Macro Monday on the Beach

Macro Monday 2

 

Red Mushrooms

… for Macro Monday and Ruby Tuesday

Fly Agaric – Amanita muscaria

Not sure about this one… But I wouldn’t trust it…

Friday My Town: Macro

… Show case your town up close and personal! …

Oh, this theme gave me quite a headache! I’ve got lots of macro and close-up photos… The problem is my lack of or inconsistent tagging! To have something to go by, I chose one photo per month from 2011.

January – hoar frost on fence

February – bookmark from the Textile Museum,
the sheep shears is our town’s ‘coat of arms’

March – window star made from horse shoe nails,
in my window. Still snowy outside.

April - Wood Anemones, wild spring flowers.

May - Lilacs

June – (sweet water) clam shells on the beach by the lake

July – Red Currants

August – Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)

(1) September – Mating Damselflies

(21) October – First frost

November – Rose hips

December (New Year’s Eve) – ex-rosehip!

Amaryllis

I got this Amaryllis from friends who where here
on New Year’s Eve. It’s just starting to bloom.

For Ruby Tuesday

Friday My Town – Macros

I guess by now you’re all aware that we’re having a very cold winter in Sweden. One effect of this is that it’s rather hard these days to get close enough to anything outside to be able to take good macro shots!

Most attempts end up like this one (above) - out of focus!

Taking macro shots of “just snow” is not easy. This one did not get interesting until I let the computer have a go at it, sharpening the contrasts and shadows etc.

 

 
These icicles grew on my balcony…

 

Furry suede mittens do not make it easy taking photographs. On the other hand, neither do frozen fingers… Well, at least I managed a macro shot of the embroidery on one of the mittens! (No I did not make the embroidery myself. It was there when I bought them.)

 

  

I’ve been out in the snow long enough! Let’s go inside…
These two little ones arrived with my human-size New Year’s guests.

 

The angel, sleepy though she seemed, decided to join the choir.

♥ ♥ ♥

More Macro-links at Friday My Town Shoot Out – Mr Linky