The snowdrops are perkily poking their heads out in our garden, where Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma have been busily planting them. But not only there, near us are the Walsingham Abbey Grounds, famous for their snowdrop carpets. We went there a few days ago to admire masses of snowdrops.
Keck stecken Schneeglöckchen ihre Köpfchen unserem Garten heraus, wo Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma sie emsig pflanzten. Aber nicht nur dort, bei uns in der Nähe liegen die Walsingham Abbey Grounds, die berühmt für ihre Schneeglöckchenteppiche sind. Dort fuhren wir vor ein paar Tagen hin, um Massen von Schneeglöckchen zu bewundern.







Selma 🙂 said it was now time to dust off Dina’s lens ball to play around with it, which makes such an outing even more exciting. But, oh dear, we had to practise taking pictures with it first. Either it rolled reluctantly from its place or it showed the treetops and sky instead of the snowdrops. With a bit of fumbling around and silent fairy cursing and sophisticated fairy magic, we managed to get reasonably acceptable pictures.
Pit from Fritztown News masters the technique of photographing with the lens ball very well. Please visit him and have a look. Dina, however, feels more confident creating a ball in Photoshop.
Siri 🙂 meinte, nun sei es an der Zeit Dinas Lensball zu entstauben, um mit ihm herumzuspielen, was solch einen Ausflug noch spannender macht. Aber, oh weh, damit zu fotografieren mussten wir erst einmal üben. Entweder rollte er widerständig von seinem Platz oder er zeigte die Baumkronen und Himmel statt die Schneeglöckchen. Mit ein wenig Herumgefummele, leisem Feenfluchen und Feenmagie bekamen wir letztendlich leidlich annehmbare Bilder hin.
Pit vom Fritztown News Blog ist ein Meister der Lens Ball Fotografie. Besucht ihn ‘mal. Dina liegt es mehr, solch einen Balleffekt in Photoshop zu erzeugen.

Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma love to create such orbs and want to share it. But be careful, it’s addictive! Our dear Bookfayries are ‘orbing’ every picture right now. That’s the trick:
1) Open an image in Photoshop
2) Crop it to a square format
3) Go to filter – distort – polar coordinates and click polar to rectangular
4) Go to image – rotate – flip vertical
5) Go to filter – distort -polar coordinates – rectangular to polar.
6) Expand canvas: go to image – canvas size; expand to your liking but choose the right colour before saving.
Well, sophisticated fairy magic, isn’t it?
Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma lieben es solche Orbs zu erzegen und möchten es gerne mit euch teilen. Aber wir warnen euch, das ist süchtig machend! Unsere lieben Buchfeen ‘orbieren’ gerade jedes Bild. Und so geht es:
1.) öffnet euer Bild in Photoshop
2.) beschneide es zu einem Quadrat
3.) gehe zu FILTER – DISTORT (Verzerren) – POLARE KOORDINATEN und klick ‘polar zu rechteckig’ an
4.) gehe zu IMAGE – ROTIEREN – flip vertikal
5.) gehe wieder zu FILTER – VERZERRE die polar Koordinaten – rechteckig nach polar
6.) Vergrößere das Bild: gehe zu IMAGE – CANVAS SIZE und erweitere sie dort wie du es möchtest, du musst jedoch deine Farbe vorm Abspeichern eingegeben haben
Wenn euch das verblüfft, naja, es ist ausgebuffte Feenmagie.
We wish you lots of fun playing and of course even more fun looking at the snowdrops.
Dann wünschen wir euch viel Freude beim Spielen und natürlich erst recht beim Betrachten der Schneeglöckchen
The Fab Four of Cley
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© Text and illustrations, Hanne Siebers and Klausbernd Vollmar, Cley next the Sea, 2022
Cool orb🤍💚🕊sending joy hedy💫
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Thank you VERY much, dear Hedy 🙏 🙏
Great that you like our orb.
Sending hugs 🤗 and love 😘
The Fab Four of Cley
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✨💫🌟☀️🌟💫✨
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So pretty 🙂
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Dear June,
thank you very much.
Keep healthy and happy
The Fab Four of Cley
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It’s good of you to give instructions for how to create this kind of picture. The third picture in the second row is an intriguing abstraction.
