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52 Photo Challenge: Week 29-Macro

“The skies and land are so enormous, and the detail so precise and exquisite that wherever you are you are isolated in a glowing world between the macro and the micro, where everything is sidewise under you and over you, and the clocks stopped long ago.”—Ansel Adams

This week my assignment for the 52 photo challenge was macro photography. The idea is to showcase a subject larger than it is in real life—an extreme close-up. These are my favorite types of photos and I was excited to spend some time looking for things to zoom in on.

I spent the morning at Folsom Lake with the dragonflies and then finished up with a few shots in my backyard. I alternated between my macro lens and my 14-150mm lens. Let me know which shot you like best and have a fantastic week!

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Bonus lake photo:

  • Photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW
  • If you want to join the 52 Photo Challenge, you can find all the information at nicolesy.com

52 Photo Challenge
Week 1: Bokeh
Week 2: Silhouette
Week 3: Black and White
Week 4: Motion Blur
Week 5: Texture
Week 6: Framing
Week 7: Leading Lines
Week 8: Negative Space
Week 9: Patterns
Week 10: Symmetry
Week 11: Green
Week 12: Sidelight
Week 13: Sense of Scale
Week 14: One Lens
Week 15: Series
Week 16: Flat Lay
Week 17: Behind the Scenes
Week 18: Water
Week 19: Blurry Foreground
Week 20: Unique Perspective
Week 21: Shadow
Week 22: Food
Week 23: Abstract
Week 24: Reflection
Week 25: Contrast Color
Week 26: Think in Threes
Week 27: Starburst
Week 28: Low Perspective

64 thoughts on “52 Photo Challenge: Week 29-Macro”

  6. Love the dragonflies. Amazing how you can get a clear photo as usually they are moving so fast. Yay for the kitty, of course, but I really like # 8 with the little bee looking up at you. 🙂

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    • Thanks! It was slightly windy and they were clinging to the waving plants. #4 was hovering in the air. It was a thrill to capture that shot (after taking about a hundred of them in the air all blurry). I was so captivated that I didn’t hear a truck pull up behind me and when the owner’s dog barked I about jumped out of my skin! I love how photography can fully engage my senses.

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    • I did! #4 was taken in flight. He was hovering for about 10 seconds and I managed to get that lucky shot. It was thrilling! The ladybird didn’t have any spots, which made the contrast even greater I think.

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    • I had a feeling they would be 🙂 Jake continues to be such a great neighborhood cat and so darn photogenic. I read that seeing a ladybug without spots is a sign of impending pregnancy (not me!), but I’m doing a maternity photoshoot for one of my favorite people on Thursday and I’m taking it as a positive sign.

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    • Those two photos were taken in my backyard, #9 is a weed most people hate but that I find quite lovely. I’m a sucker for water reflections too and the sky was being extra beautiful and cooperative.

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  21. Gorgeous photos as always, Bridgette. My favourites are #4 because that shot of the dragonfly in flight, legs lightly tucked under him, is incredible. The detail is wonderful—also, #7, the ladybird photo; I’ve never seen a ladybird without spots. Finally, I had to go with #10 – Jake is adorable and as for those green eyes … . I like the photo of the lake, too. Much love to you, my friend. Xx 😘🌹💕

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