Fade Away

Posted by Mike on April 16, 2023

Midday, Floral, Macro

Another beautiful day in Central NY. I wasn’t going to let the day pass me by so I grabbed the camera with the macro lens and headed out the door.

I wanted to walk the trail along the canal again. I know it is a good five mile round trip and I definitely need to be active. Lazy is easy… 🙂

My focus was finding subjects for my macro lens. Should be easy. I walked the entire path and barely stopped for an image. At the end (the end where I turn around) I found a few small flowers and interesting dried up ferns (?). The minute I found these small yellow flowers, I couldn’t stop seeing them. On the walk back to the apartment I noticed everything I missed initially.

How?

I was looking, I swear.

Now I’m thinking I was off in la-la land as I was walking. It amazed me what I missed.

Fade Away
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8, 1/1000s, f/2.8, ISO 200

It Has Sprung

Posted by Mike on April 15, 2023

Floral, Macro

Spring that is!

Or at least I’m beginning to see flowers pop up around the area.

I chose to skip the sunset last night and drove in search of subjects for my macro lens.

I found some!

It felt good to eschew the grand vistas and focus on the little details. I haven’t had the macro lens on the camera in quite a long time. Now there are so many places to explore while the floral superstars make their entrance on stage.