Macro Flowers & Butterflies | Leaf Design Shape and contour make interesting photographs.
The Back Story A simple afternoon walkabout sometimes yields a nice image if you have the right lens attached.
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| Event | Daily Walkabout |
| Location | Northern Illinois |
| Date/Time | 6/06/2021 4:25 pm Local Time |
| Weather | Cloudy | 82°F | Moderate Winds |
| Method | Time and patience are required to focus. |
| Gear | Nikon 1 V3 with a 135mm lens and 21mm extension tube |
Macro Flowers & Butterflies | Wet Red A bit of water changes the entire composition. A walkabout after a nice rain always turns up something unique. In this case, water droplets and shadow created a compelling image.
The Back Story After a warm rain, I took my daily walkabout between showers. The heat and humidity made it a bit uncomfortable. However, there were plenty of flowers with water droplets to choose from.
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| Event | Daily Walkabout |
| Location | Northern Illinois |
| Date/Time | 6/08/2021 4:01 pm Local Time |
| Weather | Partly Cloudy | 90°F | Light Winds |
| Method | Find flowers with rain drops on them, use an extension tube to get close, manually focus, click. |
| Gear | Nikon 1 V3 with a 135mm lens and 21mm extension tube. |
2020 Good Riddance | Crystal Ball Here’s hoping your crystal ball reflects a better 2021. It’s a good bet. Shouldn’t be too hard to be better than 2020. For the whole story with all images, see 2020 Good Riddance | a 7 Image Story.
2020 Good Riddance | Slim Pickings Where did the worms go in 2020? It’s been slim pickings for a poor starving Robin. And, no I don’t eat seeds! For the whole story with all images, see 2020 Good Riddance | a 7 Image Story.
2020 Good Riddance | a 7 Image Story Finally, 2020 remains sadly in our rear view mirror. It was a very bad year. Bad really does not give justice to 2020. Perhaps, the word should be terrible or awful; something way worse than bad. Certainly, it was one of the worst years in my life and probably one of the worst in many people’s lives. Hopefully, 2021 will be much better. These images were selected more by mood than by quality. They were all captured close to my home. Looking forward to a longer travel path next year!
Path Less Traveled This bike and walking path looks like many folks may feel this year. It looks forward to warmer weather and sunny days. Lonely Coyote A lonely coyote looks back at the tough life behind him. Unfortunately, his immediate future does not look any easier. Landscape Unclear Uncertainty blurred most days and weeks in 2020. It was a year of many surprises and many reactions, which were very hard to see coming. Our new normal was not much like our old normal. Slim Pickings Where did the worms go in 2020? It’s been slim pickings for a poor starving Robin. And, no I don’t eat seeds! Split Time Split time between 2020 and 2021! Luckily 2020’s waning light reflects from our rear view mirror. Through the windshield, 2021 comes into focus. Need Wings We’ll all need wings in 2021 to catch up. It’ll be a slow start. Crystal Ball Here’s hoping your crystal ball reflects a better 2021. It’s a good bet. Shouldn’t be too hard to be better than 2020.
Each image from 2020 Good Riddance | a 7 Image Story will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category 2020 Good Riddance.
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A Bit of Winter | Icy Macro Everything looks much different when viewed up close, even a bit of ice against a wheel. For the whole story with all images, see A Bit of Winter | a 7 Image Story.
A Bit of Winter | Driftwood Ice Old driftwood and new ice combine to make a classic macro image using an extension tube and a classic portrait lens. For the whole story with all images, see A Bit of Winter | a 7 Image Story.
A Bit of Winter | a 7 Image Story Winter finally arrived late December. A little snow and ice adds so much texture and background to winter images. Even macro images embrace the structures in ice. Birds and critters look so brilliant against the snow and ice.
Pug Loves Snow Pugs love snow until their feet get too cold. Sometimes they like to eat the snow. Ice Designs Thin ice, a couple inches of snow, and a touch of water make for cool designs. Snowy Dark-eyed Junco Juncos are so cool. They fly around with little tuxedos. And, they stick around all year around. Driftwood Ice Old driftwood and new ice combine to make a classic macro image using an extension tube and a classic portrait lens. Squirrel on Ice This little fox squirrel must be really hungry to chance the icy tree limbs for a few nibbles of food. Icy Macro Everything looks much different when viewed up close, even a bit of ice against a wheel. Blue Jay Winter would not be the same without the Blue Jays brightening the day. Driftwood Ice Old driftwood and new ice combine to make a classic macro image using an extension tube and a classic portrait lens.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category A Bit of Winter.
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