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Dear Steve,
it’s our snowdrop mandala.
Wishing you all the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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By coincidence, I also posted some photos today, including snowdrops, and Ollie. But they are not as grand as the snowdrops at Walsingham, and I did not have an orb.
Besides, Dina’s photos are always superb, and mine are just a record of a dog-walk. 🙂
Love from Beetley, Pete and Ollie. X
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Dear Pete,
Walsingham is grand because of the density of the snowdrop carpets.
Good to see that Ollie is on the mend.
Thanks for commenting and for liking Dina’s photography 🙏 🙏 You know, you don’t need a lens ball. The really beautiful pictures here are produced with Photoshop.
With love ❤ ❤ from the sunny coast
The Fab Four of Cley
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Lovely post with so much to mull over! Being a nerd, the Photoshop ‘orb’ is pretty cool. I have an older version of Photoshop and will see if I can get anywhere close to your masterful images.
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Thank you very much, dear Jacqui 🙏 🙏
To do the orbs is much easier with Photoshop than with a lens ball – and the effect is different. We suppose that even with an older version of Photoshop you can do it. Dina’s version is not the newest either, it’s two years old. It’s fun to do these orbs.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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I will try it and then see if I can share it with you … somewhere!
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GOOD LUCK 🍀
We are looking forward to seeing your orbs.
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Absolutely delightful photos and commentary. The “silent fairy cursing and sophisticated fairy magic” plus PhotoShop magic are wondrous. As are the snowdrops. Our ground is still snow-covered from a recent blizzard, and no snowdrops here, so I am vicariously enjoying your harbingers of Spring! My best to all the Fab Four of Cley!
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Dearest Babsje,
indeed, the “silent fairy cursing and sophisticated fairy magic” plus PhotoShop magic is great, isn’t it? That’s how to work wonders.
We are amazed every year again about these dense and huge carpets of snowdrops. And there are so many different kinds. Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma just planted this Walsingham kind of snowdrops at our drive and then we planted late-flowering snowdrops as well. The late ones are just starting to show their green heads. We know snowdrops that flower very early in the snow in January. We love this yellow and white combination of aconites and snowdrops.
The problem is, what will you do with these flowerbeds when the last snowdrops are gone in March? We have to think about it.
With hugs 🤗 and love ❤ ❤ from
The Fab Four of Cley
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✨💫🌟🌟💫✨
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Das sind wieder ganz fantastische Fotos und so viele Schneeglöckchen, dass es fast wie ein Teppich wirkt sah ich bei uns noch nirgendwo!!!
Liebe Grüße von Hanne
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Liebe Hanne,
diese Schneeglöckchendichte über solch große Flächen haben wir auch nur hier erlebt. Hier sind sie jedoch nicht so selten. In Walsingham haben sie sich jedoch besonders gut über eine riesige Fläche verbreitet. Diese Menge zieht einen schon in den Bann.
Mit lieben ❤ Grüßen von
The Fab Four of Cley
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Dear friends,
I love this time of the year. In arctic Norway we have loads of snow and no sign of snowdrops yet.
The lensball looks good to me and since the instructions seem to be quite straightforward, I’ll give it a go and report back to you.
Stay tuned!
Klem
Per Magnus x
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Dearest Per Magnus,
we really envy you. We wouldn’t mind having lots of snow. That’s always great here, when having some snow people think you can’t drive on snow. It’s great fun driving around being on your own on our country roads.
Do you have snowdrops on Svalbard?
Keep healthy, happy and wild
The Fab Four of Cley
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🤗 ❤ ❤ 🤗
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Wow! There is such sheer beauty and purity to the snowdrop orb photos – absolutely stunning and I can imagine how tempting it is to work this magic! 😀 Snowdrops are a delicate precursor to Spring and it’s heartening how popular snowdrops walks have become over the years! In the garden, the daffodils have just started to flower and already keeled over so just been out to give them some extra support! Wishing you all well in Cley and hope you’re having a lovely February!
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Thanks a lot, dear Annika, for commenting 🙏 🙏
The snowdrops and aconites are flowering here at the coast not so far north from you but no sign of the daffodils in our garden only in very sheltered places.
