No big finale, but it is the last day of May and my macro challenge. We made it! Thanks for following along and cheering me on….without the accountability of posting here it would have been easier to give up on the days I lacked inspiration (and there were certainly a few). It may be a minor accomplishment but I’m glad to have completed the month.
At a local park and in the midst of the sea of green this bush stood out; the whole thing was a beautiful burgundy. Different is good!
I was driving to get groceries, losing light fast, hoping i’d see something on my way. At the base of a tree along the side of the street was a tree with a bunch of these white flowers at the bottom, I couldn’t even make them out properly until I’d parked and got out…they were my only and last option for the day. Love the beautiful simplicity of the white and green.
One of our local parks has a plant box full of various herbs and edible plants for everyone in the community to help themselves to (as in trim what you need, not dig up and take home :P ). This is currently growing, no idea what it is, but thought the buds were quite striking. Let me know if you know what it is.
The cutest teeny tiny mushrooms which I would normally have completely missed - but I observe differently when I’m looking to take macro shots.
Here we have the English Bluebell (Day 9 was the Spanish bluebell) same beautiful colour but very different presence :P Where the Spanish Bluebell stands tall, strong and erect, the English Bluebell is more demure and dainty…of course there are also some hybrids these days but I am no plant expert and those are just the main differences I am aware of. Love them both :)
Not quite as sharp as I would like; the breeze just would not let up. Still pretty though and it gives it more of a painterly effect I think.
The weather is definitely working against me over here..so a bit of a different one for today. I kind of like it :)
Terrible weather; wind and rain. Felt very limited for options today, but middle was painting, so here ya go.
Day 3, windy all morning (biggest macro enemy) rain all afternoon, rain predicted for the rest of the week. Add to that a ‘check engine’ light on the car dashboard which we couldn’t get looked at because it’s a bank holiday so everything is closed and it all feels pretty miserable. Wandered around the house aimlessly trying to find something to photograph but also wanted something a bit prettier so two today. Let’s hope this week somehow improves.
Day 2 - The trees around us are gorgeous and full of blossoms, the ground covered with their petal confetti. It’s such a short lived season but I do love it…I have many, many photos of blossom over the years and I’m sure I will never tire of them
Well here we are again in May! I was undecided and not very motivated to take part in Macro May this year, really not hugely motivated to do much of anything if truth be told…but if only for that reason, I’m pushing myself. My camera barely comes out of the camera bag these days and we were well into the evening before I even ventured out to see what I could find close by. There wasn’t much; our weather has been so weird, but I found buds and buds are full of potential and hope, something we all need these days. So here we go…day 1 of Macro May 2021. Feel free to join in and post along.
