Posted on June 27, 2013 By Michael Griffiths
Sunrise: 04.49 am Sunset: 09.36 pm
Category: Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve Tags: Canon 500D DSLR camera., Canon EFS 60 mm f2.8 macro lens, Grass Seed Head, Kidderminster, Macro photography, nature, Nature Photography., Photography, Stourport on Severn, Wild Plants, Wilden Marsh, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve, wildlife photography, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
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Very cool! Looks like it’s from another planet.
Thanks, Phil. It seems to me that whenever I am bent at awkward angles photographing grass, someone comes along to ask me what I am doing. I don’t know why, but I find myself answering, somewhat sheepishly and with a degree of embarrassment, ‘Oh I’m photographing grass.’
In my mind, being on my knees with my bum in the air and my head firmly planted in a bush photographing a insect is completely acceptable, but there is something unimaginative about photographing a grass seed head. I know it is silly, but the fact is that I do feel this way. 🙂
Mike I was trying to get a photo of a very similar grass seed head yesterday but I don’t have your macro capabilities! Lovely shot.
Thanks, Lucy. I don’t know what I would do without a macro lens. I have thought about going X2 macro, but I am happy with X1 macro at the moment.
I really regret giving away my DSLR Mike, at least if I had that I could save up for a macro lens. I love my Lumix and it takes great macro pictures for a compact, but I’ll never get quite the shots htat I want with it.
It’s a matter of ‘horses for courses’, Lucy. Point and shoot cameras are small, portable and relatively easily operated, but they lack the versatility of a DSLR. Perfection is unachievable for us mortals, which is just as well as we would never stop arguing about it. 🙂
Very true Mike. The reason I love the lumix so much is that it’s so easily portable that I take it everywhere – I just wouldn’t do that woth a DSLR.