Rainy Day Macros — Post-Storm

We've had a couple of rainy days here in St. Louis where I have had time off and my macro lens handy.

The first day, I crept out mid-rain with an umbrella into my backyard. It wasn't raining hard, but it would've been smarter to probably stay in. But it was worth it for photos like these:

   

       

Today, we had a pretty hefty storm mid-morning that broke up about mid-afternoon. Again, I went to the backyard and took several photos and then convinced the roommate to come with me to the Missouri Botanical Garden where I stalked the hosts and other water-loving plants.

                                

I really am loving this lens. One of the best photography investments that I ever made... don't you think?

Check out the rest on flickr! Macro Water Droplets is the set.

21/52 - Photo Project 2013

For the first time in awhile, I have 5 pretty decent candidates that are in a 'tie'.  I had a photographic week - more sneaking in some macro photo time, a trip to the zoo to visit zoo babies and an evening photo shoot on the Eads Bridge downtown in East St Louis.

It's a tie:

Which one shall be the winner?

Sorry, skyline... baby animals win every time!




You can't resist that face... I can't!

Zoo Babies!

My roommate and I went and visited the St. Louis Zoo, expressly to see Priya, our newest elephant on her public debut. She was born on April 26th - so she's not even one month old. She is so tiny and precious - especially in comparison to her mother... don't you agree?



     


And while we were there, we saw THREE other zoo babies!

A joey out of his/her pouch:



A baby zebra:



and a baby Bactrian camel:



whose family posed for a family portrait:



There's really nothing better than getting surprised by super-cute zoo animals. This is why I love the Zoo!

20/52 - Photo Project 2013

Week 20 was perhaps the craziest week of work in a long time. Lots of major events, and ones that required days longer than most. Still, I managed to sneak a few moments here and there. May 18th was actually a double photo event day - Chinese Cultural Days at the Missouri Botanical Garden, something I had never attended before and the Photo Flood for Lafayette Square - another place I'd never been but definitely want to re-visit when my feet aren't killing me.

Lots of choices, but this was the winner of the week:




A crisp clear raindrop - perfection.

Runners Up:

    


It's raining today, so I might get more of a chance to perfect my technique!

19/52 - Photo Project 2013

The fun thing about photography is that sometimes you never know where your opportunities are. I had not had a chance to take photos (no recent Floods or other photo explorations) yet, so I took my camera out to our courtyard at work on my way home. Luckily, pretty things were in bloom! 

Winner of the week:

Runner's up:

  

Here's to more opportunities in the next week... But looking back over the last 19 weeks, I'm really happy with the quality of the photos this project so far. But I can always get better! And that there, is the whole point of the project.

18/52 - Photo Project 2013

It's a little late, but I definitely had the pictures taken. I just haven't had time to post them. It was a crazy week at work, and then, I had a jam-packed weekend where I did a lot and slept very little. Well-worth it, though.

Winner of the week:



And runners up:





I haven't taken any photos yet this week... I better get cracking!