Monochrome Madness: Tripods

Posted on July 18, 2024

This is the first time I’ve participated in Leanne’s Monochrome Madness challenge, so please be gentle with me.

This week’s theme is ‘tripods’. Now, I do possess a tripod but the truth is that I don’t use it very often. These days, most of my photos are taken with my smartphone rather than my DSLR. I don’t think I’m the only one, either.

Even when I was using a ‘proper’ camera kit, the tripod didn’t get deployed that often. However, I do have a very good macro lens (Nikkor 105mm) and it would have been madness indeed not to have used a tripod in conjunction with that.

Anyway, this is a macro shot of the reproductive parts of a lily, complete with that pollen (orange in real life) that you can never properly get off your clothes if you accidentally brush against it. The white leaves form the background (so those grey dots aren’t dust on my mirror).

Monochrome Madness: Tripods

Category: Flowers, Macro Tagged: Black & White, Lilies, Macro, Macro Lens, Monochrome-Madness, Nikkor 105mm macro, pollen

Looking Into The Lily

Posted on November 3, 2021

It’s macro week in Cee’s ongoing midweek challenge.

This is another image captured on my iPhone using the Halide photo app, which features what I think is a pretty impressive macro capability.

CMMC: November Macro

Category: Flowers, Macro Tagged: Close-up, CMMC, Flowers, Lilies, Macro, Smartphone

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Consider The Lilies

Posted on October 17, 2021

These orange lilies were a gift from a friend. Not only are they very orange, but there is also a little piece of light green peeping between the leaves.

CMMC: Orange and Light Green

Category: Uncategorized Tagged: CMMC, Light Green', Lilies, Orange

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Tuesday Photo Challenge: Growth

Posted on February 5, 2019

Frank’s theme for this week’s Tuesday Photo Challenge is ‘Growth’, so flowers seems like a logical place to go to find an appropriate image, notwithstanding that I posted a picture of some roses last time.

I saw this tightly packed group of lily buds in the Botanical Gardens in Sydney a few years ago. There’s plenty of potential growth here and perhaps the tight crop lifts the shot a little out of the ordinary.