Everyone has their personal preference on whether they like their photos completely in focus or with some soft focus. For my flowers, I generally tend to like the soft focus more. My macro lens does a beautiful job of blurring the edges when I use a small aperture. It's a long weekend for us so …
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 …
Day 167 – Working with Macro and Depth of Field
I'm still working with my new macro lens and depth-of-field. I've found that even when I use a small aperture, the depth-of-field is still fairly shallow with the macro lens. And with a large aperture, the depth-of-field is miniscule. And it changes quite a bit just moving a few inches from the subject. All of …
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Day 143 – Hazelnut Macro
I picked up a couple of hazelnuts off the sidewalk today and thought they would be a good subject to practice with my new macro lens. These nuts were about the size of a dime and I was happy to see how well the macro lens picked up the detail on such a small subject. …
Day 99 – In the Garden
Today was one of those days that are perfect for working in the garden. Not too cold, not too hot . . . just right. So it was time to go out and clean out some of the garden beds. While cutting back some old growth from last year, some ladybugs crawled out. I ran …
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