Tag Archives: macro

I’m ready for my closeup!

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Close Up.” A macro prompt? Fantastic! As we know, macro is my very favorite type of photography, so I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone posts this week 🙂 For … Continue reading

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Annual Denver Botanic Gardens Trip

This year, the Botanic Gardens are featuring sculptures by Deborah Butterfield as their art installation.  The horses were interesting, but not my favorite.  The Chihuly art last year was pretty spectacular, and the bamboo sculptures two years ago were also … Continue reading

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Classics, Street Rods, and Lots and Lots of Headlights

On Saturday, we went to the National Street Rod Association show in Pueblo.  Like last year, I had a grand time taking  photos of the cars.  Also like last year, 99.9% of my photos were of car bits rather than … Continue reading

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Numbers & Letters: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Cee’s latest & greatest Fun Foto Challenge is “Numbers and Letters.”  As it happens, this challenge came at a perfect time.  This past weekend was the National Street Rod Association show in Pueblo, and those classic cars provided some great … Continue reading

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Manitou Springs Adventure

I love the adventure theme for this week’s photo challenge.  There’s a lot of freedom to define what adventure means to you.  This week, I’m deciding that adventure means exploration, and my camera is always a good companion for exploring.  … Continue reading

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Butterfly Pavilion

We recently went to the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado for the first time.  Hands down, the coolest part was the Wings of the Tropics exhibit, which is an indoor rain forest filled with a variety of butterflies. As you … Continue reading

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Reach Out and Touch It

As a fan of macro, I love looking at the textures of objects, so this week’s photo challenge is right up my alley.  Looking through my photos, I wanted to go back a bit to a couple of my earlier … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday: My First Macro

I splurged in college and got my first digital camera, a Panasonic Lumix.  I was a broke student and, at the time, this camera was an incredible luxury.  It was also worth every penny.  The very best feature of the … Continue reading

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Trip to the Colorado Renaissance Festival

This weekend was our third annual trip to the Colorado Renaissance Festival and my first trip with my new camera.  I had the best intentions to take lots of photos people in cool costumes, but the problem with taking photos … Continue reading

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Street Rod Photo Shoot

This weekend was the National Street Rod Association’s show in Pueblo and since my husband likes old cars, we went to check it out.  Growing up in Pueblo, I’d always seen all the cars around town during the annual event, but … Continue reading

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