The snowdrops walks are big business in Walsingham (absolutely overpriced). They sell different kinds of snowdrops as well. Dina was with us and her photo group there.
Wishing you all the best 🤗
The Fab Four of Cley
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Outstanding post and photos! Great information, have a beautiful day folks
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Thank you very much, dear Eddie 🙏 🙏
Great that you like our post!
Wishing you a wonderful rest of the week
The Fab Four of Cley
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Ok, here we go. Do know what this is?

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Something Christmassy?
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Dearest Per Magnus,
can it be that it is a kind of decoration? Flowers and foil?
Very well done 👍 👍 We are impressed. Congratulations!
With lots of ❤ ❤ and 😘🤗🤗😘
The Fab Four of Cley
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That could well be, dearest Annalena
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It’s lovely, not to be deleted!
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INDEED!
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Hmm … I wanted to delete the first one, but I’m not sure how to do so, I think only you can do it?

This is a snapshot of a frosty plant – and don’t worry, I’m not going to fill the commentary with my trials, but I’d love to see what the other readers are creating!
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Well done, Per Magnus!
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Have a go, Annalena!
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We love this as well, magic simplicity.
The green star of the frost fairy – that was Siri’s 🙂 and 🙂 Selma’s comment
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That’s brilliant, Per Magnus. We love your frosty fairy!
Hugs and fairy dust to you 🧚🏻♀️✨💫 ✨💫 🧚🏻♀️
Siri and Selma
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I love these pictures of snowdrops. What a lovely mass of them and the round picture is super. I have never seen a snowdrop in real life. No snow in my part of the world.
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Dear Roberta
Oh dear, what a pity, no snow ❄️☃️🌨⛷☃🎿. We couldn’t live without snow, ice and lovely clear cold weather. We need this.
No snow seems to mean no snowdrops as well. But therefore you have other flowers we have never seen.
Enjoy our pictures of the snowdrops
The Fab Four of Cley
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I think I am happy with sunshine all year around although our winter nights get very cold. We have fynbos [fine bush] here and proteas, which are very beautiful.
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We had to live in Greece and in California, we couldn’t stand this sunshine every day. Fortunately, we could ‘flee’ to Norway pretty soon.
We are nordic and need snow and ice and the cosiness of the dark time. People are very different in how they react to weather and climate.
Thanks and cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
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What a treat to see this! Like Per Magnus, we have too much snow at the moment – and I’m sure you’d rather have the snow right now, right?
Dina told me you have been planting more snowdrops at home. Do you have different varieties?
Somehow snowdrops look like snowdrops to me, but obviously with more than 2500 varieties and 20 species on the market, I’d love to have a wide variety if I could.
Thanks for the great reading ideas. I’m very much enjoying Knausgaard.
What are the four of you reading at the moment?
Take care.
Kram
Annalena x
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Dearest Annalena,
we planted early-flowering, normal-flowering, pearl ones and late-flowering snowdrops. They all have different names, but sorry, we forgot these names. Siri 🙂 is pissed that we haven’t written the names down. Well, she could have done it. Nevertheless, we – mostly Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma – planted several hundred snowdrops in flowerbeds next to our drive. That looks absolutely great. We planted different varieties in combination with Aconites.
At Walsingham Estate they sell different varieties. If we remember it correctly they sell four different varieties there. We got some there, some from our gardener, some from a garden centre.
We are still reading the Knausgård in the evening and at daytime “Troy” by S. Fry. One can read it as a well-done introduction into Homer’s “Ilias” and other classic sources about the Trojan War. After this, we’ll read Philip Pullman’s “Book of Dust”, Vol. two “The Secret Commonwealth”. We read Vol. I “La Belle Belle Sauvage” and liked it really much. Pullman is as old as our dear Master and from Norwich. This Vol. II is from 2019 and has around 690 pages. You know we love big books 😉 Hanne reads the books of McCallum, a painter and writer she knows. He writes books about the wildlife of North Norfolk.
KRAM 🤗😘🤗
The Fab Four of Cley
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xxxx
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Das ist ja wunderschön, Ihr Lieben!
Herzliche Grüße
U+H
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Ja, das ist es, märchenhaft, liebe Uschi.
