August details up-close
I got bitten all over taking these simple photos. I’m not sure they were worth it, however. I did discover that my interest in macro photography is not primarily artistic – I have very little artistic ability. It’s more about using the macro lens as a microscope, to see the tiny details that are not visible to the naked eye.
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- Up close, you can see that this tiny individual flower is just starting to push its way out to the world.
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- The tiny, candy-cane stripes are visible through the technology of macro photography.
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- It now looks like an ice cream cone with a side of flowers.
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- I call this a thorn with a crown. It looks like a mystical underwater creature but is really just the flower atop a thorn weed.
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- This seed pod caught my eye for its simplicity and resemblance to a rattle. My next project will be to photograph the seeds inside the pod.
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- I love capturing these side-of-the-road commoners just before they fully flower.
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- The pattern of hen and chicks reminds me of an artichoke, not that I eat them or have ever cooked one.
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- You may not notice the silhouetted ants on first glance at this seen from behind view of a hosta flower.
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- I have no idea what this fluffy plant is. All I know is it's a sign of fall.
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- Even though this purple coneflower is nearing its end it still has a lot to show.
July colours
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- White daisy
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- Spider on hydrangea
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- Dragonfly wings
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- Blush of pink
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- Pink
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- Orange day lily
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- Orange and yellow centre
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- Orange pollen
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- Deep pink with orange
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- Echinacea
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- Ech for short
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- Deep raspberry
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- Reddish crown
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- Purple flourish
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- Purple trumpet
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- Tiny snail on green
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- Chewed green leaf
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- Lupin seedpods transition from green to yellow
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- Blackeyed Susan bud
Shadow the cat
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- Looking outside to her old life.
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- Tired after playing.
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- You can see how little she is.
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- We are happy together.
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- Shadow and her BIG brother, Fletch, with my husband, Val.
Calm before the marking storm
Thursday and Friday I marked a set of essays. Monday I will be finishing another set. Then next week I have three exams in two days. I decided to take it easy today. Here are my pictures.
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- A blue dragon fly down by the shore.
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- A daisy growing on the shore.
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- The scary jaw of a dead fish.
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- The silvery fin of another dead fish.
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- There has been a dead bird on the rocks for months now. This is its claw, I presume.
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- A beautiful pink peony announcing summer.
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- Have you ever looked inside an iris?
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- Hen and chicks.
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- I have no idea what kind of flower this is. I just like how it catches the sunlight behind it in the "golden hour", the hour or so before sun-down.
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- The back of a white peony.
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- A flower by the side of the road.
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- At the "golden hour" this little flower appears to be backlit.
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- A seemingly simple thistle by the side of the road is so amazingly complicated through a macro lens.
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- It may be hard to grasp this somewhat abstract crop. It is a leaf with a glint of sunlight. The little feature off to the right is a bud.
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- The pattern is incredible on this purple iris.
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- Inside an unknown pink flower.
Procrastination Article
An interesting article on procrastination. Don’t put off reading it!