My mom and I were playing around with my macro lens when I got to her house this afternoon, and I got this shot of Connor.  You can actually see Bradley’s reflection in his eye.

So on the way home, Bradley looks thoughtful and says “Mom, is it true that if you have sparkly eyes that you’re intelligent?”

My boys have very sparkly eyes, especially when they’re naughty

I just love flower buds, especially the perfectly formed tulip buds. When I spotted this bunch at Woolies yesterday when I stopped there to get a few groceries, I had to add them to my trolley. Oh and I also had to get out my macro lens and use my kitchen table again for some photos.
Again, like the proteas last week, this was done without flash, just with the kitchen light.

I got home after dark again, and unlike recent week where I’ve just left the camera, I decided to use my kitchen light and macro lens (Canon 100mm f2.8) and take some non-flash photos of the bunch of proteas that I bought myself for my birthday.  You may find it odd that I do things like this in the evening… but it’s seriously good practice for weddings with low light and little time with detail photos… it allows me to play and make sure I know how to get the best out of my equipment.

This one is not a macro… but I do love the reflections I get on my granite kitchen counter

Playing with my macro lens again in low light… really late this evening in my garden with the only aloe that’s survived the huskies.

I took my camera to Camera Tek today for a bit of a cleaning… so this afternoon I tested the macro lens out again in my garden just to make sure the images were perfectly clean. And thankfully they are

Then I spotted an old rose which the dogs for some reason had decided wasn’t good enough to destroy…

Oh I love this 100mm f2.8 Macro lens