Single bloom of dahlia photographed using natural light and a 100mm lens.

For MacroMondays: Crinkles and Folds

105, f/2.8, AF D micro Nikkor.

northern junco

Stone statue by the Naumburger Meister, East Choir of the Naumburger Dom, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Mid-13th century)

{75 mm: ƒ/2.2 | 1/15s | ISO 320 | manual White Balance | manual exposure | manual focus | vertical crop}

Bee on Ajuga flowers

E.Zuiko 4,5cm f2.8 (Olympus ACE)

that anthropomorphic pose that spells guilt?

adapted Kodak Cine 102mm f2.7

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It was extremely humid again yesterday, which meant the shade at the bottom of my garden was very welcome. This is a fading Aster flower, which I found fascinating. The petals reminded me of curling ribbon. :)

Another unbearable day. This time, with more humidity. At home, we have one window air conditioner that barely keeps the temperature below 90 on days like today. I was waiting for a package*. But it arrived, and now I'm out of my house and in the air conditioned comfort of a starbucks. I know... not the best for the world, but all my friendly local coffee shops don't have real air conditioning, and it got up to 101 degrees today.

*on the package - i bought a new camera/laptop bag! It holds everything. I'm trying it out for a few days to see if carrying my macbook plus my dslr plus everything else I need means I come home with a broken back. But, so far, so good. This is going to make traveling so much easier - one bag w/ camera and laptop, one carry-on suitcase! The genius of it... It's a Tenba messenger bag. Anyone have experience with one?

After moving them indoors for the winter, they stop flowering

~Jeff Tweedy

Poppies still in bloom in my friend Lillian's garden. So many colourful flowers as well as birds, butterflies, bees, hoverflies ... the very best of summer! Thanks again, Lillian. :))

Theme of the week: shallow depth of field. Attemp #1

... one of 47 sculptures on display at Ashridge House Sculpture Garden until 24 September 2023

Hi everyone, I hope your 2016 Christmas has been a good one!

Now that it is done we can finally relax and think about the next year ahead ...

:-)

Added to Smile on Sunday 05-02-17 'Fabulous Flowers' theme.

Sunset shot in the dunes of Amrum/Germany

where the green colour will make you stand out of the foliage

adapted Kodak Cine Ektanon 102mm f2.7

Caught this father and son taking an early morning bike ride, and at the moment they passed me, both of them looked at the beautiful sight of the morning sun reflecting on the sea.

90mm macro of Anna's Hummingbird

Droplets on spiders web after the rain

A very shallow depth of field. Fenrir in the front and Freyja in the background.

Still life with ribbon, Phlox blossoms and bokeh

Yep, Helenium ... again! The sky was growing very dark and it was pretty windy when I took this, but I think flowers look so much better under dark skies than blue ones.

My beautiful Border Collie, Tess, giving me one of her 'looks'..

It's hard to ignore sunflowers. They don't exactly hide their faces from the world. :)

Taken at Borde Hill garden, near Haywards Heath in Sussex.

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I am very honoured to be featured in Londonist Behind the Lens feature this weekend. Please have a look if you are interested. Thank you, Londonist, for this opportunity!

Older shot sitting in the queue.

Happy Macro Mondays

SOOC (straight out of the camera with only the watermark added)

Taken with KnightX CPL 58 mm filter