Scum
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If you're going to click on one picture to enlarge,
it should be the last one - that's my favourite! :-D
Who would've thought that pond scum could be pretty!
Yesterday, I walked for three hours in the forest. It was so pretty and glittery in the sunshine after the rain. Sparkles twinkled at me from every leaf (and yes, I have loads of pics of shiny stuff - tomorrow!), but what got me most, was something so basic, and usually not thought of as very attractive.
When I reached the lake, I sat for a while, watching steam evaporating from a tree stump, then from the picnic table (I've shown in the video 'walk in the forest'). Then I sauntered down to the water's edge, and spotted a duck splashing round fountains of water while having a morning wash.
After a bit, I followed the bank round to me 'underwater man' tree stump. There the water shone with streaks of silver. Further along, the streaks became platinum 'rivers' .
You might think I'm mad (being as it has been raining for a couple of days, and the ground was soaked!), but I ended up on my belly, taking pictures of the shiny water... I don't always show my mad streak, but it's on display for you today! :-D
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wahahaha!
A bit weird I would say... But if you couldn't see the stuff behind those streaks, it would be better. Great though!
Amazing photographs and worth getting on your belly for! Got your computer to yourself now?
Beautiful- it looks more like mercury or some other metallic element.
I've actually been noticing the algae growing on my little lake here and wondering how it would photograph (what with the reflections and all). I'll have to try it out today.
indeed.
esply caught in the eye of your camera :)
That 'stuff' behind the streaks is water, Tina! :-D
Ha, bloomin, ha! Akelamalu... I would have had it all to myself half this holiday, but the kids have stayed home this time, so there's arguements galore over pc time! :-S
Never mind... I still get on sometimes. That's the important thing!
Yes, I think it does, Gewels... I thought, when I took the pics, it looked silvery, and shimmery. Mercurial... that would be a good description of it, especially considering it's liquid state!
So, did you manage to take any pics of your algae today??
:-) I think it would have sashayed and shimmered for anyone, Mystic... I only catch what I see. However, I'm seeing a lot more than I used to, now I'm looking!
Gorgeous photos Annelisa! My wife and I walked for 5 hours through the forest on Saturday. I nearly stepped on a rather large snake right in the path! Never saw it! :)
It wasn't a hose-pipe, was it Dan? :-S
Are you getting in shape for your Out of the Darkness Overnightwalk? Not a bad way to get those muscles working...jumping out of the way of snakes :-) Hope it wasn't a biter!
showing your mad side 'for once'?! (looking at your shiny green hair!)
Paul likes the pics! I'm not as sure - I like the second one but I wonder what i would have thought if I had not read what they were first.
We must capture beauty where we find it. I have always liked the colors (colours) of a bit of gasoline on the water after a motorboat.
Thanks for visiting.
Wow Annelisa, in pic 4
how many Sun's do you see
I know, I know there is only One
but how many do you see?
:-D OK, ok, I'm showing another side to my madness then, TC!
I assure you, on the water, though it was a skin, it was truly beautiful... it glinted and glistened, and as Gewels says, it was quite mercurial! You would have liked it, had you been there! I think it was a kind of algea or something... not pollution. It's way to clean in the forest (though the litterbugs are ensuring that changes :-( )
:-D Me too, Goatman, me too! or even oil on the road after rain... those big puddles of rainbow!
D'you know, Quasar, I liked that pic because of the great centre sun, but I've just clicked on it to enlarge, and there are zillions! Well spotted!
just wonderful! the sounds make me homesick!! i love that you got on your tummy to take the pictures too!
Do you see why I hid under green tinsel now, Pod? :-D I left the video on autoplay, so the sound of the birds could still be heard...there's a particular bird that's got a very strong call in there!
Thanks for visiting again!
Hi Annelisa! I wouldn't have guessed these were pics of scum! Great shots.
Hey, now the scums look beautiful in these pictures! In fact, it doesn't really look like water at all. =P I love how the sun reflects off the water surface, it gives the added beauty to the scum.
Good morning Twilite, and thanks! The scum is of a pretty innocuous type, probably algea originated.
You like, FK? It looks a lot thicker than water, doesn't it! And very pretty indeed. Quasar spotted how the sun reflected off the bubbles, and if you enlarge the pic, you can see some more of them!
Never underestimate your creativity, old friend. It takes quite an imagination to see the possibility of pond scum looking beautiful... ft
You make feel bad that I moan about the rain. Everything takes on a new angle when I see it through your len's
Stunning, my dear.
Farris! Lovely to see you here again... I thought that maybe you only visited when I wrote a book with you! :-D
Oh, but it didn't take much creativity to see the silver... it was there, sparkling away, winking at me!
Queenie... I'm moaning about the rain today. I put my washing out (that's 3 full loads) on the line, just before it pelted down a day or two ago. Every time it just gets dry, it comes bucketing down again (like it is now! :-( ) I haven't anywhere to dry it inside, so we'll just have to go naked for a while :-D
Thank you Mimi
Mmm, I have a spare tumble dryer, would hate for you to catch a chill.
You see pond scum; I see bass!
:-) Pity you're so far away, Queenie, or I'd come over and use it! I'll just turn the heating up in the meantime :-) Luckily, I only need old layabout clothes during the holiday! :-)
Hey, Dave - I don't know what the fish are that are jumping down at that lake (one day I'll catch one on film), but they sure jump high! Can you see a bass here?
How goes it, Annelisa?
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