The delicate trails of my mouse have been captured as I work resulting in this

The connectivity in this virtual brain is complex in one view but when you realise it is created through repeated patterns it becomes simple. The creation becomes more delicate through each itteration.

This ring worm grows through self replication. You dont want one of these parasites invading you! The more you itterate the more delicate the design becomes.

The baby bunnies are enjoying the clover in our yard, which you can see we have an abundance of.

I'm a just a delicate flower!!

on a frozen puddle

Very commonly seen...Ladakhis carry them about as a matter of course, and spin prayers to the sky.

Delicate because of its antiquity.

View full size to see the tiny droplets.

Court of Lions

Wetlands make up an important yet fragile part of the earth's ecosystem

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So delicate, so short lived.

These beautiful flowers are so delicate.

Delicate sugarpaste flowers (made by myself).

Better viewed full screen :) (Slow but Savely - BERGEN - Lento pero Seguro 021)

The Spider Garden (Bergen - The Netherlands ) 009

See it full screen if you want to see this hairy spider well :) Uarghhhh

In keeping with this week's theme, not only are the subjects delicate in their own right but the exposure for each was also difficult and delicate. St. Stephen's church is not well lit and adjusting exposure to capture the colors of the glass rather than a dark blob took trial and error plus some post-processing. Mainz is an industrial city along the Rhine and the birthplace of Gutenberg and the location of one of the few remaining Gutenberg Bibles published in the 1450s. There is a story connected to the windows. Created by Marc Chagall, a French Jew of Russian ancestry who fled France during World War II, they were completed between 1978 and his death in 1985. The windows depict scenes from the Old Testament to demonstrate the commonality of Judeo-Christian tradition and to serve as a contribution to German-Jewish reconciliation.

It may be hard to conclude that a structure that has lasted 2,000 years should be considered delicate. The fact is that our current carelessness toward the environment has done more to harm this delicate structure in the last 100 years than in the previous 1900. In keeping with the theme, capturing this image also posed a delicate challenge. It needed a long exposure but I had no tripod so I used a well-positioned automobile roof in the parking lot below the acropolis for support.

It sank in 1628 about 20 minutes and less than 1 nautical mile into its maiden voyage on its way to attack Poland and rule the Baltic during the 30 years war. Some things just don't work out as planned. Centuries later it was found largely intact in the mud of Stockholm harbor and restored. The ship sank because it was too top heavy due to an extra deck of cannons but King Gustavas Adolphus, despite advice that it could not float, wanted it launced as quickly as possible. It had insufficient ballast and sank. To protect the vessel, the museum lighting is kept quite dim making capturing an image quite difficult. I had no tripod so I used a convenient ledge and a long exposure. I should also add that the museum was actually mostly built around the ship.

A female Twelve-Spotted Skimmer posing for the perfect shot. A delicate female twelve spotted skimmer.

Don't jump to conclusions, anyone

Jellies at Monterey Bay Aqarium. pre-Labor Day, 2010

I love this shot. A delicate butterfly and a delicate flower.

Frozen Bubbles Ingalls lake trail, WA 10/16/10

Waterfall dream in the mist. Pratt Lake trail, WA 7/3/10

Made of English bone china, this hand painted teacup & saucer is just half an inch high and the saucer measures 2 inches across. Part of my tiny collectables collection.

Delicate veil and button dress

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Smoky Quartz from Peru

against the morning sun

Left wings of Orthetrum sp.

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17th April, Daffodils, Totteridge, North London.

A bee collecting pollen from the blossoms of Osterley Park

This beautiful rose decorated my dinner table in a restaurant in Essaouira, Morocco.

Soft flower colors.

Bleeding Heart

Rose magnolia in Old botanical garden of Lvov

Mallow flower stamen

She has learned how to climb now. So now it's training time.

This was one of the biggest butterfly we saw. It just dropped to the ground right in front of me. Its wing span is 6 inches.

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The Fighter turned Lover - Betta breeding - The Embrace - You can see an egg, top left corner.

Southern Hemisphere Spring

A vertical but still, very delicate

Would be gorgeous in October

On the side of the road at the "mountain of the moon" in Uganda, I saw this sweet mother and baby.Please watch at full size to see the baby's hand hugging his mom. Part of my "Uganda, Wildlife" collection.

my summer trip to churchill to snorkel with Beluga whales. The bear encounter was a surprise.

Spider in the web. Photo effects done with Redfield Fractalius Filter.

Camellia. Photo effects done with Redfield Fractalius Filter.

Water Fountain outside the New York Metropolitan Opera

The poor little fella is missing a leg.

Don't walk on this thin ice!

There one minute, gone the next!

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Noam were 3 days old and were all about eating and sleeping.

Mira is safely sleeping in her mothers arms. Mira were born 4 weeks too early and was such a little delicate girl.

Taken in the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

A detail at the edge of an icy marsh.

I Love You

Sleeping beauty

Beauty is seeing with ones eyes.

This may be a large bonsai like tree, but something about it makes me think delicate with its tiny wispy leaves and the motion of its branches. A peace and serenity is envoked by this shot - so to me it emboides delicate in a harsh world.

This dog is used to minus 40 degrees and stays outside all his life. SO IT IS HOT for the dog in summer time where it is plus 30 degrees

I accentuated details in this one to make it look special, all delicate in these soft flying seeds

each year these blooms bring joy in wintertime when all is so white! They are so delicate you cannot move the blooming plant for fear the buds will fall off...

very small and delicate these are most of the time the decoration in a bouquet

The Ruby Lacewing Butterfly is one of my favorite butterflies in color and delicate design. P1020190

Thank you to the Webshots Editors for selecting my close-up of the delicate peacock feathers as a 10th place winner in the Creative Challenge - Delicate. Also, thanks to the Webshots Community for your kind messages. The peacock was displaying his stunning feathers at the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis, Misosuri. IMG_3896

Featured in home and garden today, Dec. 6, 2010. Thank you Webshots and friends for the honor and kind comments.

