Year of the Ox

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #470: iconic A collection of iconic items in the iconic IKEA shelf. Plenty of PiP notes to view. So, these are the iconic things to me an my wife. Seems that I have not used the knitted Angry Birds on any photo project or challenge. So, maybe I will, some day. They are knitted by my "less evil daughter in law". She, is a " knitaholic " =,D

Contribution for the Macro Dreams challenge : "Eye of a needle"

Contribution for the Macro Dreams challenge : "Eye of a needle" A large darning needle. Size of the eye approximately 1 cm. I used clip on "macro lens", on a 24 mm equivalent mobile phone camera.

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #469: Water

Contribution for the Macro Dreams challenge s: spectacles in sepia

Contribution for the Macro Dreams challenge s: spectacles in sepia

Contribution for the Macro Dreams challenge s: kitchen utensil And retired because of the modern "technology" =D

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #468: get down low I decided to make a retake. In 2012 I had just bought a 12 mm LensBaby fisheye lens for my old FourThird Olympus DSLR. Unfortunately it worked there merely as a 24 mm equivalent wide angle lens with no barrel correction. You find the 2012 version on PiP notes and links below. Now the 16 mm equivalent lens on my phone camera has also an option to disable the digital barrel correction. And it then gives much wider angle. Additional shots: ➽ A selfie version ➽ Te same spot in 2012 ➽ Mirror used to view the camera display ➽ Camera below knee level, but pointing downwards

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #471: Single focal point ♫ I Embrace You by Spunkshine at Youtube

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #472: new on the old, like a patch on an old trousers, a sprout on a plant, a new window on an old façade, a new spare piece in an old machine... a new lens on an old camera... Such a tough challenge! I could not get anything new shipped within a week, to wear on this old carcass of mine. Neither got anything new to grow up in a week, except maybe mold. And since giving up on DSLRs, no new lenses either. =P So, I went out to see if there are any new posters on a billboard. I was lucky! Pike Zither had released a new song! Pike what, you may ask. And so do I. Definitely news to me at least. Sit tight, and fasten your seatbelts. Here we go! BEWARE! SOME DIRTY LANGUAGE USED! Those boys should wash out their mouth with soap! =D ♫ Not Your Merchandise by Pike Zither at Youtube But there's a message, and it has a happy and peaceful ending. Worth to check out. ➽ Pike Zither at Facebook

Good vibes to Marie-claire! =)

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #473: Choose something of a single colour, and make a blurry abstract with it! ♫ "Ow!" Dizzy Gillespie & Count Basie at YouTube

Contribution for the Project 21 February theme: In the Kitchen Luckily we have servants! Our housemaid Soile Armas takes care of this. And our French cook Lasse Aromi prepares delicious meals. And the janitor Roima Lasse keeps the house tidy and fixes the broken things. Spoiler: www.arrak.fi/en/ag

For years Mr Nobody has been campaigning against shadow "torsos". Spread your arms, and salute your figure! A camera with full rotating display may of course make it easier to compose. The point is that Mr Nobody may not have a body, but he has arms ;-)

Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #474: A Cone ♫ There's No Lack of Void by Spunkshine at YouTube

Contribution for the Project 21 . First quarter, abstract.