Nature the designer, has a way with patterns. Some may be well defined or repeated while others may be completely random.
240 million years in the making, the exquisite detail of a polished ammonite fossil.
Each zebra has it’s own particular stripe design. I admire the way the pattern down the backbone to the tail merge.
Feathers, the repeating spots of a guinea fowl offers good camouflage.
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Nature on the Edge 
Love the guinea fowl feather!
Thanks Tina, had fun with this challenge 🙂
These are fantastic ! I never would have guessed the third one if Tina given the spoiler. 🙂
Thanks Emily… on the editing side i used a Photoshop posterize filter on the feather to bring out the edges.
wonderful entry for this challenge, I am however partial to the zebra. He is a friend of mine.
Thanks Lily, agree – it’s hard not to be a fan of zebra 🙂 The design of those patterns are a marvel.
Amazing pictures, so beautiful! 🙂
Thanks for the comment 🙂 Nature’s patterns come in endless variations… isn’t it a marvel!
The most beautiful patterns I have seen so far… Great work, Liz!
Bis hug to you from Norway
Dina
Norway 🙂 17 Mai coming up? That’s a country full of rugged natural beauty. Enjoy Dina. I enjoyed the challenge this week, so many different ideas out there 🙂
Thank you, Liz. Yes , it’s a rough and beautiful country and the 17th of Mai is coming up. Keep your fingers crossed for sunshine for the children’s parade… 🙂
Wishing you sunshine 🙂 and good celebrations, pride in the heartland.
Thanks!! 🙂
We had sunshine last year, doesn’t look quite that good this year, but we have good spirits! 🙂
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Perfect patterns!
Nature inspires 🙂 Thanks for dropping by Elena.
I’ve never noticed the zebra tail pattern before -not that I’ve been that close to many zebras!
Isn’t it just masterful 🙂
love your zebra pattern ♥
Isn’t intricate… how it follows the contours, and squiggly round the knee joints. Thanks for dropping by Sunshine 🙂
you’re welcome!
Not only are the photos themselves amazing, but I find it amazing that you spotted the patterns and were able to photograph them. Especially the zebra. How did you get so close?
.. right the zebra get twitchy when close up – a 200-400mm lens on x2 teleconverter does the trick 🙂 The gear is seriously heavy though, have a neat gadget that clips over the car window to make a steady platform – works a treat. The other two shots were macro shots using extension tubes, that opens a whole other world of pattern and design. Thanks as always for your comments and dropping by 🙂
Wonderful post for the patterns theme. The feather’s macro is beautiful, the zebra and the vibrance in the picture is exotic. The fossil ammonite is awesome 🙂
Thanks … nature has inspiring patterns 🙂