Digging through the memory card on my camera, I found a rather pretty image of a bee on an echinacea flower that I'd taken a year or so ago.

The original is rather large. You can see the hairs on the bee. There's something I've always loved about close-up nature photography, and seeing the tiny things that live around us. Flowers and plants are by ( Read more... )

Just uploaded some photos to DeviantArt...

Lilly III by ~dogsolitude-uk on deviantART

I even found one I took of a bee on a flower, as per mikki_g 's suggestion.


All these were taken with a Nikon D60 and the basic 18-55mm lens that came in the box. I'd like to obtain a macro lens at some point though, but they're quite pricey.

Since receiving the awesome and amazing Nikon D60 from my Father for Christmas a couple of years ago, I never really did the decent thing and sat down with the manual, and learned each and every one of its functions.

There's a certain degree of hypocrisy inherent in this behaviour of mine, since I often make it clear that I have little time for ( Read more... )