SteemitPhotoChallenge #46: Bokeh. Light falling on She Oaks and Banksias. Magical Moments.

allyinspirit (63)in #steemitphotochallenge • 7 years ago (edited)

Nocturnal spiders.
Spread veils of jewels.
Over grasses and wildfowers.
Bokeh: Circles of Light, I call them. ~Ally.

My entry for the theme, Bokeh in the Steemit Photo Challenge.

With gratitude to @jamtaylor for hosting, @berniesanders for sponsoring and @melodyrussell for being this week's Guest Judge for the Steemit Photo Challenge.

On the way to the Roseville lake:
Passing the grove of She Oaks. She Oak needles:
A million dew drops, dancing in the early morning light.
Circles of Light. An almost unbearable sense of awe.

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Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.
SONY Mark2 A7: ISO 200: 35 mm: f/2.8: 1/60 sec.

Finest of webs. Bejeweled.
The first rays of the sun forging through the fog.
Falling upon webs and Golden Banksia's fine spiky leaves.

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Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.
SONY Mark2 A7: ISO 125: 35 mm: f/3.5: 1/50 sec.

Webs of Crystal Light. Magical Moments.

View other photographs taken on the same morning at: Webs of Crystal Light.

About my work.

I love being in the natural bushland of Australia: Overlooking or by the ocean, walking beside or along creek-beds, being in dense rainforests or the open dry plains.

Sometimes a song or quote or other ideas/thoughts/words come to me, when I look at the photographs I've take from these wonderlands. Giving form to a short 'poem' to accompany the image.

I also construct small ephemeral assemblages or arrangements from flowers, weeds and plants combined with other natural materials that I find in the bushland or surrounding urban streets.

Magical Moments:

Magical Moments is not a 'challenge' ~ My vision is that it will become more a 'Curated Gallery' where selected contributions will be Upvoted and Resteemed and in time awarded ~ In some as yet unknown way.

For more details, gently touch the 'magical web' in this image:

#magicalmoments #naturesbeauty #australia #allyinspirit

7 years ago in #steemitphotochallenge by allyinspirit (63)

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mxzn (74) 7 years ago

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allyinspirit (63) 7 years ago

Thanks so much @mxzn. Really grateful for you appreciation.

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dijana969 (57) 7 years ago

Beautiful bokeh in first photo!

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allyinspirit (63) 7 years ago

Thanks so much Di.

My feeling is that these 'Circles of Light' are more akin to orbs (or nature spirits) ~ In editing the image (LightRoom) I could see that they are not just flat circles, but actually have concentric markings.

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pepe.maya (65) 7 years ago

Beautiful moments, first photo is amazing!

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allyinspirit (63) 7 years ago

Thanks so much Maya. The original photograph was slightly underexposed, and so it was such a joy to lighten it up a little, to see the beautiful little 'Circles of Light.'

They have often appeared in my images of the local creek area, which is a very 'magical' place.

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mostly.nature (59) 7 years ago (edited)

Wonderful shots. Particularly the Casuarina with the water dops. I can just about hear a flock of Yellow-tailed Black cockatoos overhead.

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allyinspirit (63) 7 years ago

Thanks so much Alan.

Absolutely impossible to capture what I actually saw. As the morning light falls upon the needles, after rain or the dew, huge virtual circles of light form: Made up from trillions of dew drops on the needles glistening. Nothing is static.

I've tried to capture the beauty of it so many times: As it's facing directly into the sun, it's incredibly challenging. So I was reasonable happy with this image.

On the edge of suburbia, it's amazing the bird life in this area: Kookaburras, magpies, pewees, butcher birds, black swallows, the occasional wren and LOTS of sulphur crested cockatoos. Black cockatoos are a real treat and we mainly see them a bit further north of Sydney.

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boddhisattva (79) 7 years ago

That first photo is reaaly cool! Amazing bokeh with waterdrops 8)

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allyinspirit (63) 7 years ago (edited)

Really pleased you like it @boddhisattva. The way the light was sparkling silvery circles of light all around the banksia bushes was actually just as, if not even more magical ~ Just virtually impossible to capture the beauty of it all as a photograph.

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pipurilla (61) 7 years ago

This bokeh is just amazing! Guess this is one of the winner photos.
Have a wonderful day with lots of 'magical moments' my friend!

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allyinspirit (63) 7 years ago (edited)

So pleased that you thought so highly of this photograph Patrick. Especially as there were so many incredibly beautiful bokeh images. It certainly was a magical morning, that I have yet to share as a #BeautifulDay. I hope you have a magical new week now.