+hzoi Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) Went out the other day on a bike trail. Nothing special, just a trail beside a road, but this was the first time I'd really gone out with the 100mm macro lens I got for Christmas. I had forgotten how fun it was to go macro; I haven't had a true macro lens since I switched to digital over ten years ago. Since there isn't another category that really fits this in here, I figured I'd start one. So, to quote a very old Steve Martin stand-up routine, let's get small! Dandelion Pine bark Reflective sign Bradford pear blossoms Old hydrant Edited March 8, 2017 by hzoi Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Nice! I will also search for some during my last "cachades" later. Quote Link to comment
+van der Decken Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) I am constantly stopping on the trail to take pictures of things both great and small. That may help explain why I so often end up hiking alone; no one else wants to stop that much! But I think it's worth it. For instance, when I first started taking pictures of wildflowers I hardly knew any of their names. While many of them are now old friends, I still run across beautiful new strangers from time to time. All of these were taken with various digital point n' shoots. My venerable Canon AE-1 and its array of lenses have sat at home for more years than I care to remember! Raindrops on a conifer Prickly rose Sticky geranium Brown eyed susan Northern bedstraw Orange agoseris Checkerspot on spirea Variegated wind flower Pearl Crescent on ragwort Edited March 10, 2017 by van der Decken Quote Link to comment
HelenaBirk12 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Wow! This is amazing! Totally like it Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 This kind of touched me. Something died here, and this was its last glimpse of sunlight. Ironically, I un-leafed this just before finding an archived cache a few steps away. (The owner figured it was missing.) Quote Link to comment
+van der Decken Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) Here's a couple of wildflowers that I haven't been able to identify yet. Some sort of Arnica? Seen on Mount Lipsett two summers ago. I saw this one north of Golden BC two summers ago. It's a little like cat's ear but even ignoring the orange colour it doesn't look quite right. Edited March 24, 2017 by van der Decken Quote Link to comment
+Furrhan Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 This is a daisy in my lawn. I like the symmetry of this picture. This was just taken using macro mode on my point-and-shoot camera. Quote Link to comment
+van der Decken Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Almost overlooked this little one hiding in the grass amongst much larger beardtongues, buffalo beans, ragworts and vetches. This little starwort was barely 1/4" across. Quote Link to comment
+van der Decken Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Just a picture of an ordinary little red clover blossom that I'm very happy with how it turned out. 1 Quote Link to comment
+geodarts Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 I spotted this flower while hiking out to a virtual cache in Sequoia NP. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Got a little crazy with the macro lens with all the flowers and wee little lizards we saw down in the Virgin Islands in early September. Bittersweet looking at them now, since the islands now look pretty brown and dead. Quote Link to comment
+CAVinoGal Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Here are a couple of spiders seen recently while geocaching in Florida just a few days following Hurricane Irma. Quote Link to comment
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