Tag Archives: Canon 100mm Macro

Morning Posies

July 3, 2023 Ellen Jennings 5 Comments

Around Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, morning of June 16th.

I liked the imperfection at the top of this bloom.

A thistle, with such an interesting shape and so many textures.

I’ve always liked the alien look of the Button bush flowers, but they have taken on a new feel in the post-COVID world after we’ve seen so many magnified viruses.

Many of the older Magnolia trees don’t seem to have bloomed as well this year as I remember. This was a good specimen.

I don’t know what this is, but I do like it.

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
June 16, 2023

Amphibian

Big Frog–Is It Real

March 5, 2023 Ellen Jennings Leave a comment

I wasn’t sure… I’d photographed around this statue before, mostly flowers and insects…could I have missed a frog as part of the installation?

I walked around this little pond several times…

…the frog never moved. The frog was not there when I went back yesterday to see the azaleas, so he must have been the real deal.

With only a 100mm lens with me I couldn’t get far enough away to get an image of the whole pond.

Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
February 15, 2023

Insects

Grasshopper on Pokeweed

November 15, 2022 Ellen Jennings 2 Comments

The color of the pokeweed berries and stems were a nice contrast to this grasshopper.

Grasshopper on Pokeberry — Grasshopper on Pokeweed – Canon 100-400mm

The spiny structures on his back leg look like they mean business.

This last shot was taken with the Canon 100mm macro lens. I couldn’t get the angle I wanted with the available footing and the grasshopper never moved, so it is nearly the same image as above.

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
October 24, 2022

Insects

Grasshopper at the Swamp

September 22, 2022 Ellen Jennings 2 Comments

The trail that runs along the edge of the swamp at Magnolia Plantation often offers some interesting peeks at the little creatures.

I tried to see him from the other side of the leaf, but he had moved along.

Another shot with the 100mm macro lens.

The grasshopper had places to go.

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
September 16, 2022

Insects

Praying Mantis on Morning Glory

August 25, 2022 Ellen Jennings 4 Comments

A Praying Mantis perched on the edge of a Morning Glory bloom

A slightly different angle with the 100mm Macro lens.

Praying Mantis on Morning Glory - Canon 100mm Macro — