Nathan Thomas @TakeN@dingdash.com

@Olamide 😂 Brilliant!

Now, I'm no botanist 🌸, but based on my research, I believe these flowers are from a Clematis Montana, a common climbing plant.
This particular plant was located just outside our front door🚪, and so travelling to the shooting location did not require an inordinate amount of energy. Nevertheless, I think the gruelling trek was made worthwhile by the view of these beautiful flowers. 😏

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"Ace of Hearts"
Everyone's always saying we should recycle more ♻️. So, rather than throwing away a box of perfectly good shredded paper that we had lying around, I decided to use it to create an interesting background.
I positioned a playing card on the shredded paper and buried it a little, and I desaturated and darkened the paper in post-editing to make the card stand out dramatically.

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@MaryMamuzich Thank you.
Although, I accidentally listed the names in the wrong order. The photo of the spider is called "Patience Is a Virtue", and the grasshopper image is called "A Handful".

@Cherishingsparrows2020 Thank you. 🙂

See a common theme? Yep - insects. 🐞🐝🦋
Photographing insects is relatively easy; they aren't as skittish as birds 🐦, nor as reclusive as rodents 🦔, nor as shy as deer 🦌, and they can be found almost anywhere. That's why it's quite fun to shoot them. Plus, you typically have a great deal more time to frame your shot than you would with a bird or other animal.
In order from left to right, their titles are "A Handful", "Patience Is a Virtue", and "Colour In a Grey World". Or is that last one too dramatic? 🤔
For anyone interested in the technical details:
1/320s, F3.2, ISO200 - 1/30s, F3.2, ISO100 - 1/125s, F3.5, ISO100

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@Olamide Happy Birthday, Ndidi! 🎉

@Cherishingsparrows2020 Thank you.
No, I haven't, though I have thought about it.

"Time to Bloom"
Does anyone else get that summertime vibe when beautiful, colourful flowers start to pop up everywhere, swaying delicately in the cool breeze under a pristine, rich blue sky? 🌼🌷🌤️ Well, I know I do, and for me, this image epitomises that summertime feeling. ☀️😎
It was taken in my rear garden about six months ago. In the midmorning sun 🌞, the small number of flowers in the flowerbed were pleasingly backlit 🌻. Making the most of the marvellous lighting, I photographed dozens of flowers from a variety of angles, but this was by far my favourite.
Exposure settings:
1/1250s, F3.2, ISO100

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I'd like to say that I put a great deal of time and preparation into achieving this shot. However, in reality, I just happened to have my camera on me 📷 (while eating lunch at the dining room table 🍱) when I noticed what I perceived to be a rather interesting subject: my glass, illuminated sharply by the bright sun from behind. 🌤️
I increased the contrast a great deal to create a dramatic look and made the picture monochrome to emphasise the shades, shapes, and textures.
By the way, for anyone who's interested, here are the technical details of the photo:
1/40s, F6.9, ISO100

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@Berrybunchfamily
Thank you! 🙂

@MaryMamuzich
Absolutely. There is little worth comparing with such an experience. 😌

"The Last Wave"
As the tide began to come in and the sun began to set, it was as if the world was closing for the night. 🌍 🌒
This lonely wave 🌊 slowly made its way toward the shore, finally coming to rest on the sand, gently laying itself out on the soft ground as a child on their bed 🛌, as the light of the sun gradually faded below the still horizon 🌅, until the colour of the sky faded to a dull grey, marking the arrival of dusk.

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@mariapombo
Stunning. So true.

@Keeper
Yes, it is near a water source - the North Sea to be precise. It was taken on a beach somewhere along the northwest coast of England.
I can't remember exactly where it was, but took it on a walk with my family some time ago.

"Footprints"
It's a surreal experience, when one visits a place and sees the footprints of thousands, if not tens of thousands of people from over the years - feeling what so many have felt 😌, seeing what so many have seen 😐, standing where so many have stood🧍.
Mind you, at the time of this shoot, I was rather too concerned with maintaining my own body temperature in the icy wind 😬. Still, I suppose if I had been feeling all philosophical and nostalgic at the time, I might have thought about all of that. 🙄

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@MaryMamuzich
😅

@Keeper
Thank you. Yes, spring is definitely in the air, and the weather, the landscapes, and the vegetation become more and more pleasant every day.
Hopefully, I'll have lots of spring pictures to post over the next month or so. 🌻

@Berrybunchfamily 😊

@MaryMamuzich
Thanks, Mary.
I reckon ice provides a legitimate excuse to avoid running.
Though my reason for not running was because of our move and the subsequent settling in.
By the way, if you do happen to go for a walk there with your puppy one day, mind she doesn't get blown off. 😂 There is an almost constant strong wind where we live, and around the fields it is especially gusty.