A Brilliant and Lively Blossom The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is perhaps of the most conspicuous and cherished blossom on the planet. With its dazzling yellow petals and tall, graceful stem, it's no

ESPAÑOL Hola amigos y compañeros de esta hermosa colmena, espero estén bien al igual que yo, hoy quiero compartir con ustedes estás hermosa fotografías de mi recorrido matutino. ¿Cómo estás? Espero que

Hello dear colleagues of this beautiful hive, I hope you are well like me, today I want to share with you these beautiful pictures that we took in the Bolivar Square in the city of Valencia, Venezuela,

I saw this fly sitting on a Camellia leaf in my back yard and thought it looked like a diver ready take take a dive from a springboard or a rocket ready to launch off its pad. "click the image to

Gerberas that are growing in a pot at home and if you wait, they will open up and show off their wonderful petals. I used my macro lens to get a bit closer and bring out more details in the flowers.

Two views of the same bit of rust. I do like the colours and the rough texture of the corrosion even without the enhancements. "click the image to enlarge"* LensSony 90mm macro

A couple of macro shots of snails taken with 2 different cameras. I love the texture of the skin as well as the patterns on their shells. There are always plenty of them to photograph in my vegetable garden.

It is more difficult to tell that this is an orchid when shot from this angle. When I get bored with front on photographs, I try to find a more interesting angle. "click the image to enlarge"*

A couple of black and white macro shots of a cactus flower that was growing in a pot on my back balcony. With the lighting that I used, it looked like the flower had somewhat of an ethereal glow. "click

Getting real close to a sunflower that was growing in my garden can produce some pleasing results. These shots were achieved by taking many focus stacked images using my automated focusing rail and then

A dead sunflower seed head is quite interesting when viewed very close as is with the two photographs below. Several images were taken as a focus stack and then merged in Helicon Focus. If I did not tell

I grew some sunflowers this year with moderate success and below are some photographs of a flower head that has finished flowering and gone to seed. I took several focus stacked images for both and merged

A stack of rusty bits and bobs found in my garage is contrasted by a delicate mauve coloured flower. "click the image to enlarge" LensCanon100mm macro Settings1/6 sec/f5.6/iso 800 CameraSony

This image was taken with an adapted Canon macro lens on my Sony camera to capture a rather abstract effect. The shot was photographed looking through a cut glass vase with coloured lights as a backbround.

Another in my series of HDR shots. This is a rusty set of cogs at the Vintage Steam Museum situated about 5Km from home and is a great place to wander around getting all sorts of abstract machinery images.