Macro Photography

A friend of mine let me borrow a macro filter that attaches to one of my existing lenses. A macro filter or a macro lens allows you to take super close up shots. It's great for wildflowers. The two flowers below are from my first experience with macro photography.

Black-Eyed Susan

Tickseed

Mimosa Bloom

It's that time of year when the mimosa trees are in bloom. I took this shot at Two Rivers Park in west Little Rock. This park is on the edge of the Arkansas River. I'm going to spend some more time out there and see what kind of creatures I can stir up.

Magnolia Blossom

It has been a slow few weeks for landscape and nature photography. Instead, I recently shot a little league baseball game and also a high school skeet shooting tournament. Between the two, I took over 800 pictures. Whew! Anyway, I thought I would dig into my photo archives and post a picture since it has been so long. I took the shot of this magnolia blossom in April of 2006 at Eden Park near Destin Florida. The soft edges on the picture were done by using a double exposure blur technique. I hope you like it.

Maumelle Sunset

I went out on the deck one evening last week and noticed some nice color starting to develop in the sky. I rushed back in and grabbed my camera bag and tripod and headed out the door. There is a new neighborhood being developed near the house on what was once a tree covered hillside. With the trees gone (which I hate) there is a wide open view of the western skyline. I set up my tripod and camera and waited. Before long, the color really started to pop. I took several shots at several exposures until the sun disappeared behind the horizon. It's amazing how fast the sun moves when your struggling to get that magic exposure. The following are two of about seventy shots.