Monday 19 July 2010

Black and White Macro

French Onion...


Garlic Clove...


Garlic Clove....


Fusilli Pasta


Onion



Some black and white images here taken with the macro lens this evening in the kitchen...





A couple more macro images taken in the apartment this evening, Cherry tomatoes and a Red Onion the subject matter...

Bananas






A couple of macro images of Bananas, playing about with the camera at home...

Wednesday 16 June 2010

Macro Images; 16th June 2010

Grasshopper

Hoverfly

Spider


A few images from Tyresta national park from this morning where I spent time looking for insects to shoot with the Sigma 150mm Macro...

Thursday 10 June 2010

Splash Photos











Some more experiments here, high speed splash photography which I shot in the sink. Exterrnal flash used, an SB-600 Speedlight in commander mode, which was bounced off the wall behind the falling drops. Sigma 150 macro used on the D90....

Lacewing


Macro image of a Lacewing, a really delicate and beautiful insect this. Got this shot in a garden on a lawn, handheld with the Sigma 150mm....

Frog Pair


Another shot from the terrarium at Nordens Ark....

Wednesday 9 June 2010

Rose Centre


A favourite image from the past week, a pristine red rose the subject, its centre the focus on this close up macro shot....

Flower Macro












Some macro shots featuring flower centres taken over the past week. Alway interesting subjects and I enjoy taking shots of the flower centres, often getting interesting shots in the process...

Butterfly; Ramsvik


Butterfly on Dandelion at Ramsvik nature reserve in southwest Sweden....

Rose Cockchafer; Ramsvik






A Rose Cockchafer Cetonia Aurata feeding on Rowan blossom on the reserve at Ramsvik in southwest Sweden. A stunning beetle in everyway...

Sunsets; Hunnebo Strand












Sunset images taken over two evenings at Hunnebostrand on the atlantic coast in southwest Sweden. Quite spectacular, and as usual a camera lens does not do the spectacle justice...

Spider












Whilst wandering around a vegetable plot I came acroos this tiny spider species on a gooseberry plant. A very small spider this and it was tough to get good shots as I had no tripod with me on the day...

Nordens Ark Terrarium

Frog Species; what a beast he is too, surely the inspiration behind Jabba de Hutt....


Gecko; Quite incredible colours...

Frog Pair at rest...


Nordens Ark, the terrarium provided some lovely photographic opportunities, though dealing with different lighting at each exhibit was tough. The best three shots posted here..

Nordens Ark

Amur Leopard; the rarest large cat on earth...


Tiger

A couple of big cat shots taken on a day out to Nordens Ark, a zoo in southwest sweden.

Macro Images

Lichen covered branch...


A Dandelion seed caught in spider silk...

A couple on images taken in a garden at Hunnebostrand in southwest Sweden...

A trip to the garden centre....








Three images grabbed on a trip to a garden centre in southwest Sweden....

Monday 24 May 2010

Pansy


A very striking image taken today, my best shot of the trip I reckon. Just grabbed a few shots on the way by these plants and manged to get this shot...

Koi Carp


A favourite image from today, two ghost Koi Carp shot in an aqarium today...

Flower Stamens






A couple more macros here of flower stamens. Nice bright colours help a great deal..

Cactus Macro





Again macro images, these are details of cactus. Shot today in a greenhouse, not sure which image works best for me...