A Stroll Through the Garden

Well...I went shopping this week...in the garden section.
I bought two varieties of Tulips and a Daffodil which you will see pictured below. When I planted my newly acquired plants in my Butterfly Garden I discovered these clover (below) and they were just too pretty to pass up.

 Just an old stump I use as a stepping stone...

Notice how the stigma of the flower below is blurred but the pollen is in focus, this is due to the limited depth of field in macro.

Houston Zoo Trip-Part One

Utilizing the "Aperture Priority" setting:

In the picture below I used two popular methods 1. the rule of thirds & 2. "storytelling".
What is "storytelling"? Beginning, middle, and end, the structure of any good story and oftentimes of a good picture. In this picture (below) the water is the "beginning", the duck is the "middle", and the grass is the "end".

A Walk in the Woods

To give you some perspective, the frog pictured below was but two inches long.
Enlarged for detail. :)

Wild Onions

A Closer Look

Don't be afraid to get close. Bees will not sting you unless you try and harm them (taking their picture is not on the list) and unless you're photographing a Venus Fly Trap flowers won't bite. :) In macro moving closer draws the viewer into the photo, making for a more interesting & intimate photograph.

Wildflowers