Some autumn macro photos

[motetus]

As it was the first weekend in ages that wasn't rainy and miserable, I took the camera and an uncooperative boy (sometimes I think he was put on earth to prepare me for having children. "I'm bored. I need the toilet. Can we go home yet?") to Healey Dell nature reserve to try out the extension tubes.



The few flowers remaining:







Blackberries don't really look that tasty close up:



and neither do the soggy mushrooms:



Dead bracken:



Water droplets:





Moss:



Some green thistley thing (I'm not a botanist!):



An autumn leaf:



And finally, a tiny little spider which I pissed off a lot by blinding the poor thing with my flash a dozen times:

Comments

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've wanted to try macro photos ever since I owned my first camera so it was great to be able to finally get that close. That spider was less than a centimeter long - I'd love to find a great big spider to photograph, but we only get titchy little ones here.

Yep, it's one of the older Digital Rebels. I would love one of the newer fancier models, but once again it's that pesky money issue stopping me.

[storylikeascar.livejournal.com]

That spider was less than a centimeter long
You capturing it like that just makes it that much more awesome!

I gotta get me one of those too, soon as I win the lottery. Girl you better put that on your wedding gift registry ;)