This week’s guest host Ann Gee has challenged us to walk around our yard or home and take close-up or macro shots or choose close-up shots from our archives.
Ann explained the difference between a macro and close-up. A macro is taken with a dedicated macro lens. A close-up is zooming in on a subject. All of my photos are close-ups since I don’t have a dedicated macro lens.
I often take close-ups in my garden. The image at the top of the page and the next two are interesting critters from last year’s garden.
I experimented with some new subjects as I walked around my yard this week.
Many thanks to guest host Ann Gee at Slow Shutter Speed for this weeks Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 130: It’s a Small World
Wandering Dawgs 
Excellent examples of close up/macro! Great detail in all of them. Thanks for joining in!
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Anne, thank you for this fun challenge. I’m happy you like the close-ups I chose. It was a fun challenge to join!
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I’m so glad you had fun with these pictures.
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WOW. Out…STANDING! Excellent.
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John, thanks! Your comment made my morning!
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I always find the palm frond centers so beautiful when the light is just right – great job capturing this one Beth. And some fine looking critters as well.
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Tina, thank you. That was my first try at a close-up of a palm frond. I was happy with the way it turned out.
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Love your close-ups, Beth. The Green Lynx Spider is a standout!
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Jane, thank you! I had never seen a spider like that before and had to look it up. So glad you you enjoyed the close-ups.
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Beautiful. No insects in the winter of New Jersey but I do wish I had a macro lens.
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the close-up images. Those insects were all from last summer and fall.
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All of your photos are beautiful, but the header is off the chart amazing. I LOVE it.
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Judy, thank you! When I saw the butterfly and bee on the same flower immediately grabbed my camera and started snapping away.
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Perfect pictures!
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Loved the header Beth. But all your pictures are fabulous! You succeeded in the challenge! Have a beautiful day my friend.
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Nancy, thank you! So nice to hear you enjoy my photos.
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I think that the spider is my fav, Beth, mainly because I am always fascinated with the ‘art’ that shows up on insects bodies. There is nothing better than a macro-lens to capture it. –Curt
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Curt, thank you. Some of those insect bodies are really interesting to see close-up.
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Great details
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These are beautiful – I enjoyed exploring their detail. Thanks for sharing.
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Pat, thank you! I glad you enjoyed the close-ups
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Fabulous, Beth! Don’t love spiders, but this is a beauty!
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I’m not a fan of spiders, either. That one was so strange looking I just had to capture it.
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So much to enjoy but the palm fronds were a lift of joy – truly a beautiful line design you gave us there
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I’m so glad you enjoyed the palm frond image! I see them every day and that was the first time I thought about taking a close-up.
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Oh how nice to see them every day – I bet you have so many angles to consider
And the palm trees are truiy a tree variety that is one of my favs
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