Macro Photography: The Undiscovered Country
I've written about looking through my viewfinder with a macro lens on the camera and navigating a new country. The topography and contours of this "country" are unknown, and it…
Annals of the Probe Macro
These are three variations on an image created by pointing my macro probe lens straight down on a parfait glass. I put a crystal ball in the parfait glass, and…
Featured on Macro Photography Live Chat Show
I am featured on episode #46 of the lively and entertaining Macro Photography Live Chat Show. Click here for the YouTube replay of the episode featuring my work recorded recently. …
Review: A New Lens for Harold (the Irix 150mm “Dragonfly” macro)
I photographed these close-ups of flower petals (image above: an Iris; image below: the petals of a Gerbera from behind) with a new lens, the Irix 150mm f/2.8 "Dragonfly" telephoto…
A Trio of Tulips (and Macro Lenses)
Phyllis came home with a beautiful bouquet of tulips, and this morning I photographed them on the kitchen table. Warm morning sunlight lit the flowers from behind with a glow.…
New Iris Macros
I've been having fun with some photography of a kind I haven't done in a while: relatively straight macro photography of flowers. The photography is straightforward (as I explain below),…
Flower Macros
Echinacea Pink Double Delight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Flower macros are a personal subject that I return to over and over again with great joy. The…
Zeiss 100mm f/2 Macro Lens
Gaillardia, Papaver, and Iris, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I bought a Zeiss Macro 100mm f/2 ZF Makro-Planar T* Manual Focus Lens to use with…