Tag: Macrophotography

Wildflower Diaries – Sun spurge

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Sun spurge (Euphorbiaceae) – highly poisonous

I bought myself a cheap and  tiny macro attachment for the iPhone. While it was nice being able to photograph details of flowers using this, the quality is as to be expected – both by the camera on the phone and quality of the attachment. Nonetheless, I will be using this more when I don’t want to be lugging a camera with me on a walk

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Ephemeral

The ephemeral beauty of a dandelion seed head. All that is needed is a puff of wind to send the seeds floating to begin their adventurous journey. Many won’t make it, but those few that do will continue this cycle for the rest of us to admire and enjoy.

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A dandelion seed head.

 

Welsh Poppies

The last couple of years have seen these orange poppies flowering in my garden and I know I never planted these! These are the Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica).

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Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica)
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Welsh poppy

These are obviously wild flowers but they’re certainly not unwelcome in my garden!

Both pictures photographed with a Nikon D7000 and a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro lens.

Strawberries and Cream

I believe the picture explains the title of this blog entry…

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Photographed using a Nikon D7000 with a Sigma f/2.8 105mm macro lens (f/5.0, 1/800). Selectively converted dull green background to black in Adobe Lightroom 4.4

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