Photo Challenge: Prolific Aphids Macro

I’ve found many tiny green dots on our Sedum. My macro lens reveals them as bugs, lots of them! Now I have to work out how to get rid of them! The Daily… Continue reading →

Flower of the Day: Cherry Blossom

    Some close-up shots of our winter cherry blossom. 🙂 Inspired by Cee: https://ceenphotography.com/2018/04/09/flower-of-the-day-april-10-2018-tulips/

Flowerbud Macro of the Day: Camellia With Snow

During the snow I tried to get some good macro shots but the snow is difficult to get good focus on. Here is some slightly melted snow on a Camellia bud.

Flower of the Day: Poinsettia photo study

Our Poinsettia is flowering again. We bought a small one last year and it looked good for Christmas and then seemed to die off but then it’s grown much bigger and it’s radiant… Continue reading →

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 →

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 →