My first macro of the year

[damage]

First time out yesterday with the macro lens this year, here are 2 shots taken in the garden yesterday afternoon.


red on white , hard on soft by John Chorley, on Flickr


Sleeping Bee s by John Chorley, on Flickr

 

[mattd85]

Very nice john, nice to see you back

 

[XFile2708]

Cracking second shot - great work

 

[GardenersHelper]

Excellent. Lovely colours and compositions in both.

 

[DayDreamer]

I like them & hope one day to try & take similar but will be a learning curve for me

 

[friedeggbanjo]

Wow, love number two. Great crisp image and depth of field.

 

[dinorock]

number 2 is stunning lovely and sharp across the whole subject

 

[TimmyG]

Both beautiful images. I really like the second one, but have you rotated it? I'm not a plant expert but my expectation is the flower to grow upwards, so with the stem coming out the side it makes me rotate my head to view the image how I expect it to be (it may have been growing sideways of course, but without more context it is a bit confusing).

 

[damage]

Thanks everyone, yes Timmy I have rotated it , I prefer the bee in this orientation

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Super start this year John.