Sunday, January 15, 2012

Lampwork Lovelies


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An assortment of handmade glass beads, each one smaller than 1/2 an inch.

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46 comments:

  1. It's a good macro with nice colors.

    Greetings, Joop

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  2. Beautiful colors and glass and what a great macro shot for the day, Karen! Love it! Hope you're having a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  3. If there wasn't a hole in that large, blue glass bead, I would have sworn I was looking at a real flower! Very nice macro shot! Now...I want the beads!!!

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  4. Beautiful and a wonderful creation. Love the colors!

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  5. What a wonderful photo Karen. I have some lampwork beads I crafted years ago...I should take them out to photograph:-) One door closes, another one opens.

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  6. Wonderful shot of those beads - love those colors!

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  7. Beautiful macro shots and colors.

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  8. Beautiful!!! I never would have thought of taking macros of beads - you are so creative!!! :=}

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  9. Great macro shots of these beautiful glass beads.

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  10. Lovely colors and perfect depth of field to capture the beauty of these beads!

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  11. How in the world did you get the superb macro from beads so small? Your lens must be fabulous. Love the shot. The colors are so pretty. You have allowed the tiny beads to become works of photographic art genie.

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  12. What an amazing shot. I love the colors.

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  13. Beautiful macro shot of these unusual objects.

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  14. Great photo with beautiful light and color, I love it, very nice.

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  15. Love those lampwork beads, esp. the flower!

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  16. amazing photo!

    hope you can stop by also,

    http://point-shoot-vhen.blogspot.com/2012/01/366-49-50.html

    thanks!

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  17. I love lamp work beads! Have a great week, Karin!

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  18. Hi there - very nice picture. Great depth of field control.

    Stewart M - Australia

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  19. Cute shot and I love beads too!

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  20. ...smaller than 1/2 inch you say? You wouldn't know it by the image!! Excellent capture!!

    HIDDEN TREASURES @ the Botanical Gardens

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  21. What a stunning macro this is Karen, and the glass is just beautiful! Love your focal point here.

    Thank you for sharing with us today at The Creative Exchange.

    Have a wonderful day!

    lisa.

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  22. They are so gorgeous !!
    Love the colors...
    Greetings from a wintery Holland,
    Anna :-))

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  23. Great shot, Karen. Thanks for sharing your blues.

    Happy Blue Monday.

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  24. Wow that is an excellent shot! ^_^

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  25. Cool macro shot with such lovely colors!

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  26. Lovely macro shot. I can see myself raiding my daughters marble collection sometime soon.

    Mollyxxx

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  27. these are just soooo pretty!! and this picture sure does cover a lot of meme's!!

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  28. It's beautiful and lovely!

    Visiting for Blue Monday! Here's my share-hope you can stop by:)

    http://www.mommys4seasonsjourney.com/2012/01/mango-juice-and-strawberry-banana-smoothies.html

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  29. this thumbnail caught my eye at Lisa's. I love this shot - the colors and DOF are fantastic. it's simply a cheerful photo, perfect for a Monday. happy day to you Karen.

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  30. Fantastic details in this eye-popping macro! Love the colors too.

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  31. What an interesting array of colors and patterns!!

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  32. Great image. You took tiny works of art to create a new work of art. I like the bokeh and overall composition.

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  33. gorgeous! like candy dreams! *smiles*

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  34. Wonderful shot! The colors are beautiful!

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  35. beautiful piece of art work, what a talent you have :-) visiting from Mellow Yellow Monday, hope that you can return the visit too.

    http://www.adventurousjessy.com/2012/01/the-rink-guard-in-his-yellow-shirt.html

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  36. Cute! Like the colors:)

    Visiting for MYM!Here's my share-hope you can visit:)

    http://www.mommys4seasonsjourney.com/2012/01/mango-juice-and-strawberry-banana-smoothies.html

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