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Archive for the ‘Macro’


Pretty little thing

On our way to a valley overlook, I ran across this interesting little flower by the side of the trail…

Gone heart-shaped

I’ve discovered that bins of beads can make for some interesting (and easy to find!) photo opportunities. Here’s a shot I took a while back in a trinket store in Albuquerque, New Mexico:

I wish the beads were a bit shinier, but didn’t think the store owner would be too wild about me hanging [...]

Knee deep in lunchtime

I pulled up this summer shot to remind me of warmer times, if only as a break between bouts of snow-shoveling…

Round & round

A beautifully inscribed pattern on some needle etched (“two-tone”) Navajo pottery…

Dia de los muertos

I saw this in a trinket shop in Albuquerque ages ago, and have been pretty much sitting on the shot, waiting for a fitting date…

Saxifrage

Another vote in favor of serendipity:

At one point in our driving tour of the Canadian Maritimes, we were driving through a little Newfoundland town called Cow Head. Since we were moving slowly, checking out the scenery, it was pretty easy to stop for a bit to check out the local church’s garden. This [...]

A thistle by any other name…

…still stings!

Green eyes, looking at me…

Note to self — a ring light is a good thing for macro photography, but can result in odd catch-lights

A world in a drop of water

There are interesting scenes everywhere — not just where you’re expecting them.

Lunch time

This past weekend, our family and some friends drove up to Steamboat Springs for a quick little get-away in the mountains. One of our little side trips was to Fish Creek Falls — I’ll upload pictures of them in the future, but for today thought I’d share this image of a “local” that we ran [...]