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Monday, December 5, 2016

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...

HAPPY MONDAY TO YOU ALL! 

7 comments:

  1. You didn't take long to get the hang of it these are lovely photographs.

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  2. Although I really love landscapes and portraiture, I absolutely love macro shots. They are so beautiful and creative and you've done a nice job with yours.

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  3. I LOVE Macro. these are beautiful and of course Macro Skabenga and Macro Eddie are my favorites.. thos flowers are so pretty and the grass is just gorgeous..

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  4. Hello, pretty macro shots. I love the flowers and your animals. HAPPY Monday, enjoy your new week ahead!

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  5. Wonderful photos of nature's beauty. AND your four legged friends/family members...I adore!!

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  6. Those are some nice first macro shots - congratulations. And I'll have some more pit mining photos over the next couple of weeks for your memories :)

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  7. I love macro but with my big go-to lens I have to back up and zoom in, then it's not so macro. You got some great shots here.

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