Day 255- Seven

Macro Monday plus the Flickr group ODC’s  topic seven= today’s photo. I used seven beads from a craft project that I’m working on and called it DONE! 🙂

f/22, 1/80, ISO 800 85mm- and used my FLASH (!)

 

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Day 241- Tulip

Macro Monday, how I love thee!  I can always find something to look at up close. Today, I picked up some tulips at Trader Joe’s; I will probably use them for tomorrow’s textured photo as well.

I had an interesting time photographing these guys.  I wanted the petals and the interior ALL in focus, so kept closing my aperture more.  I finally settled on f/22, which gave me a shutter speed of 10 seconds- a first for me (I had already decided to use a low ISO).  I was, of course, using the tripod- and remembered to use live view (thanks again, Rudy) and my remote (thanks for the reminder, Carol).  Live view ended up being really important today, because my eyes are still dilated from today’s eye appointment- so I HOPE this is in focus!

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Day 234- Souvenir

Happy Macro Monday!

This shell lei is one of several souvenirs brought back from Hawaii by my father after World War II.

f/7.2, 1/20, ISO 2500, 85mm

I had to close down my aperture quite a bit to get all the foreground shells in focus. I used a tripod and manual focus- and for the first time used Live View to zoom in to make sure things really were in focus. I don’t know why I never thought of this before; my friend Rudy mentioned this trick. Duh! Thanks, Rudy!

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Day 232- Out of Focus

Today is the last day with the grandbabies. 😦

Miles and I had some special time outside today, mostly involving moving all the rocks back to the places they were before he came to visit.  While Miles was trying to smell the lavender that was finally blooming, I took a few photos of one of the flowers with my macro lens.  When I uploaded the photos, there was Miles in the background!

f/3.8, 1/640, ISO 500, 85mm

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Day 213- White Oleander

It’s Macro Monday again- and I’m back inside the box.

Since just about every other flower in our garden has been on the blog, I chose the lowly white oleander (sometimes known in California as “freeway flowers”) for today’s shot.

 

 

 

f/16, 1/60, ISO 1000, 85mm

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Day 209- Macro Mirror

It’s a ” OMG, it’s 4:00 and I need to take a photo” kind of day.

I actually photographed the details on this mirror a couple times earlier in this project- and didn’t use any of the photos (at least I hope I didn’t. . .).  Seven months in, I realize that I know a little more than I did back then- AND I have a macro lens. SO I am glad I waited.

f/10, 1/100, ISO 400, 85mm

I didn’t use my Texture Tuesday image in my blog this week (ran out of time), but you can see it on Flickr. It’s the textured roses.

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Day 206- Soft Pink

Macro Monday again!

Today’s photo was taken using my tripod- and a display board (given to me by my photoblogging friend, Carol) with white paper on it as a backdrop.  I felt like I was impersonating a professional photographer!

f/7.1, 1/160, ISO 3200, 85mm

Even in front of a window, I couldn’t get enough light at the aperture setting I used for my desired depth of field without using a high ISO. Eventually I realized that I could lower my shutter speed (hello- tripod!), so later photos were taken at a lower ISO.  But this ended up being my favorite.

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Day 192- Clipped

I love office supplies!

I can still remember opening up my classroom as a brand new teacher and finding a big box of office supplies just for me! Pens, paper, stapler, paper clips, glue- cool stuff! And now, it is even cooler- for example, colored paper clips!

f/6.3, 1/250, ISO 3200, 85mm

No clue why I have such a fast shutter speed- obviously user error- I was using a tripod! 🙂

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Day 183- Why I love my macro lens . . .

Here’s why: on a day when it is hot (yay!) and you feel uninspired, you can always walk around outside (or inside) for 15 minutes with your macro lens and find something small to photograph.

Always.

Without fail.

I really like this photo.  I like its simplicity and its symmetry and its contrast.  When I was a little girl, we used to try to catch these- we called them fairies.  I still call them fairies. This fairy was trapped in a spider web, which made it easier to photograph.

f/6.3, 1/200, ISO 250, 85mm

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Day 180- Buzzed

While inspecting our garden for changes that might have occurred during the two weeks I was gone, I heard some definite buzzing as I neared the agapanthus. I got as close as I dared with my macro lens to get this image.

f/7.1, 1/400, ISO 200, 85mm

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Day 165- Macro Curl

I used a textured image yesterday, so today I am doing my Macro Monday shot.  I know I have photographed our birches for this blog before- but never with a macro lens. Here’s a birch bark curl- macro style!

f/6.3, 1/100, ISO 400, 85mm

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