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Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day)

For All Those Closeups in your surroundings !!!

Featured Work

true beauty comes from the inside by CvDolleweerd

macro shot of a tulip
Redbud Leaves by Beth Mason

We have a Forest Pansy Redbud that turns the most beautiful colours in Autumn. I didn’t have to go further than my front porch to get this shot on a rainy day. Details: Nikon D40, Tamron 90mm macro lens, tripod, f/10, 1/20 sec exposure, sharpening in cs4
Poppy flower by ceejaycee

Red poppy flower. Canon 7D, 1/200 secs, f16, ISO 100, 100mm macro lens, ring-flash.
Fancy Flight by mither

these birds visit my garden feeders in a constant stream of color, they are fast fast fast! Winston Oregon USA Nikon D90 Tamrom 300mm zoom 1.7x teleconverter my yard Winston OR USA
Mystery Mushrooms by triciamary

Found these in my garden under a hedge, but haven’t been able to find the proper name yet. Any one have any idea?
Seedburst by Dance

Late one afternoon just managed to be there with 90mm Tamron Macro and Tripod when this seed pod was bursting opening with the seed flying out. f3.5 Nikon D80
Can you say bee guard? by Kimberly Peers

Ok, well seems that I am victim of my own ignorance. I walked outside to watch my feeders and low and behold I found more than I bargained for. The africanized honey bees found the feeders and I managed to get a few shots off before more arrived. I did purchase bee guard but they don’t fit this feeder. So I took the feeders down for a few days in hopes that I can put them out once they have moved on.
Hanging out in pastels by Rachael Talibart

A crane fly hanging under the leaf of a sumach in Autumn. Canon EOS 400D and SIGMA 50mm f2.8 DG Macro.
Feeding by Keld Bach

Hoverfly on a Sun Rose, taken in my backyard in Slagelse, Denmark, with a 60mm macro lens + 68mm of extension tubes. You can see a larger version here
Transverse Ladybird by Andrew Trevor-Jones

© Copyright 2009 Andrew Trevor-Jones Transverse ladybird, Coccinella transversalis, at Glenbrook, New South Wales, Australia. Nikon D300, Nikkor 60mm f/2.8mm, 36mm tube, SB-800 flash, DIY softbox ISO 200, 1/100s, f/32, 1.7:1
ANTisocial by Ann Palframan

Ants on wild strelitzia, Hillcrest, KZN, South Africa / (Canon 400D & Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro lens: 0.004; F 4.5; ISO 200) /
Peacock sunbathing by relayer51

Peacock butterfly, I spotted this specimen soaking up the rays on our garage wall in Hampshire uk. Taken with a Nikon d60 18-55mm Vr lens.

Recent Work

Water droplet by Karen Betts

Taken in my back garden 7.17am july 09 and would of been in my PJS as normal taking this LOl I woke to notice dew drops and rain drops left from the showers over night and as the first light hits just a part of my garden making things twinkle out I dashed as normal to capture what I could. / I have cropped this and converted this into B&W just as a experiment from the image Droplets of water on grass Nikon D90 and 18-105 vr lens focal length 105mm / F/. 7.1 / Exposure1/800 / ISO 1400 Hand held, Aperture Priority, *May of had a +4 macro screw on filter on, cannot recall converted into B&W in Nikon Pro efex 3
Flower by rhystopherD

A cool yellow and white flower in my backyard. Taken using a Fujifilm Finepix Z20fd on Macro.
Lovely Pink by Rainy

At mom ’s house :) Model PENTAX K200D / Exposure time 1/60 s / F-number f/11 / ISO speed ratings 100 / Focal length 55 mm /
I'll follow the sun by inkedsandra

Hoverfly,Helophilus pendulus on a pansy in my Lancashire garden. taken with my canon 100mm macro lens
Droplets of water on grass by Karen Betts

Taken in my back garden 7.17am july 09 and would of been in my PJS LOl * I woke to notice dew drops and rain drops left from the showers over night and as the first light hits just a part of my garden making things twinkle out I dashed as normal to capture what I could. Nikon D90 and 18-105 vr lens focal length 105mm / F/. 7.1 / Exposure1/800 / ISO 1400 Hand held, Aperture Priority, *May of had a +4 macro screw on filter on cannot recall slight adjustment in Nikon Pro efex 3
Wood Avens by inkedsandra

This pretty little wild flower has set seed in my garden. It is too pretty to pull up!! Taken with a canon 100mm macro lens /
Golden Buzz! by TracyD

Native bees on a yellow daisy, just love the colour in this one taken at Dales Creek, Victoria, Australia!
off centre by nikmd

Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, I came along, I wrote a song for you, they were all YELLOW Nikon D60/ 50mm/ f/5.6/shutter 1/2500
Lotus Flower by Robyn Carter

Taken at Wrights Watergardens in Auckland Views: 4166 / Camera: Canon 20D with 100mm Macro Lens
Peregrine (Falco Peregrinus) by Trevor Kersley

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This group is for all those wonderful close-ups and macro shots taken in your daily backyard surroundings that don’t fit within the guidelines of the sister group (Backyard Art). Please limit you posts to the group to three a day *

Show us the fine details of anything done in close-up or macro. Flowers, animals, insects, statues, trees, etc.

Please be mindful that the image is to be taken from within your backyard surroundings and we will take your image on face value, have fun with it. The group is here for you!

PLEASE SUPPLY A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE UPON SUBMISSION TO THE GROUP !*

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Double Refraction
by Debbie Sickler