Reposting – My Backyard through a Macro
This post was originally done as a Weekend Wandering post back in 2014 on my old blog. It was also one of my first times using a macro lens, can’t believe it is over 10 […]
Floral Friday – Some from the past
Today we are going right back, right back to the start for me using a macro lens. These were all taken in 2014. The first few were from a Nikon 40mm macro lens and I […]
Comparing phones with some flowers from the garden
Here is the post to compare the two phones. My previous phone was the Samsung A73 and now I have the Google Pixel 9. As I said yesterday the biggest reason for getting the new […]
Monochrome Madness – Flowers out in the garden
This week is a non theme one for monochrome madness and when I was trying to work out what to do for it I decided to get out in the garden. There are lots of […]
Is macro photography the direction I should head in?
I first fell in love with macro photography back in 1997, I think it was. I had joined a photography club where some people showed macro photos of flowers; it was instant love. Unfortunately, I […]
Extension tubes vs no extension tubes
I know I did a post about extension tubes once before, and I think I told you that I was going to try and get more to see how they would work. Well, I got […]
Sunday floral offerings – Looking forward to a blooming garden
Today’s photos are from my early macro images. I’ve had a macro lens now for over 6 years and it is still one of my favourite types of photography. During the pandemic, I was able […]
Not so many flowers
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. It is true I’m struggling with the garden and getting lots of flowers. I know what the problem is and this winter I have a lot of […]
Struman Optics macro lens and a discount
Since you all seemed to enjoy the last post I did on the macro lens for your phone, I thought it might be nice to do a follow-up.
A new macro lens for my phone
Last week I received a new parcel in the mail and it was a macro lens for my phone from Struman Optics.
Recapping mushrooms
It is so easy to think that macro photography is all about flowers and insects. However, there is another type of subject that I love to photograph with my macro lens, but I don’t get […]
Trying the Fujifilm macro lens
I have been loaned the Fujifilm XF80mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro lens again, but this time I am trying to decide if I really want it.
The starter two months on
Now it is time to look at what has happened to the starter two months on. It is easier to get flour now, so that has made the whole thing so much better. Still, there […]
Monochrome Madness – Playing with the Fujifilm macro
It has been a while since I posted for Monochrome Madness and I just got the Fujifilm macro lens which I’ve been playing with.
Floral Friday – Back to the garden
Part of the reason I wanted flowers in my garden was so I could use flowers in it for Floral Friday so today it was back into it. These were taken with the Struman Optics […]
Floral Friday – The X-T3 for flowers
Since my big news yesterday I thought it might be good to show some flowers that were taken with the X-T3 for Floral Friday.
Floral Friday – The garden with the Struman macro lens
For Floral Friday I thought I would head out to the garden with the Struman Optics macro lens on my phone. As spring gets closer there is more to see.
Floral Friday – Mum’s garden again
It was good to see you enjoying Floral Friday last week with my mum’s garden, so I thought I would show it again. This time it was just after the rain.
Floral Friday – Mum’s garden
Winter is a hard time for macro photography so I thought it might be nice take a look at some photos I took of Mum’s garden for Floral Friday.
Floral Friday – Looking back some macro images
Today for Floral Friday I thought I might try looking back at some macro images. I like doing this from time to time. It is a good opportunity to show images again.