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            Macro Monday: #Wire
Width of the frame: 1,5 cm / 0,59 inches

A type of wire I had never seen (or heard of) before until I stumbled upon it at an arts and crafts store a few days ago. Not at all what I had in mind for the "Wire" theme (that was some Nessie-style wire monster), but since I was at that store anyway, I thought I'd check out the types of wires they sell for DIY jewellery and other crafts, and I found this: bouillon wire. It looked interesting enough, and when, back at home, I took a look through the viewfinder, I noticed that, when you stretch the bouillon wire a little (which, as I learned later, you aren't even supposed to do), it looks like a double helix; and when you stretch it some more, it looks like a concertina - and that also reminded me of an amplitude or a sound wave. But actually it isn't meant to be stretched at all, but it's used to cover the end pieces of the bead cord used in a DIY necklace or bracelet. The bouillon wire fortifies and protects the cord from friction and breakage caused by the fastener / clasp. 

Captured with the make-up mirror as background; why the make-up mirror? I thought it might create some nicely distorted reflections, but it didn't - not within that small frame. I used two clamps to fixate / place the slightly stretched bouillon wire in front of the mirror - btw. not even same-sized clamps (we are talking about a 10,5 cm vs. 4,5 cm long clamp), so I balanced the shorter clamp on the box I keep my extension tubes in (you know, the "any box will do" tripod). Processed entirely in Luminar 3 with two different Luminar 3 layers in Photoshop: the first layer for general processing, and for the second Luminar layer I had used a Luminar preset: "Big Screen" > "Bad Neighborhood", blended in with the first layer at 52 percent opacity. 

A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!

Eigentlich wollte ich für das "Wire"-Thema eine Art Nessie-Draht- oder -Kabelmonster basteln. Im Bastelgeschäft stolperte ich dann aber über diesen hübschen "Bouillon"-Draht, von dem ich noch nie zuvor gehört hatte. Ein Päckchen mit vier längeren Stücken dieses gedrechselten, flachen Silberdrahts war gar nicht teuer, also nahm ich es mit, obwohl ich immer noch eine wenig auf Nessie fixiert war. Ein Blick durch den Sucher meiner Kamera am heimischen Wohnzimmertisch (andere Bezeichnung für UPF: Ungemein Professionelles Fotostudio) offenbarte dann die Besonderheit dieses Drahtes: Zieht man ihn leicht auseinander, sieht er wie eine Doppelhelix aus; zieht man etwas mehr, hat man eine Art Ziehharmonika-Effekt. Für beides ist er nicht gemacht, denn eigentlich verstärkt man mit dem Bouillon-Draht die Endstücken einer Perlenschnur, um sie vor Beschädigungen oder 
Abrieb durch den Verschluss zu schützen. Aber für's Foto... warum nicht ;-)

Ich wünsche Euch eine goldene Oktoberwoche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!

Taken on: October 13, 2019

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Camera: Olympus E-M5MarkII, f/6.3, 1/10 sec, 60mm (=120mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M5MarkII
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.1 sec (1/10)
Focal Length:	60mm (35mm equivalent: 120mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.4.1 (Windows)
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