Tag: Macro Photography

  • Getting close to the action — Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #113

    Getting close to the action — Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #113

    Hi All 👋 My entry for this weeks LAPC: Labour of Love, set by Rusha.

    With the recent pandemic curtailing travel, I’ve started to take a closer look at things & fallen down the rabbit hole of macro photography. Sometimes it’s just everyday objects that I believe deserve a closer look at the detail. Other times, it’s in response to a challenge, where a closer look can be a different interpretation.

    The lengths I go to; who said yoga mats were just for yoga

    This new-found enjoyment of macro photography has led to what some may call an obsession, but I like to think of it as a labour of love — raindrops. I’m always looking out the kitchen window at the grass in the back, waiting for the sun to come out after a rain shower, looking for that telltale sparkle. I love the infinite variety in shape & size, different types of rain bring different effects; some magnify the texture of the plant they are on, some act as miniature lensballs & others just glisten in the sun.

    I am ever on the hunt for that elusive, crystal clear image!

    …and finally, the perfect rainy accompaniment by ELO.

    Thanks for stopping by & have a great week

  • Sparkle — Raindrops #33

    Sparkle — Raindrops #33

    Hi All 👋 Sunlight sparkling off a raindrop hanging from a leaf is the latest in the series.

    Sunlight sparkling off a raindrop
  • What is it???

    What is it???

    Hi all

    Metal filings

    If you guessed metal filings, go to the top of the class & give yourself a gold star?

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  • Sparkling in the Sun — Raindrops #32

    Sparkling in the Sun — Raindrops #32

    Hi All 👋 The sun finally came out, so I’ll try for a run of sparkling raindrops

    Raindrops sparkling in the sun
  • Raindrops #28

    Raindrops #28

    Hi All 👋 The next few days will feature raindrops on oat grass. It was quite dark shooting these so I used the built-in LEDs on the lens; you can see the crescent shape of the lights reflected in the raindrops

    Raindrops on oat grass
  • Fly Drinking from a Raindrop

    Fly Drinking from a Raindrop

    Hi All 👋 My latest entry for Macro Monday.

    Fly drinking from raindrop