I really loved all the different textures and colors behind this spring branch budding with new life so I of course took a photograph of it.  Was lucky to have that Bee show up too!

Spring!

A pink wild Lady Slipper flower that just recently bloomed in the woods near my house.

From the looks of its family tree this Dandelion better not get to used to its full head of hair!

Here is another photo from over the weekend this time of a pink rose.

I saw this dragonfly flying around these flowers and I was hoping he would land so I could get a clear photo of him. I was lucky that he did land and here is the photo I was able to capture.

Here is a macro shot of a purple flower (sorry I dont know the name of it) I took last weekend using my brothers Pentax K100d. I was very happy with the results.

I wanted to let everyone know, if you have not noticed already, that starting today my posts will have larger images so they are easier to see! Also I don’t know if anyone has ever noticed but if you click on the images in my blog posts it makes them larger right on the same page with no new window. Just figured I would let people know because I don’t do a very good job advertising that feature.

I was shooting photos around the house the other day and was zoomed way in on this flower with my new Tamron 70-300 lens when I saw a bee starting to buzz around it. I quickly aimed the camera to the flower he was flying towards and ended up getting this shot. It is the first time I have taken a picture of a bee in flight this close before and I like how you can even see the bee’s antennas and wings.

It was a nice day after work today so I decided to take a few photos around the yard. Its finally starting to feel more like spring here in Massachusetts with the flowers blooming so I thought I would post this photo of a newly blossoming weeping cherry tree.

A rainstorm had just ended when I took this photo of a Tiger Lilly. I had taken a few earlier before the rain but none came out as good.  What they say is true raindrops really do enhance flower photos.

I saw this wild Pink Lady Slipper in my yard last spring so I had to take a photo of it. I will have to check again this year and see if I can find some more Lady Slippers in the yard to photograph.

I am not quite sure what kind of flowers these are but since it is springtime I figured it would be a good time to post it. I saw these flowers while at a nature conserve that is by a marsh. You can just make out the water in the background behind the trees and leaves. Overall I am pretty happy with it but the image is not quite as sharp as I was hoping. It was the best I could do with the lens I had though. I was using my Pentax K10D with the Pentax DA 50-200 lens at the time. I am starting to think I really need a macro lens so I can get in closer.

I saw this butterfly snacking on a flower and figured it would be the perfect chance to practice a Macro shot with my Pentax k10d.