Rime frost on a branch. This frost is very light weight, unlike sleet which can break tree branches. This frost is light as powder snow.

This Dark-eyed Junco appeared to have a bad foot and was having to try to survive the snow, so he perched on the feeder facing away from the wind for quite some time. Birds are very delicate at all times, but especially in the winter months. P1210304

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Poor fella with his broken wing. Also taken in our backyard.

In our backyard.

On a rainy day - you guessed correctly ;-): also taken in our backyard.

A purple Anemone at Megido (6773)

A Greek Cyclamen in the early snow last year, in the Golan Heights in Israel

Creative Challenge: Delicate

Delicate drops of condensed water on the inside of one of our upstairs windows. I liked the way the light hit the drops - so I went and got the camera. (BTW: this works best in FULL SIZE)

I came across these ice crystals on.... who knows? :-)

It's half-time here at the Jambor residence... :-) In other words, our third offspring is now 20 weeks old... and so it's time to present him/her to the world!

While never having a proper 'back yard', I've lived in a few apartment complexes which featured very well maintained grounds, so I've used those as my 'back yards' for this challenge.

Just ready to blow away in the wind

Delicate but strong

Descanso Gardens - Oct. 2008

I love hummingbirds and flowers...I got both in this picture...right in my own back yard!

It's been quite a while since I've had any deer sightings at the park, so I decided to take a walk in the woods today. Success! - May 28, 2006

they look like formidable spines but in reality are very delicate.

Creative Challenge: Delicate

Beginning the morning with a lightness of being, awakening to a sea of possibilities to experience the small wonders of the day.

for the "delicate" cc

Sculptors are working on this sand sculpture which calls attention to the two main killers of sea turtles: (1) turtles accidentally getting entangled in shrimp nets and (2) city lights during nest hatching time.

March 2009

The long black lines are actually the tenicles of some very large jellyfish below out of wiew of the tanks window. This is a young jellyfish.

Queen Anne's Lace

Monarch Butterly/Purple Coneflower

Scudder's Bush Katydid (Scudderia sp.) on a daylily petal.

Macro of Goat's Beard Wildflower - seed head

Macro of dew on a tiny web

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a delicate balancing act in some promising shade of green

unusual life forms are the norm for our oceans

Cattlemen's Days Rodeo Livestock yard.

~ Members Choice Home & Garden/Flowers 07/24/10

Jack, Jill and Sir Whitey--our first tiny rescue babies....

Another gift of perfect beauty and delicacy...

In the garden, you can see God's delicate gifts to us at every turn.......

The snow melted away just enough.

at the lake

One of the early spring perennials, this dainty Missouri Primrose shows delicate coloring with veins etched into the petals, and pale stamen and pistil softly raising their heads within the center of the flower.

Wings spread out, feeding at a flower, this moth shows its beauty in the wingspread and its delicacy in the tear in the left wing.

So strong yet so delicate!

A dandelion seed with waterdrops placed onto a small mirror.

Dainty is defined as delicately beautiful or charming, exquisite. A pastel rainbow in the summer sky certainly is a delicate, ethereal beauty, briefly in sight, then gone.

Delicate Balance

Solid landing. He took flight again the next day.

And Dinner...

From my little pond, a delicate shade of pink.

Know it's the wrong size but I just think this has a delicate quality. I was thinking "Dangerously Delicate"..

The "wooly" leaves of Lambs Ear lend themselves to beautiful results when painted with Frost

A fleeting moment of beauty that will pass with the rising sun

I was in awe of these beautiful creations as I photographed them. Later that day, as the fog lifted, they were barely visible to a passerby.

Wife w/ new born baby girl.

read my photography blog outlining this week's challenge: http://sandpitdiaries.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-all-in-details.html

read my photography blog outlining this week's challenge: http://sandpitdiaries.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-all-in-details.html

read my photography blog outlining this week's challenge: http://sandpitdiaries.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-all-in-details.html

Here birdie, birdie....

Mini Rose in shades of pink.

Our first GREAT, Safely Resting

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Macro Photography brings out the delicate design of this blossom. (#18191-992k)

The whole field was covered in these fine spider webs

This pew was painted in pastel colors by the sun shining in through a stained glass window

This is one of my favorites from the day. This fellow is native to Asia.

Shells on the beach with the Grand Haven, MI lighthouse in the background.

Delicate rose petals... something we could never open and have it look so beautiful.

I love how the snow has fallen so delicately on the branches. Just one strong wind and it would be all gone.

Delicate baby

Christmas Angel

Christmas Rose

Christmas Ball

the delicate structure of the leaves are seen very clearly in this Zinnia flower

the delicate inside of a cactus flower

the inside of flowers is exqusite and delicate.

Yes, I can sniff out the ripe berries, and pick them off ever so delicately.

Frosty ferns and blackberry leaves.

delicate individual peacock feather hairs

We all know how difficult it is to achieve and maintain. This was my Delicate Serenity, Tranquility and Warmth. Wind or noise could have ended it.

Delicate Northern blue damselfly. This also calls for a delicate situation...the small greenish fly to the right is in a very delicate situation....about to become lunch.

Seamon Park, Saugerties NY

American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)

A small dianthus tries to stay clear of the snow.

Though strong and powerful, I imagine angel wings to be delicate!

Anyone who has had Begonias knows how delicate they are!

Clouds so delicate that the slightest wind can move them, change their shape.