Viewing the "unseen"...

The immense joy of macro photography is to reveal the hidden, the unseen, in a way that stimulates the imagination.

 

I like artichokes very much, that's why we grow them in our garden.

But after NOT eating them, I like them even more!

 

See this winter image of a "decorated" Artichoke leaf..

(boldly resisting -5 degrees C. !!)

Or, in summer, the blossom!!!

Artichoke -  Cynaria scolymus

I find these flowers quite amazing...

 

Larvae of Cinnabar butterfly - Tyria jacobaea

the larve of the Cinnabar butterfly appeard this year for the first time in our surroundings...

 

Cape Gooseberry - Ground-cherry - Golden Berry -Inca Berry   -  Physalis peruviana

The remains of a Physalis, at the end of winter 2007...

 

Nikon D70 with Sigma APO 70-300 Macro

WinterLight on Ice...

 

Just a piece of ginger on a stick, I liked the way the light reflected...

 

Mortality...

Grape hyacinth -  muscari - with flash technique

 

common wasp - Vespula vulgaris

Spiraea Japonica

 

autumn anemone   -    just look at the hairy petals....

 

Common wheat   -  Triticum