Macro Photography – June 2024
/My yard is full of subjects for macro photography this time of year.
The wildflower garden is in its second season and is very lush after the spring rains…both flowers and insects abound.
The area in our front yard that once hosted a large tree (before we moved here) now has mushrooms after almost every rain. It is surprising how quickly they can develop and then degrade to black goo.
One of the daylilies I planted last under the red maple is blooming this year. Hopefully the plant will propagate to surround the trunk. There are enough buds to appreciate this year from a photographic standpoint.
I’ve found several eggs in the grass and always try a photograph. This one was white. The cracks in the shell around the edges and inside appealed to me. The grass offers a sense of scale.
I took pictures of two small branches blown off by an overnight storm – making a macro image of the part that interested me the most.
The two ‘hens’ that I bought last year at a farmers’ market have more and more chicks. There were only 3 chicks at the beginning of the season. I count more than 30 chicks in this image when I look at it on a bigger monitor!
I enjoy ‘filling the frame’ with magnified images from my yard!