Tag: macro
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Day 3: Bee Low.
Pardon the pun but this was a very low angle to shoot from. Similar to the beach photo, I was lying down, this time on wet grass. The drops of water are from very recent rainfall. No idea what the flower is, as always. Help much appreciated!
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Day 2: Phaenicia sericata
Fancy latin name for a common green bottle fly. Pro-tip for handheld insect photos: Use manual focus and spam the shutter button. Even if there’s no wind, breathing will put the focus off so with 20-40 shots you should have at least one in focus.
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Macro Week #7 – Day 1: Bournemouth.
I remember lying across pebbles, stretched out, people walking past and giving strange looks but what’s a shot without getting out of your comfort zone? The sea made some nice bokeh, as did wet pebbles though they also made the shot very uncomfortable to take. Probably my favourite from the Bournemouth trip anyway.
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Day 7: Sap.
What you see at the right bottom of the berry is not rain or dew. That’s solidified sap. I remember I used to eat cherry sap off the trees as a child… I wasn’t the most normal of children.
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Day 5: Own Garden.
This is taking garden-creeping to the next level. Taken at an allotment centre, with 10s of gardens next to each other and lots of flowers/plants to photograph. I don’t have all that many photos to show though. It was quite rainy hence the water droplets but during editing I managed to figure out how to…
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Day 4: Purple Veins.
More from creeping into people’s front gardens. Love overcast days for the soft light they give on flowers. Makes nice, smooth images. The plant looks like it should be the flower of beet plants.
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Day 2: Hanged Red.
As I’ve said before. Please feel free to comment with the name of the flower, I’d love to know and look stupid showing these otherwise… Alike many others, this shot is from the street, looking into peoples gardens…
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Macro Week #6 – Day 1: No Place I’d Rather Bee.
Quite happy with this shot. The only one in focus out of 13. Complimentary colours. Bee facing the right way for the composition to work (literally the hardest bit is waiting for it to bloody turn around!!).
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Trinket.
Although obscenely overpriced. These cheap shiny things make quite nice bokeh. It’s a shame shop owners ban photography of their “work” (bulk buying for 1p/crate) by placing the official Piece of Paper with some ink on it.
Maks Swiderek 