macro – Jessamyn Tuttle

eggses

A friend gave us some turkey eggs recently, and they were so pretty I made sure to save two of them for photography purposes. I tried some shots on a mirror, some on white matboard and some on black matboard. I think I like the mirror shots best but haven’t completely decided.

roses and other signs of June

It’s the middle of June, which for once has actually been occasionally June-like around here (although admittedly it’s raining right now). Roses are rioting and all the other early summer flowers are doing their thing. It’s an excellent time to take the macro lens out for an airing. I love my macro lens.

feather grass

We have this gigantic ornamental grass (Stipa gigantea, if you want to know)in the front yard that has just burst into bloom. Rain has bowed the stems down so we walk through the little dangling flowers going to and from the front steps, and I was determined that the first time the sun came outContinue reading “feather grass”