Macro May 2018 - Day 31

And just like that, the month is over. Last photo for Macro May 2018 is these cute little fungi nestled together in the undergrowth....until next year.

Macro May 2018 - Day 30

Not much compares to a rose...

Macro May 2018 - Day 29

Down to the last couple of days for the month and some simple ivy, after the rain.

Macro May 2018 - Day 28

The wonderful potential of a rose bud.

Macro May 2018 - Day 27

This busy little bee took many attempts to try to capture, you should see all the near misses. Not perfectly happy, but I never claimed to take portraits of bees, so he gets no money back.

Macro May 2018 - Day 26

Not a lot of flowers at Page Park right now, but some lovely colours and textures...

Macro May 2018 - Day 25

If you don't live here and watched it on tv, don't let the glorious weather from last weekend's royal wedding fool you, the rest of the week has been gloomy and wet! The snails are out and loving it, but some of us humans (especially the ones who used to live in California) not so much.

Macro May 2018 - Day 24

Another gloomy day around here and of course when I saw my perfect macro shot my camera was at home...so sad. Beads it is then.

Macro May 2018 - Day 23

It was another scramble this evening as I roamed the house for a suitable subject.

Macro May 2018 - Day 22

As the month wears on the challenge gets harder. I know people approach MacroMay in different ways; while some store up photos ahead of time and post one a day, I challenge myself to each day of May take a new photo to post. As the month end nears though, the struggle increases.

Thank you to my hubby for today's inspiration, not sure why I didn't think of it before. This photo captures the truly narrow depth of field involved in macro photography; this was shot at an aperture of f/5.6, which with any other lens would give a considerable depth of field and a lot in focus, but here and at this proximity you can see how little there is to work with. Fun huh?!

Macro May 2018 - Day 21

Visited another friend's garden today. I am often surprised by what catches my eye once I upload my photos, it's not always what I would necessarily expect.

Macro May 2018 - Day 20

Another departure from florals, I decided to do a still life today, just to try something different. I didn't have too much on hand and was losing light rapidly, as well as multitasking as I made dinner for the family. But it works...

Macro May 2018 - Day 19

Macro May 2018 - Day 18

Loving all the pretty blossom surrounding us, wherever we turn, these days.

Macro May 2018 - Day 17

Little more abstract today but I like it.

Macro May 2018 - Day 16

I poked around a friend's garden today and this plant in the corner caught my eye. It had no need for flowers because the gorgeous leaves look like this...

Macro May 2018 - Day 15

Halfway through the month already. Another change up from florals because I've photographed everything I have access to in local parks, and yeah, that nonexistent garden we have. Who has a garden I can hit up?

Macro May 2018 - Day 14

Macro May 2018 - Day 13

More little flowers...

Macro May 2018 - Day 12

It's bluebell season here in the UK, it doesn't last long but there's nothing better than the carpet of blue/purple when you find it. I still need to figure out where that is, local to us, but wanted to capture a solo one too. Such beautiful flowers. I'm loving all the purple shades this week.