A beautiful Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta, shot by my talented wife at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York.

You can visit this great New York institution at www.nybg.org.

Explore Mar 13, 2008 #409

Azucena. Foto sin nigún tipo de retoque ni recortes. Explore Jul. 10, 2008 # 496

Another bit of brightness on a dreary winters day.

Have a great day and thanks for having a look!!

Macro - Recent Macro-mania practical fun hands on.

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Non HDR, single exposure process by CS5 software.

Basic Standard Gears I rely for Landscape

Canon EOS 5D Mark2 (a full frame ideal for interpolating landscape image).

Tokina 16-28mm F2.8 wide angle lens .

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Release cable (reduce hand contact n fully manage desire exposure timing)

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A few of the Jack In the Pulpit wildflowers found in the woods this spring.

OhioFoothills--Macro Mania entries are due this weekend.

Bloomin' swarm of macro maniacs out there today

Photograph © Kausthub Desikachar.

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Because they are "Bloomin'" now ;>) They literally fill the air with their "sweet fragrance", and between that and the "honeysuckle" Tennessee smells mighty sweet right now.

Anyone who does not regularly view Sweet Snookies photosite must really see what an absolute artist she is!

Her current altered Art has to be seen to be believed!

PS. This shot was taken from Planet Earth!!!!!

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Happy Earth Day! Have a happy and blessed day, my friends:) Hope you have a miraculous day!! Thanks for your visit.

This was taken this morning, in my garden, with a flash.

After so many months i cleaned up my Macro lens and nearly 4hrs Marathon Macro photo shoot i did it today. my next few uploads you can see the BIG world!!

Seen in Boissy-Saint-Léger, near Paris, France.

As far as orchid shops go, in Paris, I recommend "Marcel Lecoufle", actually in Boissy-Saint-Léger, an extraordinary and reputed orchid grower. They specialize in small-flower and scented orchids.

This is a "natural" photograph. No editing, no color enhancing.

I can only apologise for my continued self indulgence of macro-mania.

I took this yesterday in Ottavia's garden. It is one of her many potted plants. This is sent to brighten your Sunday!! Thanks so much for visiting, stay blessed:)

please VIEW IN LARGE to see the buggy.

Macro mania continues and proudly presents the first “real” sighting of a fallen angel. *G*

For this time i captured the blossom of an orchid and transformed it into b/w. No other effects used here. ;o)

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I've been meaning to buy a peice of black plexiglas to get some reflection shots of macro subjects. It's just not the same using normal glass and a black cloth underneath as you get a double reflection from both surfaces of hte glass. I took the black cloth out for this and made it an extreme macro instead.

The surface tension of the water drop with the tips of the pencil leads in gives an interesting effect. You can also see the reflection of the MR14-EX ring flash in the water drop too. One other thing you can notice is the change in colour and bulge of the right two leads where they have absorbed water.

Another catpure using the amazing Canon 100mm f2.8 USM Macro

1. Freitag ist Blumentag (friday - flowerday), 2. Kauw kleumen, 3. DSCF2498 Two Great tits, 4. Morning Light - P1225, 5. "Where there is love there is life" - Mahatma Gandhi. Happy Valentine's Day!!!, 6. Where is the sun? (Wo ist die Sonne?), 7. «In Harmony», 8. Macro Mania, 9. Lysandra hispana, 10. togetherness, 11. Feijoa flowers (Acca sellowiana), 12. Best wishes to Elibeth, 13. Orchids

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Our Daily Challenge: ODC Macro Mania

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As the aphid was there I decided to see how close I could get.

Was #419 on July 19th in Explore.

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1. Sipsey Turkey Foot?, 2. Sipsey, 3. Inside to Outside, 4. Pink Flower, 5. God's Gift, 6. Noccalula Falls, 7. God's Word is Love, 8. Roses,

9. The Nail, 10. Noccalula Falls, 11. Calling it a Day., 12. Two Kisses, 13. A hint of Spring, 14. Tail end of a day, 15. fiery sunset, 16. His Eye is on the Sparrow.,

17. Desoto Falls, 18. Empty playground, 19. Color amongst the ivory, 20. NBC bird, 21. NAPG Timeout Chair, 22. Peavine Falls, 23. River Bridge, 24. Frozen Falls,

25. Is this my good side?, 26. Horse of a different color, 27. I'm really bored!, 28. Wild Thang, 29. Sipsey, 30. Desoto Falls, 31. Here Ducky Ducky!, 32. The Princess,

33. Litterbug, 34. Courthouse at Christmas, 35. Another Falls, 36. Top View, 37. Vote Billary for 2008, 38. Sipsey Turkey Foot?, 39. Beautiful Landing, 40. A Daddy's Love,

41. Diary of a Divorce, 42. sunset, 43. Dear Lord, 44. Sybil, 45. Seeing eye to eye, 46. Goodnight!, 47. Mosaic river, 48. Happy Flowers,

49. End of a Day, 50. Posing pretty, 51. Chin Ups, 52. Tree fungi, 53. Big Bone, 54. Mardis Mills Falls, 55. Jolly Holly, 56. Happy Valentines Day!,

57. Haley, 58. Falling up, 59. You only live once so ride like the wind., 60. Sipsey, 61. On the Way Home, 62. Ebony and Ivory, 63. Wall of Falls, 64. Lonely Dock,

65. Reflection, 66. Macro Mania, 67. What's wrong with this picture? Something askew., 68. Happy Falls, 69. Black White Version, 70. Little River Falls, 71. Hunters Dream, 72. A flower's view

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Our Daily Challenge - November 12, 2017 - "ODC Macro Mania"

Dog (Digits?) (Dimpled?) (Claws?) Macro

Daily Dog Challenge 2203. "Circle"

... albeit a bit lumpy

Rats - looked at the wrong day's challenge. Oh well, guess I'm first!

Stop on by Zachary and Henry's blog: bzdogs.com - The Secret Life of the Suburban Dog

I have been away from flickr but missed all the wonderful expressions of friendship and caring from my flickr friends. Here is a drop of sunshine for you:)