Pat Lillich

@quietlynow

sculptor, photographer, enthusiastic but ineffectual gardener.. cameras include Canon, Olympus and OM

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Pat Lillich@quietlynow· 17h

water droplets on a grass spider's web - lensbaby spark #photography #garden #lensbaby #eastcoastkin

the lensbaby spark lens gives a directional distortion - here the round water droplets get pulled into linear rays of crystal looking drops suspended on a grass spider web over stones in my garden

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· 1d

a most gentle good morning. #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #photography #Lensbaby #rose #eastcoastkin

pale pink rose with gold stamens - lensbaby in the garden, peaceful

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· 2d

daylily - going to be awhile before i figure out watering schedule for my new yard. but i had a few daylilies to play with! #blossom #garden #macro #bloomscrolling #flowers #eastcoastkin #photography

extreme closeup of orange daylily - offset focal point but i liked how the lines of the petal curve and in the background led to the stamens at the extreme bottom right

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· 3d

rose - playing more with helios with front and back elements inverted and macro tube added - #flowers #helios #abstract #flowergarden #bloomscrolling #eastcoastkin #photography #bloom

a gold and pink rose bloom in my garden, photographed somewhat from below with the green sepals centered in the picture. playing some more with a favorite vintage lens on my om camera. this is the helios with front and back elements inverted, and a macro tube added for close up focusing. I pushed the dreamy fade off from the helios - hand held in the wind

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· 3d

Queen Anne's Lace #photography #flower #wildflowers #BW #Classicmono #Monochrome #Blackandwhite #bloomscrolling #Eastcoastkin

Queen Anne's Lace is an incredibly intricate flower seen from all angles. there is a circlet of green brackets at the top of the stem, just below the crown of white florets

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· 4d

a field of wild flowers - helios with inverted front and back elements #bloomscrolling #helios #eastcoastkin #wildflowers #photography #bloom #flowerphotography #bloomsky

the fields near me are full of queen anne's lace - large wildflowers with intricate spirals of tiny white florets. This is taken with a vintage helios lens with front and back elements inverted - which gives a circular swirl to the photo

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· 4d

experimenting with helios lens, inverted front and back elements, with macro helioid extension tube. windy evening #bloomscrolling #macro #helios #photography #dream #eastcoastkin #rose

one of my favorite lenses is a vintage helios with both its front and back elements inverted. but it focuses quite a ways away. i found the Fotasy M42 15-26mm Macro Helicoid Adapter, 42mm Focusing Helicoid Extention Tube (which actually wasn't what i meant to order, but it works!) that gives extreme closeups. the helios is a manual focus lens and it was a windy evening so i didnt really hope to get too much - but the end result was dreamy etherial closeup abstracts - this pale pink rose center with its gold stamens was dreamlike.

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jun 6

been a rough year - haven't been photographing. found i had forgotten much. so playing in the rain in the garden #bloomscrolling #garden #photography #flowers #macro #peony

closeup of raindrops on pink peony petals against the green leaf background

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jun 5

last peonies in the garden #blooms #garden #bloomscrolling

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· May 19

Hope. #rose #garden #Flowers #bloomscrolling if anyone might answer - I have 2 monitors, on one this pic looks well lit - on the other it is dark. our monitor calibration thing is obsolete - need to learn how to do it without it... does this look pleasantly lit?

San Jose Rose garden - first thing in the morning. a rose with gold petals tipped with soft peach pink, still carrying water droplets.

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· May 8

moved from drought to 'drought' - after decades of growing xeric (drought-resistant) plants to conserve water, I'm now in a place that is in a drought but the yard is full of roses and rhododendrons and doesnt need watering. the world is a wondrous place. #rose #garden #flower

pale pink and white rose with golden stamens - the rose has fully bloomed and started to drop its petals showing its green calyx

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· May 5

type your name in - you can type it repeatedly till you get a result you like. cursor over a letter to see where the image was captured : science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 20

wistfully remembering traveling internationally in simpler times. for #ColorADay #BlueTue memories of Venice

long exposure turns the waters of venice to rich crumpled silk

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 18

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwoOfAKind - i thought i would combine it with #Stunday for this picture of sparrows that i really loved the birds positions in. seed in the hollow trunk #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

two sparrows are attracted to seed in a hollow trunk with red flowers around the base. One sparrow has its wings spread in a perfect arc. the background is a typical fall california field of dying grasses distant enough to give a smooth tan background. Olympus cameras have a Procapture mode where you can compose the image area then half hold the shutter - the camera stores images in a buffer until you fully depress the shutter. Then it writes the last x number of pics in the buffer. Its great for those of us with slower reflexes trying to take pictures of very quick birds. Really fills up cards though if you use it too often.

