Pic(k) of the Week: Clover envy

  Click on the image for a larger, hi-res version (on Flickr).

Some call it a weed.

Feh!

That's clover envy.

A red clover wildflower (Trifolium pratense), blooming in spring.

East Decatur Greenway
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
18 May 2019.

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• This is a close-up. The clover appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life. Somewhat paradoxically, photographers refer to this technique not as 'micro' but 'macro.'
• To 'isolate' the blossom from the weedy background, I employed an off-camera flash. The light diminished quickly beyond the flower, producing a dark background.
• Seven years ago, I submitted the photo to a YouTube photographer for critique. He dismissed it as too 'hot,' over-exposed by the flash. Looking at it now, I disagree...or, should I say, feh!

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Quincy Jones: Soul Bossa Nova

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Pic(k) of the Week in 2025: a recapitulation.

I became a member of Flickr nineteen years ago, in 2006. Since then, I have uploaded a total of 25,810 photographs and images.

In 2009, I began to curate a selection of those photos, choosing one per week as something that, in my mind, evinced special merit. I called it the Pic(k) of the Week, totaling fifty-two images, of course, for the year. Since 2023, I have also paired each selected photo with a musical selection, typically jazz.

Here's a recapitulation of the fifty-two I selected for 2025. Clicking on the thumbnail will take you to the original blog post.

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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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DATA

When I first began to use Flickr, I employed the platform as a photo-journal of family, friends, and 'good fermentables.' In about 2018, I began to transform it into my photography portfolio and cloud backup.

Here is a category breakdown of the fifty-two selections in 2025:

	2025	2024	2023
Landscapes	24 (46%)	18 (35%)	21 (40%)
Flora	9 (17%)	16 (31%)	15 (28%)
Fauna	6 (11.5%)	4 (7%)	9 (17%)
Street photography / Portraiture	12 (23%)	15 (28%)	14 (26%)
Sky / Astronomy	2 (4%)	4 (7%)	5 (9%)
Food/Drink	1 (2%)	3 (6%)	6 (11%)
Culture	7 (13%)	4 (7%)	2 (3%)
Black & white	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

(The image total is greater than 52 — and the percentage total greater than 100 % — because categories overlap and percentages were rounded up.)

In an upcoming post, I will detail the camera and lenses I used in 2025. (Spoiler alert: 99% of the time I shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.)

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PREVIOUS RETROSPECTIVES

I began my Pic(k) of the Week feature in 2009; I didn't began collating image retrospectives until 2014.

• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021 retrospective (n/a)
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014

To conclude, I thank of all of you who continue to patronize my blog and I wish you health, safety, and fulfillment in 2026. Sveiks!

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