the edge of a giant poppy

early morning ritual: sit in the sun with the cats

something's up with the gnome

team picnic yesterday underneath this really awesome tree. looking up through the lattice of branches and leaves

busy bees buzzing around the lavendar on a warm summer afternoon

overlapping petals of flowers backlit?reminders of matisse or the tissue paper collages we made in grade school

powdery stamen inside the lily

a brilliant green fern tucked away alongside a creek in the big basin redwoods state park

a single tree lit by the filtered sun

The trunks of the very large redwoods in Big Basin Redwoods State park. The bark of these trees bear the marks of a past fire.

the blood red of the rose against the soft velvet green leaf

another single ant coming out of the center of the flower. i shot this with the extension tube (EF25) on the 28-80mm macro zoom lens. i am still working out if it is possible to hand-hold and get an image without shakes. so far i am about 50-50 successful.

a look into the depths of a nasturtium and we find a visitor.

peruvian lillies have spots and stripes and the most intense colors in the evening.

some of this recent macro work is featured over at 28mm.org. i am very excited to be "showing" this set of work shot in my rose garden.

the color of spring moving into summer—my rose garden is full of this color