Close-ups and macro shots

Last week blogger friend, Sandra (Madsnapper) mentioned macro photography. I replied and said although I've had my camera for two years, I have never used the macro function; in fact, I told her I didn't know where to find it! She explained that it has to be on my camera: it's depicted by a flower. 

Light bulb moment! 

While I was walking the dogs in the bottom paddock last week, I stopped and looked for the macro functions; AKA the little flower icon. I found it. I pressed the button but nothing showed on my screen. Then I remembered that when I first bought the camera I HAD used this function and that it worked in conjunction with the manual function!

I set the camera and took several photos (see below)

A little fuzzy

A little clearer

The wind was blowing (as it does on the slopes) and I had to hold the next flower's stem so that I could photograph it.

Because I love photographing my animals...

Skabenga in macro shot

And Eddie

On one of our [many] walks earlier in the week, I took these photos below. I used the Auto function and zoomed in on the subject! 

Dew drops on a spider web across the foliage 

I wanted to capture the early morning sunlight on these grasses 

Close-up, the pink tinged blade of grass made a beautiful subject

Dandelion 

The next photos I took from the top. The fuzzy background is the gravel below the flower.

Quite surreal...

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