Tag: nature
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Day 7: Bryophyte.
This post concludes Macro Week #3. Next up are some more toy soldiers. Here I was going for a minimalist, almost studio-like look. Similar set-up to shutterpresser.com/2014/07/19/day-4-thistle with a radial filter brightening the left side along with the moss, to form a gradient.
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Day 6: Geranium robertianum.
I actually found out what the weed is called! It’s apparently also called Red Robin and Crow’s Foot. Definitely one of my favourite plants to photograph. When the bulbs are caught in the background, the white hairs form a glowing aura around it and the bright purple petals complement the earthy-green leaves.
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Day 5: Sheath.
I can’t think of a reason why a spider would spread its web across a sapling. Was it waiting for the plant to grow and stretch the web? If so, that’s a seriously intelligent and very lazy spider, though those two go hand in hand quite well (at least that’s how I explain my life).…
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Day 4: Thistle.
A “technique” I discovered – If yo u place the flash perpendicular to the lens, with some of the light shining into the glass of the lens, it produced this blue, washed-out effect that gives photos an interesting finish. I obviously emphasised the effect a little in Lightroom but the original looked pretty much like…
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Day 3: Aphid.
Unfortunately artificial lighting but by this point it got quite dark so I wouldn’t be able to snap this in natural light. Reminds me of macro scenes from old documentaries where studios weren’t as elaborate as today and black backgrounds were OK.
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Day 7: End.
This is the last post in this macro week. This one isn’t from the campus, though it is from the same day. I took the longer way home, past the ‘nicer’ houses which actually had front gardens. These flowers were close enough to the street that I wasn’t intruding too much. On a different note, I…
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Day 3: A Cuter Pink
Macro photography isn’t something I thought I would do often when I had my first DSLR, but after buying the 100mm macro lens I literally cannot stop taking macro photos. I have to say that my other, cheaper, 70-300 Tamron VC etc. is also good for macro. The most striking difference is that at a…
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Day 1: Flowers?
I’ve avoided botany like the plague throughout my degree but I think it has caught up with me. I’ve been taking photos of flowers a lot, and do not have the first clue of their classification. For all I know, this could be an apple blossom… Help with identification would be actually really appreciated/credited!
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Start of Macro Week #2
Leicester campus doesn’t have the most exotic flowers but I tried to make the most of them (my macro lens definitely helped).
Maks Swiderek 