Dir und Herbert alles Liebe und Gute
The Fab Four of Cley
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Carpets of snowdrops are a delight at this time of year. Love the orb. It’s been a long time since I played with orbs, might be time for another go with crocuses.
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Excellent idea, dear Jude.
We prefer the orbs produced with Photoshop. They are more sophisticated than the ones with the lens ball. But maybe we need a bit more practise photographing a lens ball image.
Thank you very much for your comment 🙏 🙏
Now we are waiting for the crocuses as well.
Have a great time, stay healthy and be happy
The Fab Four of Cley
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I love those orbs Hanne, so beautifully done and thank you for sharing the instructions here – now I have to go and play! 💛
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Dear Xenia,
thanks a lot for commenting and liking our post. Good luck for trying out to produce these orbs. You’ll see it’s great fun 🙂
Happy playing ✨🌟💫💫🌟✨
The Fab Four of Cley
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So many snowdrops, it looks like a wonderful carpet. I’ve seen them lately in Kew Gardens – they are just so sweet and make Winter even nicer. The orb pictures are fantastic. It is great to play with pictures, taking them and afterwards. Sending love – Ute
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Thank you so much, dear Ute,
these dense carpets of snowdrops are magnificent as they are that huge, snowdrops as far as you can see at some places.
Playing with the pictures afterwards is great fun.
The next time we’ll come to London we would love to visit Kew Gardens as well. It’s typical for us, we have many books about Kew but have never been there. Shame on us.
Sending lots of love ❤ ❤ from the sunny sea
The Fab Four of Cley
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HIer schauen die Schneeglöckchen ungefähr 1cm aus dem Boden heraus. Ich beobachte sie jetzt jeden Tag. 😀 Das erste Zeichen des Frühlings.
Meine Glaskugel liebe ich auch. Fange aber nur Motive damit ein. Die Orbs sind schon toll. Muss ich auch mal ausprobieren. GlG aus dem Schwedenländchen!
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Leider, leider hatten wir bis jetzt keinen Schnee. Wir finden das noch faszinierender, wenn die Schneeglöckchen von einer Schneedecke umgeben sind. Monochrom weiß, das hat doch einen Charme. Die späte Sorte der Schneeglöckchen streckt auch gerade ihre Köpfchen aus den Boden.
Irgendwie ist das mit der Glaskugel nicht so einfach. Wir tun uns schwer damit. Wie schon gesagt, wir brauchen wohl mehr Routine mit dieser Art von Fotografie. Die Erzeugung von Orbs mit Photoshop finden wir weitaus einfacher. Wir lieben auch die Ergebnisse mehr – naja, weil Dina das besser kann.
Mit lieben Grüßen und Dank fürs Kommentieren ins schöne Schwedenländchen
The Fab Four of Cley
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Danke für die Inspirationen. Dann werde ich mich mal um die “Lens Ball Fotografie” kümmern und versuchen, dem Zauber der Feen zu folgen.
Liebe Grüße,
Jürgen
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Lieber Jürgen,
wir wünschen dir viel Freude dabei. Noch besser als mit dem Lens Ball finden wir die Erstellung der Orbs mit Photoshop – more sophicated.
Also viel Glück dabei.
The Fab Four of Cley
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Love the old bridge and that lovely close up of the snowdrops. Fun with the lens ball. I don’t possess such a thing, nor Photoshop, but I do like that image Dina created. No snowdrops here but lots of Bermuda buttercups. Have a wonderful Springtime!
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Thank you very much, dar Jo 🙏 🙏
We had to google Bermuda buttercups. They are even nice in a salad we read. We are not quite sure, but we think snowdrops are slightly poisonous.
The bridge is really old but many times renovated. We love it as well, an elegant feature in this landscape.
We wish you a happy and healthy springtime as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Eine wunderschöne Spielerei, diese Lens Ball Fotografie 🙂
Liebe Grüße
Sabine
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Liebe Sabine
Auch dir herz ❤ liche Grüße vom sonnigen Meer.
Das ist ja nicht nur Lens Ball Fotogafie. Die, wie wir finden, tollsten Bilder sind mit Photoshop produziert. Wir lieben diese Spielerei.
