Category Archives: Macro
Lemon fizz
It’s been a week of using my macro lens, the first time in a long time. When I started with photography, my plan was to get into macro and closeup photography. It didn’t really work out that way. After watching … Continue reading
Loving the sun
When sun comes streaming into the house at the end of the day, the plants point to the sun and soak it up. I pointed my macro lens to the happy leaves. The light brings out the details in the … Continue reading
Guitar strings
With the sunny afternoons, I’ve been putting items in the sun – the brightest light available – and working with my macro lens. Here is my acoustic guitar around the sound hole and strings. The strings I use have a … Continue reading
Macro droplets
When ideas strike, you take action. While ironing shirts, I noticed some water leaked from the iron. The ironing board treatment made the water ball up. After finishing up the shirts, I made some new water droplets and broke out … Continue reading
Textures
On a recent outing to take my son to an appointment, I had some time to kill. Good old quarantine means I can’t wait in the waiting room. So I wandered around the location. I planned ahead, and brought my … Continue reading
Alien macro photos
We picked up this really neat flower on sale. One of those end-of-season things. It is a slow bloomer but the flowers that come are awesome. The other day I took to it with my X-T1 and 60mm macro lens. … Continue reading
Shoo Fly
Trying to keep the photography going. Again, an evening outside after work, a fly landed on the chair next to me and was eating away at something. Probably Chipmunk poop or something. Enough that it didn’t care I was there. … Continue reading
Purple rain
Its been a dry month in Ottawa. I think it hasn’t rained since early May. So I’ve taken to lightly watering the grass and plants. No too much, since the city decided it wanted more revenue from water so jacked … Continue reading
The Meeting
While raking the leaves and getting ready for Halloween, I noticed around the lamp in the front yard, a group of Ladybugs. I ran inside and grabbed the tripod, Fuji X-T1 and the 60mm macro to shoot a few shots … Continue reading
Busy as a…
With the news of the bee population dwindling because of pesticides, its nice to have a plant that attracts so many of the insects. I have a Sedum that when it flowers, is covered in bees of various types. I … Continue reading
