teeny tiny

Can't tell you what kind of flower this is—
aside from saying it's very small.
I took this shot with a macro
lens on my phone.

[Linking back to Macro Monday
and Blue Monday Two (thanks,
Magical Mystical Teacher!)]

Thursday Challenge—"yellow"

I captured this tiny flower
with a close-up lens on my iPhone
(so hard to focus, but lots of fun).

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

a little red beetle

Unlike yesterday's antsy (so to speak) insect,
this little beetle was willing to pose
for me, without budging, for a looong time.

[It's Ruby Tuesday; to see more, go here.
Am also linking back to Macro Monday
and to Nature Footstep/Blo-Ma.
And it's the first of the month, so I've posted to my Paris blog.]

You lookin' at me?

My friends and I were relaxing on their deck
and were joined by a baby praying mantis.  I popped
a closeup lens on my phone, but when I tried
to take the picture the mantis jumped onto the phone!
(This picture was taken with my regular camera.)

Eventually, I coaxed it into letting me 
snap this shot with the closeup lens.
(Working with insects takes patience!)

[Linking back to Macro Monday and i heart macro.]

Mellow Yellow/Macro Monday

Hadn't been in the garden in a while, but
went yesterday with my new(ish)
iPhone macro lens. It's not that easy to
focus (no depth of field whatsoever), but
worth the effort when it works, I think. And
I do love my toys!  :~}

[To see more Mellow Yellow, visit Gemma's meme.
For more Macro Monday pics, 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.]

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]