I went off in search of wildflowers again today. It was too hot to be out too long so I went as far as the local shopping center where they have a small field filled with daisies, black-eyed Susan, and indian paintbrush flowers. It's the same area where the lupines were blooming a couple of …
Day 216 – Macro Lupines
I have one lupine plant that is blooming right now. It had the perfect shades of lavender and purple - my favorite colors. I've done lupines previously but this time I thought I would get up very close and use different apertures. I was going for a narrow depth of field and throwing the background …
Day 215 – Cone Flower
I seem to be running out of time to take photos these days. I'm a huge fan of the Olympics and between work, photos and Olympics, there's not much time to spare. So on my lunch hour today I went home to photograph a single cone flower that is growing in our garden. I noticed …
Day 206 – Black Eyed Susan
Had a busy day/night and didn't have much time to shoot. We have a single black-eyed Susan growing alongside our driveway so that was my focus for this shoot. Another stray seed blown in the wind. I have an area in my garden that is all black-eyed Susans which should be blooming soon. Maralee
Day 181 – Weeds
We have a weed in our garden and I'm not quite sure what it is. The seeds look a lot like a dandelion, but about four times larger. I went out to take photos of them before I pull them out of the ground. I used my macro lens with the focus on different parts …
Through My Lens 