the butterfly's brunch

I went to the garden to play with my new
camera, which has a 50X zoom.  I was
impressed with what I could capture from
a fair distance—and handheld too.

[Linking back to Mandarin Orange Monday,
 Macro Monday, and NF Blo-Ma.]

up close and personal

Does anyone else find red flowers very
hard to photograph?  I keep trying, though,
and maybe one of these days I'll capture one just the
way I want it to look.  Meanwhile, here's a little
(about an inch across) bloom from my rescued geranium.

[To see more flower macros, visit NF/Blo-Ma.
For more Ruby Tuesday, go here.] 

Ka-boom!

Doesn't it look like this little
flower just exploded?

[To see more flower close-ups, visit
Nature Footstep/Blo-Ma.]

Foxgloves

These beauties were one of a few
"other" species included in the display
at the rose garden in the Brooklyn Botanic.
I went there to shoot the roses, but thought the 
foxgloves deserved a closeup of their own.

[To see more flower macros, visit NF/Blo-Ma.] 

Moving in Close

I recently got a swell new toy—a lens set for my iPhone, 
with a fisheye, a wide-angle,and a closeup lens.  
Obviously, I haven't quite perfected my macro skills 
with it (you hold the lens about a half-inch from 
your subject), but I'm already having way too much fun!

[Linking back to Shadow Shot Sunday, Today's Flowers,
i heart macro, macro monday, Catching the Light, Blo-Ma]

Just One More

I know, I know. I'm going to change the name
of this blog to The Tulip is Mine. I think I'm done 
now, but they're so beautiful—and so photogenic!

[To see more Ruby Tuesday posts, go here.
And to see more flower macros, go here.]