Plant Portraits: Borago officinalis

Borago officinalis in the Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh.

Plant Portraits: Gentiana ‘The Caley’

Gentiana ‘The Caley’ in the Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh.

Plant Portraits: Tricyrtis formosana

Tricyrtis formosana in the Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh.

Plant Portraits: Dendrobium polysema

Dendrobium polysema at the Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh. This photo shows the unopened buds.

Matricaria chamomilla – Fly Macro Shot

A photograph of a fly on Matricaria chamomilla. Taken in The Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh.

Canon 100mm L Macro Shot

Here’s my first shot with my new Canon 100mm Macro Lens. See my post about it here. Photo below.

 

New Macro Lens

I recently received a good trade in deal for a lens from MPB. This allowed me to get a Canon Macro Lens EF 100mm 1:2.8 L IS USM. This will seriously improve my macro photography. Previously I was shooting with the EF 24-105mm 1:4 L IS USM with a Canon EF12 extension tube. These images then had to be cropped to achieve 1:1 macro. Below are some pictures of the new lens, I will be sharing some photographs taken with it soon 👌

Plant Portraits: Symphyotrichum leave ‘Les Moutiers’

Symphyotrichum leave ‘Les Moutiers’ in Cumbria, England.

Bees Feeding – Macro Photography Sequence

Today I took some photos of a bee feeding on Nepeta racemosa.  Instead of taking a single shot then moving on, I decided to try a sequence. I’m fairly pleased with how the images came out. I feel the angle could be better but the images are incredibly sharp.

Plant Portraits: Clematis alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’

Clematis alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’ in Cumbria, England. I purchased this beauty from Great Dixter House and Gardens. The nursery there stocks many brilliant herbaceous species and a good selection of clematis.