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Life of the very small

Below is a collection of macro shots that explores life right up close in and around our summer retreat. All of the pictures were taken within a 100-foot radius which shows that you don’t have to look far for interesting pictures if you are willing to look differently.

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New Macro Lens

What do you get when you cross a new macro lens, a bright sunny day, and a backyard in bloom.

A: This post! Check out some recent forays into the world of the small and close up with a few lens ball photos thrown in as a bonus.

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Portraits and Macros

The two kinds of photography that currently have my attention are portraits and macros. I still need more time with my macro technique but I am enjoying the portraits. Hope you do too…

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Nora’s Fall Dance Performance

This last weekend Nora had a dance performance at the SAES fall festival. She only had two numbers but she did great – all her dance practice is really paying off! I’ve thrown in a few macro photos of our verdant backyard. For more than a decade and four different houses everything seemed to die in our backyard. I was beginning to think it was me. Now, on house number five we are having success!

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Macro Photography

Towards the end of the summer in Danbury I took my trusty Nikon outside on a cloudy day and proceeded to see what sorts of close-up Macro shots might present themselves.  It was a wet summer so most of the interesting objects of small scale tended to be fungus.   Enjoy the pictures.