Powderham Castle gardens in late summer 2024.
Couple more macro images from my garden from my afternoon shoot last year. First one is of one of the lovely and fragrant roses. The next one is of a plant with the most beautiful, twisted leaves that grow in a spiral. Let me know if you know the species of this plant.
Powderham Castle gardens in late summer 2024.
You can find the most beautiful scenes in your own garden. Challenged by the Exeter Camera Club to shoot a macro scene I grabbed my favourite lens, a Pentax SMC FA 645 Macro 120mm. Autofocus is pointless at this size, so I had to manually focus the scene whilst trying not to interrupt the insect relaxing on the flower.
This was a leaf that had started to succumb to the autumnal change of colour, turning from green to this vibrant red.
I need a lot more practice but happy with the results. I will post some more images over the next few days.
I decided to change my point of view from large, open vistas to small, micro environments for this image. In addition, I seem to have ruined my knee whilst on a run last week, so was confined to the back garden at the weekend. Thee little flowers smell wonderful but apparently are a nightmare for hay fever sufferers…
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