Challenge Feb-3-5 Marco and close ups
Feb 3, 2014 13:45:59 #
i am enjoying everyones photo so far. Keep them coming. Some more flowers coming. These pictures I did use the tripod.
Feb 3, 2014 13:46:06 #
Sorry, the milkweed was along the roadside, so I did NOT collect any of the seeds. They will have re-seeded themselves, so will have to check that spot again this summer to see if they are still there. As for the monarchs, I have sedum in the backyard and a couple years ago they were covered by the monarchs. Last year did not see that phenomina. Thanks for your comment!
Nikonian72 wrote:
Your second image is of a burst Milkweed seed pod, which is the host plant to the Monarch butterfly in your fourth image. I hope that you kept a few milkweed seeds to plant this spring, as we need more milkweed plants to sustain our dwindling population of Monarch butterflies.
Feb 3, 2014 13:48:51 #
Agnesm wrote:
Like them it looks like you know how to work your lens.
Thanks Agnes...it's a Sigma 150mm Macro Lens (hand held)...won it last year in a comp run by the Sigma Corporation..."The Eye Of The Photographer"... :D
Feb 3, 2014 13:50:18 #
Hi everyone, here are some more close-ups:
Duck at Lake Erie Nature and Scienc Center
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Gull at Cleveland's Wendy Park on Lake Erie
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Tropical duck in zoo's RainForest building
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Birds visit Cleveland's Tower City Center
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Feb 3, 2014 13:53:58 #
More Close-ups.......
Poinsettia
Pine Cone
More of the berries
Asian Lily
Chihuly Glass in Seattle, Inspired by Indian Blankets
Feb 3, 2014 14:01:37 #
SX2002 wrote:
Hover Fly and a Greenbottle Fly..1:1 macro
Wow, nice and sharp.
Feb 3, 2014 14:01:38 #
SX2002 wrote:
Hover Fly and a Greenbottle Fly..1:1 macro
Wow, nice and sharp.
Feb 3, 2014 14:03:25 #
Agnesm wrote:
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Thanks Agnes for your thumbups. :-)
Feb 3, 2014 14:08:05 #
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Feb 3, 2014 14:21:10 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Might as well throw something in this thread from this past Summer...
For me, that is an amazin' shot of an amazin' spider! Congratulations!
Incidentally, I was always a film guy, and back in the day we used to define a macro lens as producing an image on the film that was larger than the original subject, while a closeup lens was a supplementary lens allowing us to get closer than the closest setting of of the primary lens. The macro lens was strictly for use within inches and was unable to focus on anything farther away than a foot or so.
Times change. There is no more image surface in a digital camera, so we can't say the image in the camera is larger than the subject. Micro lenses were designed for the microscope but were capable of limited use on cameras. I'd like to hear some challenges to my recollections.
Feb 3, 2014 14:25:59 #
Feb 3, 2014 14:32:35 #
Here are another 3.
Feb 3, 2014 14:36:49 #
photogrl57 wrote:
nothin' special
That snowy owl close-up looks very special to me. 8-)
Feb 3, 2014 14:39:37 #
Thanks Sher!!
Sher wrote:
Pg2
Howlyn. Very nice, right down to its hairy little legs
Nikonian..... The second one is my favorite like how you have segregated and put that one out in the light
Lass, you know I love me a dandelion... Your beautiful green bokeh pushes my eye right to it
Thanks everyone, for the links.... Got me some studying to do
Howlyn. Very nice, right down to its hairy little legs
Nikonian..... The second one is my favorite like how you have segregated and put that one out in the light
Lass, you know I love me a dandelion... Your beautiful green bokeh pushes my eye right to it
Thanks everyone, for the links.... Got me some studying to do
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