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 13

its hard right now to step back from the horror and remember the gentle things, the beautiful things. so probably won't be posting too much. but today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInFlight, and thats a favorite, so here is a skimmer in flight reflected in a pond #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

a black skimmer banks as it prepares to turn, it is perfectly reflected in the mirror like water below it

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 9

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Feathers&Form - this duck is from a trip to the Falklands i've lost - only a few images saved in a random spot on my harddrive to torture me. being organized is not one of my skills. #Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin

from the Falkland Islands - a duck huddles beside a pond, face and bill tucked in under its beautiful light color edged blue black feathers

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 7

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FoodFinds - 'any bird with food in it’s mouth'. a Gentoo penguin feeds its chick krill. chick head in mouth (along with the krill) counts for food in mouth, right? #photography #birds #Penguins #EastCoastKin #wildlife

a gentoo penguin regurgitates krill to feed its chick. the chicks stick their heads in parent's mouth to feed. Gentoo is a medium sized penguin with white eye patch on black head - often these had white speckles on their heads. bright orange beaks

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 6

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite. - black capped chickadees are cuter in Alaska than our california chestnut back chickadees - maybe its being poofed up to stay warm? #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin - this one is lighted like a runway model...

near Homer Alaska got to take some pictures of songbirds in conifers - lighting was unreal. this is a beautiful round black capped chickadee with a white body and black cap and chin - wings and tail were shades of grey. its sitting on the end of a conifer branch

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 5

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #speckles&spots -- if you think its hard to see the baby snipe in this picture you should see the other pics - the baby actually stands out in this one. <grin> 2nd hardest bird i've ever struggled to see. #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife

a snipe and its chick, taken on Sea Lion Island in the Falklands - so its probably a Patanal Snipe (?). I could fairly easily see the adult but the chick blends in unbelievably well - lots of speckles and dots on both the parent and the tiny one.

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 4

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay is #Snowy - here is a Snowy Sheathbill sitting in the snow #Birds #SouthGeorgia #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #Snow

the snowy sheathbill is a small white carrion eater bird native to South Georgia Island - here it is resting under snow covered tussac grass while it is snowing

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 4

rain is not common in my area - so to celebrate - january maple tree in the rain #Photography #EastCoastKin #Rain #Garden

maple tree with fading yellow-orange leaves and seeds, with rain drops as streaks and raindrops

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 3

one more for fun, one very dirty rock shag coming in to land. @alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #caughtinmotion #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Seashore #Nature

the rock shag is a small cormorant (coastal bird) with brilliant red bubbly skin around its eyes and bill and bright red feet - all in contrast to its black wings and tail and white belly. This one is a muddy mess, bringing nesting material back to the rocky cliff

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 3

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #caughtinmotion - here is a black-headed gull photographed in Holland, coming in to land. #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

in Holland, a Black-Headed Gull flies directly towards us with wings and tail spread as it prepares to land. these gulls are beautiful white with black edges to their tail feathers, and black markings on the head and wings

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 2

a closeup of a smaller mazegill shelf fungi - showing its furry edges. its been raining on this one for a few days, log is saturated so fungi probably is too. #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Fungi #Photography

mazegill shelf fungi on a fallen piece of a large dead branch - surrounded by lichens. the edge that surrounds the gills is furry! this has been out in the rain for a few days and is saturated with waterdrops

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 1

I've never seen shelf fungi like these before - strong winds brought down some large branches near me and the ones under this oak had a lot of these. They are tight against the branch so this doesn't seem to be the underside #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Fungi #Photography possibly oak mazegill?

beautiful fungi on dead oak branches - growing tight against the branch with just the wonderful gill pattern showing.

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 1

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #B&W - so double posting today - here is a chickadee from the yard #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #BW #BlackandWhite #ClassicMono

a chickadee (a small bird with a black cap and white cheeks) perched on the stem of a dried coneflower - converted to black and white

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Jan 1

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay alternate theme is #sparrows and while i was out photographing raindrops on the maple tree in my backyard a golden crowned sparrow flew in and posed in the rain. #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin effective 1000mm with the 150-400 + 1.25tc

a gold crowned sparrow is a medium sized sparrow, tan and grey with a small gold crown on the top of his head - they seem to be larger than the other sparrows in the yard, except for the california towhee which is a lot bigger. This one is standing on a post in the grey and rain in my backyard.

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Dec 31

@robcrank68.bsky.social and @alan678.bsky.social Thank you for everything you have done on your #BirdOfTheDay theme. I have had so much fun going through pictures to meet your challenges! Hope you have a good new year #Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin

a small yellow bird with grey and white wings and tail, a lesser goldfinch, perches on a honey locust branch

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Dec 31

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections. #photography #Birds #EastCoastKin Wishes for a new world next year A spark of kindness made a light. The light made an opening in the darkness. Everyone worked together to make a ladder. A Wind Clan person climbed out first into the next world Joy Harjo

a snowy egret - a small white bird with long yellow beak and long black legs perches on the edge of a pond - looking into the light with its back to us, edge light defining the curves of its body and its delicate feathers

Pat Lillich@quietlynow· Dec 31

bidding farewell and good riddance to a bloated beast of a year and wishing for us all a better one starting soon #Photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife #Nature #ElephantSeal #YearEnd