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 …
Something from Nothing?
While I was out taking "focus" photos for the weekly challenge, I saw these weeds through a wife fence. My intention was to try blur out the fence, but I was too close and it didn't make much difference. But I liked how the fence framed the weeds. But it was pretty much a "nothing" …
Thistle Seeds
My thistle weed in my back yard is going to seed and I thought it made for some interesting abstract photos. Maralee
Thistles
This thistle plant is growing in my back yard. I swear it sprang up overnight and is now about five feet tall. While I don't want to touch it (it's very prickly), it is still very pretty and unique. Maralee
Another Flower
This week has been a tough one for me to get out and take photographs. This is another flower that I photographed a few weeks ago and was just waiting to post it at a time when I had trouble getting out to shoot. Maralee
Through My Lens 