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Macro Moments

Canon 6D, 180mm F/3.5 Macro, 1/1000, iso 640

Always fun to pull out my macro lens after a drizzle... That's the real color by the way, hardly any post processing!

Signs of Spring

Canon 20D, 60mm F/2.8, f/9, 1/500, iso 200

Signs of Spring, everywhere you look. Especially if you look closely.

Dancing Shoes

Canon 5D Mark II, 180mm F/3.5 Macro, f/4.5, 1/1600, iso 400

Just thought I'd put up something bright and cheery, a warm thought for all of you dealing with cold Winter storms.

Nature's Cradle

Canon 5D Mark II, 180mm F/3.5 Macro, 1/60, iso 1000

Came across this very lovely, but very tiny, scene on a walk yesterday. Nature is so wonderful and unpredictable.

Rainwonder

Canon 5D Mark II, 180mm Macro, f/5, 1/320, iso 320

Nature always inspires and amazes me. So that certainly calls for inventing another new word - Rainwonder.

Sunday Love

Canon 5D Mark II, 180mm F/3.5 Macro, f/4.5, 1/100, iso 250

Evidently flower macros are more popular than grafitti, so here is another. Feeling good this morn, hence the Sunday Love title.

Topaz Tuesday - B&W Macro

Canon 5D Mark II, 180mm F/3.5 Macro,

I just love having a macro lens. This subject is really tiny. maybe a half inch across at the widest.  Macro lenses take you into the smallest worlds.

This was a pleasing image in color, but I thought going B&W would give it some extra pop.

I found a preset in Topaz B&W called "warm tone II smooth" that gave me just what I was looking for. As always, check out the original image on the Continue link below.

 

Happy Birthday Dad

Canon 5D Mark II, 180mm F/3.5 Macro, f/5, 1/200, iso 200

My dad has always loved gardening and working in the yard. Sometime back I found out Peonies are his favorite. His birthday was this week. Fortunately we happen to have some in our yard. So here's a happy birthday pic for Dad.

Drops

Canon 1D Mk III, 180mm Macro F/3.5, f/5.6, 1/250, iso 320

I love macro shots with water drops. They are hard to do though. About the time you get everything in order, the drop falls off!

Train Art Series - Day One

Canon 5D II, 180mm F/3.5 Macro

Hey everyone, time for a new series. I struggled with a name for this series. In the end, I wanted something simple. This is "decay art" and it is courtesy old train cars. So I'm just going with "train art."

I want to give you a brief background. Have mentioned several times on the blog how inspired I have been by the images of John Barclay's friend Bill, unfortunately no longer with us. He was a master of composition, often of small areas he found.

When I went to the Palouse last summer, for my last morning I decided to shoot some old railcars. My intention was to capture some interesting looking graffiti.

And I shot the graffiti for a while. Then something happened. This does not occur often for me, but it is a thrill when it does. Sort of a "sixth sense." Something in these scenes was calling me. I just sort of leaned on my tripod mounted camera and slowly stared at the tired old railcars. And I started seeing these patterns. Tiny. But vibrant. 

All of a sudden it was like I was seeing in a completely new way. It was a "Bill Moment." It felt like I could just float through the air and effortlessly see interesting patterns that were made by man and nature. Paint and rust. Steel and decades of forces to break it down.

Well, hopefully the images in this series lead up to my somewhat breathless introduction. These were all shot with the 180mm macro, and most of the areas are just a few inches wide.