Wir wünschen dir eine tolle Zeit.
Alles Gute
The Fab Four of Cley
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Fab Four of Cley,
Beautiful pictures to say the least! I’ve never mastered photography, even though I’m usually the one that shies away from the camera and offers to take everyone else’s pictures. haha, What can I sat? It’s just not my forte.
Have a great weekend.
GP
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Good morning, dear GP
our dear Master is not into taking pictures either – he doesn’t need to as Dina loves photographing. Dina is the lady of pictures and Klausbernd is the master of words.
Thanks for your comment.
Enjoy the weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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What a wonderful education you receive by listening to your parents!! Enjoy! 😀👍
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Thank you
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Ah, you have snowdrops! En masse! Soooo beautiful – and I can imagine the joy of creating orbs – Siri and Selma will not leave the computer eh? Thank you for bringing spring along this beautiful way, and thank you for the photoshop lesson/tips – I will try it immediately! I loved the swirls, tips from Dina as well! Wishing you all a great springy weekend. ♥♥♥♥
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Dear Ann-Christine,
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma are producing orbs from every picture right now. It looks best taken symmetrical pictures and uncluttered pics.
Thank you very much for commenting 🙏 🙏 and have fun producing orbs.
Wishing you a great weekend. Here it’s sunny, just above freezing, nearly no wind.
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
The Fab Four of Cley
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The magic energy of this post can be felt from Vancouver, Canada. I LOVE snowdrops for they remind me of courage and resilience. They are one of the first flowers to wake up from winter’s rest. While they may seem to be shy flowers, I see them as fierce protectors of their magic. I read that the real reason they look towards the earth is to ensure their pollen is kept dry and sweet in order to attract the few insects flying in winter. They do not droop – they defend.
Always a joy to see you posts come up in my reader. Thank you dear Siri and Selma for the magic. Thank you Hanne for your photography and dedication to helping others achieve great things using editing techniques. Thank you Klausbernd for the book recommendations. I am enjoying The Enneagram Workbook. We do think in diagrams and patterns!! Sending much love and many hugs to my dear friends The Fab Four of Cley.
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Dearest Rebecca, good morning – and what a wonderful morning. It’s just above freezing, the sun is shining and we have nearly no wind.
Thank you VERY much for your kind words 🙏 🙏 and the explanation of the form of the snowdrops.
We love snowdrops and especially if there are masses of them. It’s the magic of the colour white. White as the colour of innocence and at the same time as the colour of power.
Thanks a lot for liking our dear Master’s Enneagram Workbook. Indeed, we think in patterns as patterns provide a sense.
Big hugs 🤗 and 😘 xxxx
The Fab Four of Cley
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Lovely! The last photo is fascinating and beautiful.
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Good mornig, dear Cindy,
we love this last photo most as well.
Thank you very much for your comment 🙏 🙏
Wishing you a wonderful weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Das ist wirklich wunderschöne Magie!
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Liebe Tanja,
habe herzlichen Dank für deinen lieben Kommentar.
Schneeglöckchen besitzen eine Magie und besonders dann, wenn sie in Massen auftreten.
Mit lieben Grüßen nach Colorado – gibt es bei dir auch Schneeglöckchen?
The Fab Four of Cley
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Danke für die lieben Grüße. Schneeglöckchen kenne ich noch aus Deutschland, aber in Colorado gibt es leider keine. Deshalb habe ich Eure besonders genossen. 😊
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Liebe Tanja,
das freut uns ja. Hier England gibt es riesige Schneeglöckchenteppiche, so große Felder, wie wir sie in Deutschland nie gesehen haben. Übrigens sind Schneeglöckchen eh nicht auf dem amerikanischen Kontinent heimisch.
Liebe Grüße von Merry Old England
The Fab Four of Cley
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Hallo Ihr Lieben,
nun fuehle ich mich aber wirklich “gebauchpinselt”! 😀 Aber im Ernst: ganz lieben Dank fuer die lobende Erwaehnung und den Verweis auf mein Blog und meine Glaskugelbilder vom Campus der Stanford-Universitaet. Aber ein “Meister der Lens Ball Fotografie bin ich nun wirklich nicht. Ich muss nich viel ueben, insbesondere mit dem Fokus. Bisher reguliert sich die Tiefenschaerfe eher nach dem Zufallsprinzip. Macht aber trotzdem Spass.
