilocin. Trippy indeed!

Fritz was born and raised in Venezuela, surrounded by the most beautiful landscapes and gardens where, from an early age, his parents instilled in him a deep love and respect for nature. Now, he’s traveled all seven continents with his husband in order to photograph unique landscapes and subjects...'

Found here

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From Nikon 2016 Photomicrography Competition

Image of Distinction

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From Nikon 2022 Photomicrography Competition

Image of Distinction

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From Nikon 2018 Photomicrography Competition

Image of Distinction

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One of the entrants in Nikon 1996 Photomicrography Competition

12th Place

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From Best Panoramic Photos of 2021 by Epson International Pano Awards

#13 Highest Scoring Vertical Image by Peter Harrison, Australia

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'This is the compound eye of a Deer Fly. A common pest around these parts, this fly has razor-sharp “teeth?” and will cut an incision into your skin and drink the blood that spills out. If I had a choice I’d rather feed a mosquito – at least there’s no mess! As with mosquitoes, it is an instinctual reaction to swat them when they land on you. Unfortunately they are far more difficult to swat and far more annoying.

This one I managed to hit, so yes, this fly was intentionally injured by me (he had it coming!). I stunned it and broke a wing so it couldn’t fly away, and the I got the crazy idea to photograph it’s eye. This was the result.'

His website

Source: Carabus serratus, back, penn state, stout_PMax UDR 01 copy… | Flickr

Higher resolution (5760 × 3840)

Royal strip of purple glow along the edge of this lovely Ground Beetle (Carabus serratus) from Pennsylvania. Photograph by Dorcas Ogunbanwo

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From Wild Art Photographer of the Year 2021

#1 Abstracts Gold Award Winner- Rachel Piper, United Kingdom.

'I took this photograph in an empty field one September morning, when the sun was still low in the sky; I was surrounded by spiders’ webs, which had been weaved on plants, and I became mesmerised by the beauty of the light falling on them. In order to capture the colourful spectrums, I selected the shallowest depth of field and chose my angle with care.'

Source with more pictures: Bavarian Forest - Bernhard Lang on Behance

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Website: https://www.bernhardlang.de

Source: ESA - Morbihan

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet spent six months on the International Space Station as part of his second mission Alpha. In his free time, like many astronauts, he enjoyed looking out of the Cupola windows at Earth. This collage of pictures shows Morbihan, France, made from many pictures mapped together, digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage.

Thomas shared on his social media in French and English:

"Carte postale des Maldives ? Et non, il s’agit ici du Morbihan ! Vous vous demandez peut-être pourquoi certaines de mes photos sont découpées étrangement ? Il s’agit de photos composites +, qui consistent en la combinaison de deux ou plusieurs images différentes pour en créer une nouvelle, avec la meilleure résolution possible sur la plus grande superficie.Bien que cela semble simple, la création d'une de ces images est un processus qui peut prendre des heures, surtout quand il s’agit ici de rendre le paysage le plus fidèle à la réalité et le plus précis possible, bon week-end à vous !

Brittany is one of the rainiest regions in France, but Britons usually deny it ! Well here’s evidence that it’s sometimes very sunny (on a cloudless composite a couple dozens of my ISS pictures)"

Thomas asked to have the series of highly zoomed-in pictures aligned into this collage to show the area in detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lenses available onboard.

From Wild Art Photographer of the Year 2021

#7 Abstracts – Highly Commended

'...On a warm summer’s day, I was in the field after rain. Water accumulated in a recess, and under the influence of the heat, interesting chemical and biological processes began in it. Fantastic colours and shapes were formed. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the right lens, but I decided to go back the next day, but unfortunately, during the night, all the formations disappeared.'

Found here

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From Wild Art Photographer of the Year 2021

#11 Abstracts – Highly Commended

'....In the early summer of 2019, I came upon a Common Green Darner Dragonfly emerging from the larval stage. This allowed an opportunity to photograph multiple compositions as well as various abstract imagery. By keeping the camera parallel to the subject, I was able to maintain sharpness throughout the details.'

Found here

Close-up Photographer of the Year Contest: Winner, Intimate Landscape.

Source: Photo Contest Winners Celebrate Incredible Details of Our World

“This is a reflection of a building at Canary Wharf in London taken in November. The water was moving in a very fluid way and I was there to try out my new Sony DSC-RX100M6 – I was particularly keen to test the camera’s fast burst and slow motion video modes. I was struggling to get it to focus on the water’s surface, but after about two hours of failed attempts it suddenly worked, and the results were amazing!”

Website: https://www.mikecurryphotography.com