Thursday, February 13, 2014

Pre-Orchid Daze Macro Expedition

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It's been so cold that we hadn't made a good trip to the Botanical Gardens to play with my new macro lens I got for Christmas. We finally made a trip out a couple weekends ago! Here were some of my favorites...
Notice I haven't got the depth of field quite worked out in this first one.
I also wanted to see how well the macro lens worked as a "portrait" lens...it would save me from constant lens-switching.
This one is actually a moss...so it is an extreme closeup. =)
I learned a lot taking these, or at least I learned what I didn't know and was able to do more focused research (see what I did there?)
This year's Orchid Daze actually started last weekend, but we didn't have time to make it there.
Expect more pictures soon. =)

While I was housebound, one day I did pretty much wander around taking pictures of anything that was lying around. =) I have tried to get good pictures of all the "bling" on Dasher before, but I don't think I really captured how much there was before, so I wanted to share these two...
I can't wait until I get to the beading on Dancer!!

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It's a small world after all...

6 comments:

Kate Featherstitch said...

Oh wow, that is a lot of bling! Stunning photos. :)

Joysze said...

HOLY GORGEOUS ORCHIDS!!!!!!!! Thank you for taking those just for me!!!! LOL!!!!!!

Love the blings in Dasher too!

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Hi Gadget Girl! Great photos.

Delusional Knitter said...

Love the orchids, I feel like I can reach out and touch the bling - amazing shots!!

Shebafudge said...

Great photos! I think the moss one and the closeup of the bling are my favourites though! More please!!

Julie said...

Woonderful close up pics..i should make friends with the buttons on my camera but always just point and shoot!

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