Flower macros

[Click]

Nice series, varoonprasad. I especially like the last picture.

 

[chrysoberyl]

Southern Slender Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes gracilis). I didn't measure them, but the blossom openings are 2-3mm across.

Lovely shot, chrysoberyl.

Thanks, Click. I have lately gotten back into macro. This was taken with a 5D IV + Milvus 100mm + 56mm extension tubes.

 

[chrysoberyl]

I took this blossom at the onset of spring. Canon 7D mark ii + 100m macro non-L

Nice; very three-dimensional.

 

[lion rock]

I shot some.
-r

 

[Click]

I shot some.
-r

Beautiful. I especially like the first and second one. Nicely done, lion rock.

 

[lion rock]

Thanks Click.
I like the first one more. It was a dainty wild flower growing by the side of the neighborhood road.
-r

Beautiful. I especially like the first and second one. Nicely done, lion rock.

 

[djack41]

Nice but beware of distracting backgrounds.

 

[lion rock]

I understand.
Thanks.
-r

Nice but beware of distracting backgrounds.

 

[chrysoberyl]

I shot some.
-r

Very nice. The first is a Deptford Pink? The third one is nicely detailed.

 

[lion rock]

Thank you Chrysoberyl for your comments.
I googles the name you provided. Looks like, indeed, it is "Dianthus Armeria," common name Deptford Pink. Thanks for the pointer.
-r

I shot some.
-r

Very nice. The first is a Deptford Pink? The third one is nicely detailed.

 

[chrysoberyl]

Asiatic Dayflower.

 

[rpt]

Asiatic Dayflower.

Lovely! It made me smile.

 

[stevelee]

I noticed that the crocuses just below the bushes in front of my house are in bloom. So just after 4:00 this afternoon I put the 100mm macro lens on my 6D2 and took some hand-held shots, using the flippy screen to compose them. I think I like this one the best:

 

[Click]

Nicely done, stevelee.

 

[stevelee]

Nicely done, stevelee.

Thanks. I rarely use autofocus with that lens, particularly when shooting a macro distances. I had noticed the flowers right before lunch, but had promised a neighbor that I would take her for a doctor's appointment, so it was almost 4pm before we got back and I finally had a chance to try some pictures. I was about to lose the sunlight on the flowers, and so I felt I didn't have time to set up a tripod and work on things so near the ground and manually focus and control depth of field. I decided to press my luck, and got several shots that were surprisingly good. This one seems to me to have the parts in focus I would have picked had I worked at it. My limited experience with the 6D2 suggests that its autofocus system is excellent.

 

[Dr.D]

Like snowflakes, no 2 the same.

 

[Click]

Like snowflakes, no 2 the same.

Lovely. Nicely done.

 

[stevelee]

More crocus blooms were open, so I took some more shots:

 

[stevelee]

Before I had a real macro lens, I got some cheap extension tubes about five years ago and tried some shots with them. Since they didn't connect the electronics to the lens, shots were wide open. I had a potted chrysanthemum with tiny blooms.

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, stevelee.