Macro Shots

Deep Inside a Bromeliad Flower

I am taking a break from sharing some of our adventure trips and hiking activities to share some macro shots I took last Tuesday at Balboa Park. Macro photography is probably the area of photography I explore least, and I do not overdo since I find it very strenuous for my eyes. If I do too much macro photography, I get headache somehow, I guess, from too much focusing. Being farsighted, I am not used to seeing objects up close without using my eyeglasses. However, if I use my eyeglasses when shooting macro, somehow, my pictures seem to be not focused. I guess, because the presence of eyeglasses between my eyes and lens bring me unnecessary movements. But anyway, from time to time, I do pick up my macro lens and enjoy seeing objects up close, something that I probably would not be able to see with my own naked eye since I would be too afraid to get too close to insects or too close to the flower's pollen. Whereas, macro photography, allows me to take a much closer look at blooms and various critters from a safer distance.

Here are some more of the macro shots I took this Tuesday:

Butterfly Hugging the Milkweed Tree 

Milkweed Blossom

One of the Many Caterpillars Crawling @ the Milkweed Tree ( do you see the eye? )

A Smiling Caterpillar?

 Monarch Butterfly on Milkweed

White Daisies at Zorro Garden

Green Beetle Enjoying the White Daisy

Green Beetle Smiling or Showing Off His Happy Tongue?

Looking @ the heart of a Succulent Bloom

A Smiling Orchid :) ( or is it my imagination to see a smiling lady with purple dress? )

Orchids At the Botanical Building

 (you can't have it all. The drawback in macro is that I had to move very far to get this wider angle shot. But there was already a lot of obstruction in between than what I initially thought of, so I had to make the most of what I have if I shoot a landscape photo with a macro lens )

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