Macro Flower 2

It's been raining here for the past two days, but today there was some sun in a break between the clouds. There was just enough time for some of the water to soak into the ground. It's amazing how much has changed in the past couple of days. Flowers are peaking their petals out, the grass is green, and almost all the trees are covered with buds.

I got out today during that break in the clouds and took some more macro flower shots. These images are mostly raw from the camera, with some cropping but no tweaks.

For more macro flowers, check out this page: Macro Flower

Equipment Used:
Nikon D5000 12.3 MP DX Digital SLR Camera
Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Nikon BR-2A - Reverse ring Nikon F - 52 mm thread

Photo Recap

I have been posting my photography on this blog for about 4 months now, and I decided it was time that I put together a categorized list of all my posts. I'm going to try to do this every few months.

Portraits:

Lola at Six Weeks	Lola Five Days Old

Lola at Christmas	I'm and Uncle!

Dayna's Photoshoot	Dayna's Photoshoot 2

Dayna's Photoshoot 3

Macros:

Macro Flower	The Bees

Macro Cacti	Macro Cacti Part 2

Panoramas:

Valley of the Sun Panorama

Winter Sunset Panorama

Three Panorama Pictures

Others:

Old School RPM	Circumhorizontal Arc

Mas Tequila	Camouflage Bug

Kitties!	Pretty Birds

Macro Flower

I was watching one of my co-workers pets while he was away on business and he asked me if I would water his plants. I didn't really think much about it at the time, but when I watered them I noticed that a couple of them had some really little flowers. What really drew my attention is the way that the light was reflecting off of the flower petals. I had my D5000 handy so I decided to strap on my 50mm 1.8 with my reversal ring and start shooting. I didn't spend a lot of time on it because I was there to entertain a dog. The 5 minutes I did spend there turned out pretty well though.

None of these photos have been post processed or cropped. These are all straight from the Nikon. I have shrunk them slightly using FastImageResizer.

More Macros:

Macro Cacti

Macro Cacti Part 2

Macro Cacti Part 2

After a few days of editing I got enough shots to put up another post. These macro shots were taken with my D5000 using a 50mm 1.8 with a reversal ring. This is the second time I have experimented with the cacti in my window. You can check out the first cactus image set here: Macro Cacti

Macro Cacti