Day 14 of the macro challenge and I have been so busy baking tonight that I have had to complete today’s picture in a bit of a rush. After experimenting with a keyboard, an apple and a spoon, I decided to revert…
Day 13 of the macro challenge and I’m really starting to see the beauty and photographic interest in a number of regular household objects. Take, for example, the humble DVD – by positioning it in it a good source of natural daylight (underside up)…
Day 12 of the macro challenge and I am afraid I have turned a little gruesome in the search for an unusual macro photograph. This image is, in fact, a fracture in a sheep skull. Odd, I know, but I really like…
Day 12 of the July 2011 Macro Challenge and I am afraid that I have succumbed to the obvious for a choice of macro photography today – flowers. I have been trying to resist the urge to photograph flowers and plants because…
I was instantly surprised at the size of the Forbidden City. It took us an hour to walk from the bottom walls to the entrance gate, but I am glad we did so. We wandered through local communities, saw children…
Day 11 of the macro challenge, and I am delighted with my experiments with a Slinky (Although I almost had myself in knots trying to hold the slinky in a coiled position with my toes, whilst trying to focus and hold…
Another day, another macro challenge (Day 10!). Today I’ve been experimenting with patterns and textures, trying everything from the old wooden beams in our flat to our matt steel stair bannisters. I finally honed in on fabrics and decided to…
September 2010, MS Expedition set sail on a trip of a lifetime to Svalbard and Greenland with Gap Adventures. Booked on an impulse and at half price, the trip diverted us from our holiday to Namibia, Africa – A country…
Day 9 of the macro challenge is here… This, believe it or not, is a close up of our kitchen work surface. It’s a smooth marble surface, which contradicts the image taken here. I love the seemingly different contours of the…
Day 8 of the macro challenge, and this soaring heat has inspired me to consider taking a shot of something cool and refreshing. Today’s shot is the head of a pint of Guinness. Bubbles of condensation have formed on the outside…