Toy by olivetreeann

Toy

I have always loved kaleidoscopes. This is one of my favorites. The patterns are made by tiny little shells.
Paige says this is a lovely rainbow Ann. Very nice collage.
March 31st, 2012  
cool idea for a shot
March 31st, 2012  
Cool
March 31st, 2012  
Never thought of using one for a photo .. what a beautiful idea and photo, Ann. Such lovely patterns. Wonderful collage.
March 31st, 2012  
Fun series of it!
March 31st, 2012  
Great collage Ann, i love kaleidoscopes
March 31st, 2012  
cool collage
March 31st, 2012  
Ray
Fun!!
March 31st, 2012  
very cool indeed!!
March 31st, 2012  
i love kaleidoscopes. but i never had my own until i was well in my 20's so the son and i had to pretend it was his. nice collage, ann. cool!
March 31st, 2012  
@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole, and thank you too Paige!
@sarasdadandmom Thank you Terry- I wasn't sure what was going to come out when I shot through the eye piece!
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
@karenann Thank you Karenann. I took a shot through one of my other kaleidoscopes last year, but it didn't have things in it like this one. I was really surprised at how well I was able to shoot the design.
@httpgeffed Thanks Colleen!
@tanja_1211 Thank you Tanja!
@kimmistephens Thank you Kimmi!
@rayg86 Thanks Ray!
@tklein Thanks Tina!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! I bought this one when I was in my late 20's!
March 31st, 2012  
@olivetreeann - yup! i see the year: 1986.
March 31st, 2012  
How on earth did you get the pic of the view into it?! This is gorgeous!
March 31st, 2012  
@espyetta Believe it or not, I just held the camera up to the eyepiece and took a picture. I had it set on macro and made sure I was shooting with the light source coming through the kaleidoscope. Oh, and I turned it a few times so that there would be a design.
March 31st, 2012  
@olivetreeann I would not have though that possible! WOW>
March 31st, 2012  
Nicely done Ann
March 31st, 2012  
I haven't played with one of these for years - your pic just brought back a flood of memories :) Pretty patterns!
March 31st, 2012  
nice
March 31st, 2012  
Very beautiful!
March 31st, 2012  
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian!
@tobi Thank you Santina!
@alia_801 Thank you Alia! I could stare through them for hours!
@sangwann Thank you Dione!
March 31st, 2012  
the one on the left.. is like a dream .. beautiful collage.. =)
March 31st, 2012  
@inertie Thanks Inertia. At first I was just going to post the last shot in the panel. But the inside shot came out so well, I just had to post it. Then I thought, I need to put this in context so I included the full shot of it. Now on to tackle today's final March word. It's a dull, dreary day and I have no idea what I'm going to shoot!
March 31st, 2012  
Great idea and explanation
March 31st, 2012  
Oh yes, they were always a lot of fun
March 31st, 2012  
Great looking collage. yes kaleidoscopes are such fun.
March 31st, 2012  
Now there's something I haven't seen for many, many moons! Do you still get them? I was always crazy about them as a child - the simple pleasures we had as kids in those days....
March 31st, 2012  
I also love kaleidoscopes (if I could just spell it) watching the ever changing designs is endlessly fascinating.
March 31st, 2012  
Interesting collage, Ann, my son and wife love kaleidoscopes. We have about 10 of them our our house.
March 31st, 2012  
Beautiful patterns!
April 1st, 2012  
Bev
What a great idea! Lovely pattern!
April 1st, 2012  
Great idea!! Very cool!!
April 1st, 2012  
@peterdegraaff Thanks Peter!
@digitalrn Thanks Rick!
@bruni Thanks Bruni!
@kloud Thanks Bonnie. I haven't bought an artsy one like this one in a long while. But last year I did buy a kit which you can make your own for the next time my granddaughter visits.
@allie912 Thanks Allison- I know, I have to spell it out loud as I type or it ends up looking like a foreign language!
@rhubbard Thanks Richard! I have two children's versions and 3 artistic ones- this being my favorite. When I took this shot I thought, I should start collecting them again now that I have grandchildren! (excuses, excuses!)
@paulavdmerwe Thank you Paula!
@prttblues Thank you Bev! You've had a couple light shots that remind me of them too.
@twinsplusone Thanks Sharon!
April 1st, 2012  
Oh how cool is this? I love it!
April 1st, 2012  
Lovely Shots especially including the shot of the pattern inside.
April 1st, 2012  
@potsbypam Thanks Pam!
@zshadowwalker Thanks Adrian!

I'm always surprised by what I capture when I hold the camera up to the eye piece and shoot through one of these things!
April 1st, 2012  
I like kaleidoscopes, too. I love the blues in the pattern.
April 1st, 2012  
@crickle1969 Thanks Crickle. There is one tiny little piece of blue sea glass in the kaleidoscope and it always supplies a colorful pop to the pattern when it appears.
April 2nd, 2012  
I love kaleidoscopes, too. What a unique idea.....lovely collage!
April 2nd, 2012  
@cimes1 Thank you Carole. Just taking a picture of it didn't seem like enough.
April 2nd, 2012  
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