A Thousand Drops of Light - wonderful photos...


	A Thousand Drops of Light - wonderful photos...
einbar
9-1-2008 1:07 AM
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einbar says:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.

(William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence")
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9-1-2008 7:17 AM
Antara
These are simply gorgeous, great find!
9-1-2008 1:41 PM
Kelika
Beautiful!
9-2-2008 12:59 PM
sweetsfoods
Excellent pics !
5-3-2009 10:13 AM
perellicippo
great shots.. thanks
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/807775881/in/set-72157600335971536/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.flickr.com/img/6C0286A4-C597-4B74-AA89-84B0B71AD555" alt="orange drops by Steve took it." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/807775881/in/set-72157600335971536/"><DIV class="photoDescription" id="description_div807775881">I like the focus of the petals in both the background and refraction in the drop. </DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/1361325457/in/set-72157600335971536/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.flickr.com/img/235CD5C5-D11C-41CD-8186-1BD533875608" alt="smiley face by Steve took it." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewall/1361325457/in/set-72157600335971536/"><DIV>The wonderful cool crisp autum days are approaching fast,  so I thought I better try one more water drop shot after the last hot humid rain.  The sun was out and bright and created a glare on the edge of the drops, but it also lit up the yellow nicely.   </DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/2496887404/in/set-72157594289061135/" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/2496887404/in/set-72157594289061135/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/2496887404/in/set-72157594289061135/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.flickr.com/img/13E6C7F5-1088-4F6E-A15E-38A86B3F53F2" alt="Curvaceous by ecstaticist." /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0CF3BB03-7E5B-46A7-8C09-287FA1801B33/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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