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Macro Monday: Tulips

Winter's Return

Patiently Awaiting Spring

With temps in the mid 60's last Friday was the perfect day for a bit of nature photography. Of all the photos I took these two macro shots are my favorites.

As I was focusing in on the bud I noticed the beautiful golden colors and distinct lines created in the blur of the other sappers and the tree, so while my cameras focus was the bud, mine was the background.

 Now my thoughts as I on that beautiful day.

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Have a beautiful Monday!

Hopping Along

Their armor really is quite amazing if not a bit scary looking.

Monday Morning Macros

Mmmm... 

Okay, so that title is a bit lame.

All I can say is;

It is Monday morning after all!

How about a closer look at that little critter?

Random Flowers

I wanted to share some flowers with everyone to get the week off to a cheerful start, but realized my current selection of flowers was a little sparse. So here are a few more from my archives. 

 So there we are, a few flowers to start off the week.

Have a wonderful week!

Eleanor Roosevelt Comes For a Visit

Last week we had a lone visitor in our back yard. This pretty flower popped up and after a bit of research I discovered this is the Eleanor Roosevelt Iris.

I checked on it every day and finally it began to open.

Just look at the gorgeous color!

With the sun shining on the petals these macro's look more chartreuse than purple but oh my it still a beautiful flower, and the detail in it's beard just fantastic.

Unfortunately the end of the week got busy and I didn't get a chance to take more pictures until today. I headed out figuring that I would get some great shots as surely the second bud must be open by now. Much to my sorrow this is what it looked like when I went out to photograph it this morning.

Not sure if I waiting too long or if maybe the sever thunderstorms we had the last two days just ruined this beautiful flower. Oh well, next time I will pay closer attention.

Spring Dreaming

Can you feel it? I know I can, or maybe it is just a vivid dream.

If you enjoy macro photography like I do why not head over to i heart macro and join in the fun.

Still My Steal Heart

If someone would have told me even two years ago that my heart would race at the sight of steal I would have laughed. However, over that last few years I have been exploring a wider range of photographic subjects and now I tend to get rather excited about the oddest of things. Like this close up of the inside of a steal tube.

Be sure to click on the photo for a larger view, that way you get the full effect and can see the fine streaks of color in the metal. 

Or these droplets of water on the windshield, which I shared here.

Then my mind say, 'hey these two would make a really cool composite art piece' and walla; The water drops photo becomes a hard light layer over the steal photo.

And that is how my abstract mind works, especially when shooting macro and abstract photographs. Now hop over to Lisa's Chaos and enjoy some of the great macro photos shared this week.

Summer Colors

Here are a few of the beautiful summer colors I captured over the weekend.

Macro Monday Submission

Have a fantastic week!

linking up with Lisa's Chaos for Macro Monday.

Macro Monday: Albino Spider

This little guy must like going for rides. He sat on the lawnmower the entire time my son-in-law was mowing the yard, and even stayed for me to take his photograph.

Macro Monday: Nature

The beauty of nature never ceases to amaze me.

Linking up with Lisa's Chaos for Macro Monday.