Category Archives: Macro

Light Available 0

Tropical Lace, by richard. We were walking in the tropical forest behind Anse Mamin in St. Lucia last summer when it started to rain.  We took relative shelter under some dense foliage and shared some time with this beauty and its small attendant.  Between the overcast sky and the shadow from the trees, there was [...]

Rumors of my blogodeath are greatly exaggerated! 0

In the old days when I was a Ham Radio operator, if a contact suddenly went off the air for an extended period of time, we used the phrase ‘silent key’ when wondering about him. It usually meant that the operator had passed away.  If I had to describe my photographic activity for the last [...]

Macro challenges, part II 0

The Meal by Richard. I loved playing with my rented Macro lens. It was a 100mm f/2.8 with autofocus and when the conditions were right it allowed me to get some fantastic images. Some of them actually turned into good photographs, but macro photography requires special talents and I have a way to go before [...]

White Blossoms with Green Tail 0

White Blossoms with Green Tail by Richard. This is the last of them for today. Linda held the light above and forward and feathered it away from the background. The rain was over, the wind had abated and this was shot at 1/100 @ f/32 at ISO 400. If anybody knows what plants these are, [...]