Flower Macro : Lace Flower

I love the way macro shots reveal beautiful tiny details. The way I’m using an clip-on lens on my phone makes for a very small depth of field and the focus seems fixed.… Continue reading →

Flower Macro : Plains Coreopsis

These vibrant little flowers brighten up my days! 🙂 More flowers: https://ceenphotography.com/2017/08/12/flower-of-the-day-august-13-2017-dahlia/

Flower Macro : Buddleia Davidii

This is one of the tiny flowers on a large flowerhead from our Buddleia. We guess that the shrub was self seeded as weed but allowed to grow. It was already there, huge,… Continue reading →

WordPress Photo Challenge : Macros of Unseen Textures

Normally the surface of my wife’s old wooden ‘kist’ looks and feels smooth and polished but under a macro lens you can see canyons filled with polish blackened with age, ridges and cracks.… Continue reading →

Flower Macro of the Day: Cornflower

This, I think, is a Cornflower from our garden, taken with my phone and a little clip on macro lens. This is about how close my phone will focus without the add-on lens.… Continue reading →

WordPress Photo Challenge : From Seeds to Satisfaction

We sewed some ‘Shake n Rake’ seed mix on this mostly barren border back in early June. After much watering when the garden was parched and a little weeding it’s blooming and giving… Continue reading →

Flower of the Day : Macro Experiment

This is one of my first dabblings with macro photography. I’m just using a clip on macro lens on my phone. The flower is grown from a seed mix and I don’t know… Continue reading →

Flower of the Day : Cactus Flower in Ibiza

I took this photo while walking out to the headland in Cala Llonga, Ibiza. I like the way the cactus is framed by the bay and the contrast of the fresh green and… Continue reading →

Flower of the Day : Primula at Exbury

We saw lovely flowers when we went to Exbury gardens, including these, which I think are Primula.

Flower of the Day : Rhododendron

We saw lovely Rhododendrons in bloom at Exbury Gardens.