Liebe Gruesse aus einem sonnigen und angenehm temperierten Fredericksburg,
Pit
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Lieber Pit,
wir finden deine Glaskugelbilder schon sehr gut. Du hast uns ja darauf gebracht, auch einmal mit einer solchen Glaskugel zu fotografieren. Vielen Dank! Wie geschrieben, wir tun uns damit noch schwer. Dina liegt es mehr, Orbs mit Photoshop zu produzieren. Bei uns fangen die Schwierigkeiten bereits damit an, wie wir die Kugel positionieren. Aber besonders Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma lieben es, damit zu spielen und packen die Glaskugel stets ein, wenn wir umherfahren.
Mit lieben Grüßen von der seit Tagen sonnigen Küste. Wir haben es knapp über null und fast windstill, wunderschön. Dina ist deswegen gerade unterwegs zu fotografieren.
The Fab Four of Cley
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Lieber Pit,
Dina sagte mir gerade, bevor sie zum Fotografieren verschwand, dass du kein Photoshop sondern Affinity hast. Mit Affinity kann man diese Orbs auch produzieren. Das geht wohl ähnlich wie bei Photoshop. Dina wird noch etwas dazu schreiben, wenn sie zurückkommt.
Liebe Grüße
Klausbernd 🙂
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I always love snowdrops.They are the harbinger of spring and that is always a joy for me.
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Thank you very much, dear Anne.
Yes, the snowdrops mark the end of winter. Actually, we didn’t have a winter this year.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thank you and enjoy your weekend Fab Four!
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The orb shot is beautiful but not as beautiful as the actual snowdrops. 🙂 What a joy to see so many of them!! Living in Arizona for almost two years now means I haven’t seen any real snow for much too long!
janet
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Good morning, dear Janet,
unfortunately, we haven’t had real snow this winter. We miss real winters here.
We suppose you don’t have snowdrops in Arizona. No snow, no snowdrops we suppose.
Wishing you a happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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There might be snowdrops at higher altitudes where they get snow but not here.
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Die Schneeglöckchenfelder bei euch sind magisch und märchenhaft und die Rundspiegelbilder ebenso.
Danke für die feinen Bilder, auf denen der Frühling schon Einzug zu halten scheint.
Und lieben Gruss mit vereinzeltem Schneeglöckchenläuten im Garten,
Brigitte
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Guten Morgen, liebe Brigitte,
bei uns scheint wirklich der Frühlig schon Einzug gehalten zu haben, obwohl der Winter uns leider noch gar nicht besucht hat. Wir haben zwar Temperturen um den Gefrierpunkt aber feisten Sonnenschein bereits seit vielen Tagen. In der Sonne ist es natürlich wärmer.
Diese Schneeglöckchenfelder sind schon besonders. Bei uns kommen zuerst diese riesigen weißen Schneeglöckchenfeler und dann die ebenso großen blauen Glockenblumenfelder. Beides finden wir magisch.
Danke für deinen Kommentar mit dem feinen Schneeglöckchenläuten
The Fab Four of Cley
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Danke für den Tipp, liebe Hanne!
Guten Morgen ☀️, ihr lieben vier,
Wir senden euch „schnelle“ liebe Grüße aus dem stürmischen, nassen Berlin.
Bei uns schauen erst die grünen Spitzen der Maiglöckchen aus dem Boden, so dass wir uns sehr über eure Fotos freuen.
Liebe Grüße von Susanne und Micha
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Herzlichen Dank für deinen Kommentar, liebe Susanne 🙏 🙏
Obwohl der Winter uns nicht besuchte, haben wir seit Tagen frühlingshaften Sonnenschein, der mehr und mehr Schneeglöckchen herauslockt. Die Maiglöckchen dagegen schlummern bei uns noch in der Erde, aber an geschützten Stellen schauen die Spitzen der Narzissen aus den Beeten hervor.
Übrigens liegen wir etwa auf der gleichen geographischen Breite wie ihr in Berlin, allerdings haben wir ausgeprägtes maritimes Klima und ihr deutliches Kontinentalklima.
