Some Spring Flower Close-ups

After a recent rainstorm, I went out to the garden and captured a few images.

The first one is a water droplet in the junction of some leaves.

The second is a pink Columbine (Aquelegia) covered in fine water droplets. This close-up image is of a section perhaps 2 cm (about 3/4 inch for our American friends) wide.

The third image is of water drops on a tulip petal (alas, one of the last tulips of the season here).

The fourth image shows a close-up of a section of an Iris, also with a single water droplet.

More Flower Abstracts (Macros)

These are more abstracts of flowers obtained by working at very close distances and thereby cropping away most of the more familiar aspects of common spring garden flowers. In all cases the are show is about 2 cm wide (3/4 inch for our American friends). All were taken using a special closeup lense - Raynox DCR250 (for those with a technical interest) in front of the camera lense.

The first is a closeup of what my mother called a "paper white", a type of narcissus.

The second is part of the crown of an unopened yellow-red bicolour tulip.

The third is a daffodil.

The fourth is a grape hyacinth.

Red Tulip Abstracts

Now that spring has actually arrived, the tulips have begun. These are some macros of tulips with a bent toward abstract images.