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Macro Monday: yellow lily and orange lily pistils

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Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

This is the end of the blooming season for lilies and I was able to snap a few photos yesterday. Here’s a yellow lily from up close, including its pistils covered with pollen.

And here’s a similar photo, but this time of a bright orange lily.

Flower with large red petals and long pistils

Macro Monday: Red flower with interesting pistils

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

Here’s a red passion flower. I found it so interesting looking, I had to take a few pictures of it.

Macro Monday: Red passion flower with interesting pistils

Here is a photo of the passion flower’s pistils from above. They spread out in quite a fascinating pattern. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Red passion flower with large red petals and long pistils

August 12, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Photography, Plant PhotosTags: blooms, long pistils, Macro Monday, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, red flower with large pistils, red flower with large red petals, red passion flower, red passionflower 12 Comments

A Word A Week Challenge – Undulate - pine tree bark

Macro Monday: Pine tree bark

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

Have you ever looked at pine tree bark up close? It’s quite an assortment of terrains.

And if you look even closer, the landscape of pine tree bark resembles a topographic map. I love the mix of patterns and colors that make up the pine tree bark.

August 4, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Photography, Tree PhotosTags: Macro Monday, photos of trees, pine tree bark, pine tree bark close-up, pine tree bark colors, pine tree bark macro, pine tree bark patterns 20 Comments

Macro Monday: my first ladybugs

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

Taking photos of ladybugs in San Diego is a challenge. There aren’t that many of them because of the dry and hot climate and they’re not around for a long time. Even when I find some, they’re so busy looking for food that they don’t stop moving long enough for me to take a picture. Oh, and of course, they’re very small so I need a powerful macro to get a decent photo. That’s a lot of things getting in the way.

So I consider myself lucky for having been able to snap a few pictures of ladybugs a couple of weeks ago. My first ladybug was a little shy and moved too much so this is the best I could do. This ladybug was crawling on milkweed flowers.

Macro Monday: ladybug on milkweed flower

I was luckier with the second ladybug I spotted and managed to get closer and capture a better angle.

Finally I managed to get a photo of a ladybug from above. It was actually crawling under a large leaf. I’m pretty happy with this one.

Did you notice what these three ladybugs have in common? They don’t have any spots. I have no idea why but I thought that was quite a coincidence.

July 28, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, Flower PhotosTags: close-up of ladybug, ladybug macro, ladybugs with no spots, Macro Monday, milkweed, milkweed flowers, nature photography, photography, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, photos of ladybugs, red ladybug 14 Comments

Macro Monday: more close-ups of pine tree sap

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

A couple of weeks ago, I shared a few photos of pine tree sap from up close. Here are a few more photos to add to the collection. I hope you enjoy them.