IGI to IAD
The flight with a stopover at london goes via afghanistan, erstwhile western USSR and europe. Afghanistan was just as barren as jhon luke picards shiny head. Russia on other hand was wintery white even in starting of summer and london was rainy as always.
Flowers
The day was perfect, full sun shining and no haze. The sun was very bright though, so bright that I found some of my photographs appearing overexposed. Had to shoot the rest on full manual.
As you may have noticed I am not very fond of post processing, even though I keep a full compliment of photo editing tool on my laptop but use them only for framing and signing and on few occassions brightness, contrast and some sharpening. Otherwise these pictures are always right of the cam. Just converted from RAW to JPEG. 
In this post you will find few in macro mode and few in full. I used two lenses, 50 mm Nikon Prime and 90mm Tamron Macro. It is hard to distinguish theclarity between the two. they both seem to be working exactly as they are supposed to.
I did shoot a few which are pure macro, if you liked my earlier post nectar and appreciated the flower in it, then you will like my upcoming post too. I though keep it as a continuation from this post. But unlike this post that will have a better flavour of macro photography.
None the less, I hope you enjoy this post and relish these flowers which I tried to capture somewhat better than they appeared to the naked eye.
As always, open click on the pics and open them in larger size to appreciate the clarity.
Macro : Jumping Spider
Behold, today I present to you the Jumping spider. This half a centimeter being can be easily missed by your eyes, but is quite common on our walls.
Irrespective of its commonality it does make an excellent and a rather smart (i must add) object for macro photography.
It has 8 eyes and can see ahead and behind at the same time. With the same amount on legs it can rotate 360 degrees in less than the blink of an eye.
Needless of say it wasn't an easy object to frame, still I am quite happy with the results.
Macro : Bees
Bees make very good Macro objects, but its very tricky to shoot them, by the time you get a good shot they fly away. But when you do get a shot they look quite majestic.
Being bigger in size between insects, they dont require you to get very close. Plus they usually sit on flowers which add the natural elements and very great colors. Plus pollen on them makes for added detail and great test for the macro lens.
You will be surpised by my next macro object.. post coming soon.
Nectar
Right before our eyes is an alternate world. The tiny word beams with life, be it moving or still.Today's post and the ones to follow with explore just that.
Joys of Macro Photography
I finally found the courage to buy a Macro lens (Tamron 90mm 1:1 Macro F2.8 - Nikon mount), the deal put me back by $450 (yeah could have bought a laptop in this price) but I guess that’s the price for passion these days .. No regrets.
Winter is not the best time to do macro photography, all the cute little flowers and the tiny bugs are either dead or dying.. not a sight you would like to capture.. or so i thought.
I did manage to capture some decent shots which shows the power of my new lens. Pros - please spare me, its my first attempt with this lens, though comments for improvement are always welcomed.
Note : Apart from adding a border and signature there is no post processing done on these pictures, not even brightness or contrast.
So to begin with a shot of red plum Roma Tomatoes -
Ha ha .. got you.. these are not tomatoes they are wild berries, each one few mm in size. That’s what a macro lens can do. I tried some more close up shots, but with the chilly wind the hands shook and picture came out a bit blurred.
Next - Here is a shot of drying plant from 2 feet just to give you an idea how good this lens is. Love the brokeh.
And here is the close up right off the lens.
Nice eh?
Here is another example, this shot is from about one foot away.
And this is from about 2 centimeter.
But this lens is not restricted to only macro photography, it can click some real nice normal photographs too. I can be used as a portrait lens, maybe not as sharp as my cheap 50mm prime, but very close. Here is an example of some formation on a tree, this object is about 12-13inches long, look at the detail this lens could capture.
At the end all i would say is.. more to come :)
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