Liebe Grüße an dich und Micha
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Guten Morgen, ihr lieben vier!
Hier stürmt es entsetzlich! Busse fahren nicht, Straßen sind gesperrt und ich hoffe, dass ich heute zur Arbeit komme. Ich unterrichte in der Graphothek Berlin, da benötige ich schon ohne Sturm eine Stunde hin. Berlin ist groß.
Ich werde mich mal 2 Stunden vorher aufmachen und wenn ich es schaffe, vorher da zu sein, dann setze ich mich in ein Kaffee und harre der Dinge!
Liebe Grüße aus Berlin von Susanne
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Liebe Susanne,
dann drücken wir dir fest die Daumen, dass du noch rechtzeitig in der Graphothek ankommst.
Wir hatten hier den großen Sturm vor zwei Tagen. Es stürmte derart stark, dass man draußen nicht stehen konnte. Heute folgte dem ein kleinerer Sturm, der aber relativ harmlos ist.
Mit lieben Grüßen vom rauen Meer
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Leider habe ich kein Photoshop, Hanne. Schneeglöckchen sind zur Zeit der Hingucker!
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Ja, sie sind es und besonders diese riesigen Schneeglöckchenteppiche.
Mit lieben Grüßen vom sonnigen Meer
The Fab Four of Cley
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Die kennen wir hier nicht 🙂
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Hi Gerhard,
welches Bildbearbeitungsprogram benutzt du? Diesen Effekt kann auch bei vielen anderen Softwarehersteller, wie auch Affenity, erzielt werden. Shau unter Filter – Distortion. Die Schritte bleiben gleich. Viel Glück! 🙂
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Ich benutzte tatsächlich kein Bildbearbeitungsprogram, nur Paint zum Verkleinern und das Windows-Foto-Programm.
Da ich primär Macros mache, schneide ich, schärfe ich gelegentlich oder mache heller für die WP-Beiträge, mehr nicht. 🙂
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Verwandte vorhin Hanne, es musste nat. Dina heissen…
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Lieber Gerhard,
Dina ist Hanne, denn Hanne ist Dina 😉
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Umso besser…
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Eigentlich finde ich Dina’s Fotos immer eine Augenweide, aber diese Schneeglöckchenpräsentation ist absolut wonderful! Habt vielen Dank und einen guten Tag:)
Lieben Gruss Martina
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Habe gaaaanz herzlichen Dank, liebe Martina 🙏 🙏
Dieser Ausflug ins Schneeglöckchenland hat uns allen vier viel Freude bereitet und das zeigt sich auch an unseren Fotospielereien. Toll, dass dir unsere Schneeglöckchenpost so gut gefällt. Sie ist ja ganz anders als die von vor einem Jahr.
Mit lieben Grüßen von der sonnigen Küste
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Ich erinnere mich an eure letztjährige Ausgabe und, wenn ich mich recht erinnere, sind die Fotoexperimente noch kreativer geworden:)
Sonnig haben wir es auch, aber mit viel Wind und Staub!
Cari saluti Martina
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Du weißt doch, liebe Martina, unsere liebe Dina ist ehrgeizig, sie muss ständig Neues lernen – und unser Blog profitiert davon.
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Das ist ja auch die Freude des Lebens, oder?? Liebe Grüsse auch an Dina:)
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Wenn es nicht überhand nimmt 😉
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Schneeglöckchen im Glas! 🥁 Ganz Wunderbar! 🙋♀️
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Das ist toll, solche Bilder mit einer Glaskugel (lens ball) oder mit Photoshop zu produzieren. Es macht Spaß.
Danke für deinen Kommentar.
Alles Gute und ein Wochenende vom Feinsten
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Ich übe das noch! Photoshop werde ich mir demnächst zulegen….. Danke für die schönen Wochenendwünsche. Ich sehe heute meine Söhne und das ist selten und höchst erfreulich! Euch auch schöne Tage!🌞 Regine
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Liebe Regine,
viel Freude mit deinen Söhnen.
