FLEETING BEAUTY

Linking to MELLOW YELLOW MONDAY and RUBY TUESDAY

Daydreaming on a dreary morning

(or what I took pictures of when there was nothing else to take a picture of).

Kaleidoscope2 
 One turn of the teleidoscope and these jewels are gone forever, never to return in exactly the same configuration….

Kaleidoscope 

…. or at least that's the way it was before I learned I could capture them with  a camera.  

 

Here is a link to the Wiki article on the teleidoscope. 

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24 responses to “FLEETING BEAUTY”

  1. Sallie…I LOVE this concept. I have some kaleidoscope apps for my iPhone…now I have gotten two of these to play with. Oh, how I love my iPhone. It is great entertainment. These shots are so pretty….your choices for shooting are so pretty. Really cool. genie

  2. Brilliant idea! The mosaics are really cool.

  3. Very intersting photos.

  4. How creative and clever! And collectively they look like a lineup of jewels!

  5. How clever!
    My entries:
    Moms…Check Nyo
    Yummy-as-can-be

  6. Wow! very interesting, with a quick glance, it looks like fancy muffins!

  7. So interesting!
    Happy Ruby Tuesday!
    Here’s mine!

  8. these are quite interesting.

  9. Annie-France

    So beautiful ! You can spend hours to look at them !

  10. Hi there – what great images – I think I may have to try to take some images of transparent objects – leaves spring to mind!
    Keep an eye out!
    Cheers Stewart M

  11. this is pretty neat. I thought at first they were those glass paperweights!

  12. Now that’s very interesting ! I first thought it was bisquits !

  13. Wow I thought it’s some kind of a food. ^_^ I like the colors!
    Autumn Colors

  14. Wow – that is too cool! And what amazing shapes and colours!

  15. I love this effect. I’m intrigued now.

  16. Well, if you can’t find some color outside, find it inside. Very pretty as well as very clever of you. Have a great week, Sallie. Mickie 🙂

  17. They are beautiful. Thanks for these. Now, to find out what a teleidescope it!

  18. Lovely colors and shapes. It is fun to daydream and a great thing to do on a dreary day. Have a great week, Sallie!

  19. Excellent idea, I’ve never tried that!

  20. How clever!

  21. interesting!

  22. Wonderful collages. I have several kaleidoscopes but have never tried to photograph the images.

  23. Love it! What fun to explore with the eye of a camera. You made me smile, Sallie (and hungry – where is that box of crackers?

  24. Clever! But I first thought that i was going to see biscuits!!

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