Category: Macro Photography

More Everyday Shots – A New Perspective

More shots from the ladder :) How everyday things can gain a new perspective

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‘Sunlight over Landing Pad’

Usually, we are advised to avoid flashes of uncontrolled light across the subject but  here you can see the huge difference it has made to the shot by leaving the rays of sun striking the flower across the petals.  Take the sunlight away and the photo loses a lot of its impact instead of highlighting [...]

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Tuesday August 17th, 2010 in Flower Photos, Macro Photography | 7 Comments »

“Web of Life – Cobwebs”

Photograph of a cobweb ( one of many !) in an old garden shed.
It was early morning when this was taken  and the light was just falling across the window and  starting to shine through and highlighted the cobweb.

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Flax Leaf – Macro shot

Macro shot of section of Flax Leaf – called Harakeke in NZ
See how a macro detailed image shows the variety of hues to the best advantage and cuts out distractions.  Now I could have edited out the rust “splotches” but I kind of like seeing nature warts and all and I think it adds to [...]

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Primitive Art – ‘Carved Head’

How cool is this ?  Just attended a horticulture course on soil and composition and this was part of the exercise to see how different soils would bind together and spotted this face that looked like an native carving – even the hair is there !
One of the other students created this “sculpture” from [...]

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