Dina übt auch immer wieder frei nach Goethe “wer immer strebend sich bemüht, den können wir erlösen” 😉
Liebe Grüße
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Schneeglöckchenteppiche – wie wundervoll. Offensichtlich ward Ihr nicht allein – ebenfalls wundervoll 🙂
Das mit dem Lensball hat mich neugierig gemacht und ziemlich angetriggert. Das werde ich wohl einfach mal ausprobieren “MÜSSEN”.
Euch allen ein schönes Wochenende
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Guten Tag, liebe Hermine,
Dina organisierte ein Foto-Outing für ihren Fotoclub, aber wegen des wunderbaren Wetters waren auch noch einige andere Leute dort. Die Schneeglöckchen hatten viele Bewunderer.
Mit dem Lens Ball probiert man am besten etwas herum, wie man ihn positioniert, wie man das Bild in ihm fotografiert und bei welchen Objekten er sich gut eignet.
Auch dir ein wunderbares Wochenende
The Fab Four of Cley
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Gorgeous photos! I love snowdrops. Creating orbs is definitely magickal and so much fun! 🙂
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Dear Mermaid,
thanks for your comment 🙏 🙏
To produce these orbs is as magickal as it is addictive.
Wishing you a wonderful Sunday
The Fab Four of Cley
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My goodness! The orb creates such beauty.
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Thanks a lot, dear Jennie.
We love these orbs as well. That’s a highly aesthetic alienation, isn’t it?
Keep healthy and happy
The Fab Four of Cley
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Yes it is! All the best to the Fab Four.
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Wow. Beautiful!
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Dear John,
thanks that you like Dina’s pictures. We love these little worlds in an orb as well. Have a try to produce these orbs. You will love it.
Wishing you all the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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Very dreamy.
I am definitely saving Dina’s orb instructions so I can play. Thank you.
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Hi, dear Tracy,
happy playing 🙂
Thanks for commenting.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Dina’s photos are, as always, a joy and your post, Fab Four, was great. Interesting about the lens ball, and the results are fascinating. When I saw the field of snowdrops I heard myself gasp. I have never seen such a mass of them, how thrilling it must be to see it in person. Cheers to you all.
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Thanks a lot, dear Jet.
Snowdrops are native to Europe, but despite this, we have never seen such large areas densely covered with snowdrops as in England. We find it thrilling as well to see such big fields of snowdrops. Later in the year, we have here as big fields of bluebells.
Thanks for your kind words.
Have a happy week to come
The Fab Four of Cley
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Simply wonderful!
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Dear Luisa,
thank you very much 🙏 🙏
Have a happy week
The Fab Four of Cley
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And a beautiful week to you too, 🌸🌸🌸
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I really like your orbs.
So good!
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Thanks a lot, dear Rabirius 🙏 🙏
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Love the field of Snowdrops and that last Photoshop orb photo is fantastic 🙂 🙂
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Thank you so much 🙏 🙏
Great that you like our Photoshop orb.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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I made my first orb following your clear instructions. Sophisticated fairy magic indeed. THANK-YOU so much. Stunning photos as always.
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Thank you for your comment 🙏 🙏
Congratulations on your first orb. Well, fairy magic is always sophisticated.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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The photos are beautiful! Thanks for sharing 💚🙌🏻
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Dear Chaymaa,
thank you very much for commenting 🙏 🙏
We wish you a wonderful weekend
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Most welcome, have a great day 🌞 😀
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OMG! They look magical💕. The third and fifth images are …just out of this world🙂
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Thank you very much, dear Nehal 🙏 🙏
It’s fun producing such orbs. Especially Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma like it. They can stop producing them after Dina showed them how to do it.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Wonderful post!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thank you very much.
Sorry about the belated answer
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I’ve seen people using these orbs but I still prefer seeing the world without them. It’s fun to share the technique in Photoshop and I appreciate that – but again, My favorites are the “straight” photos. What an abundant carpet of Snowdrops! I’ve never seen anything remotely like that here. Wonderful. 😉
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Dear Lynn
sorry for not answering before.
Hanne-Dina doesn’t use her orb anymore. We had problems to hold it in a way that it produces a picture we would like. Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma are now happily playing with it.
Wishing you a lovely weekend and thanks commenting
The Fab Four of Cley
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Siri & Selma are playing with it – I love it! 😉 Enjoy your weekend!!
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