ah, the first macros of spring

I didn't think I'd want to do any more macro flower photos, but I shot some today.  The daffodils in our back yard started blooming yesterday.  And I suppose since I started my macro stuff last summer, I didn't get a chance to photograph any of the spring flowers.  So maybe I'll shoot a little more until I come to the flowers I've already macro-ed...

This batch is the first edit of what I shot.  The more I look at them, the more I'll probably edit out.  A few are pretty similar... but for now, these are my favorites.

Happy First Day of Spring!

PS: no heavy Photoshop here, just some minor levels and color adjustments... (the only exception is the last image, which was pretty underexposed, so I played a bit with it.  I kinda like how it came out)

more macro flowers

macro flowers

I need to get a little bit better at posting here, huh?
Here's a few pictures I made yesterday using my point-and-shoot-plus-old-50mm-slr-lens combo.  The "macro" focus is quite a bit limiting and I have to get so close the the subject that I end up blocking most, if not all, of the light.  But I like the challenge...

Enjoy!
Happy Spring!

chippy the chipmunk!

I said I was gonna lay off the flower pictures, but the sunflowers in the backyard have been taunting me a little... so I headed out there to try a couple TTV shots, but they were all eaten by beetles and ugly.  Which, I guess would maybe make for a more interesting picture, but I didn't take any.

When I turned around, I saw this little guy (I have named him Chippy) staring at me from the cement block wall of the compost bin.  It was as if he thought if he stayed still, I wouldn't see him... We actually had a little staring contest, then I realized I had my camera in my hand.

I snapped that one, and when I took a step closer, he jumped down one of the holes in the cement blocks.

I had zoomed in as far as I could, so the quality is already not that great, but here's a little close-up of the above photo:

Cute!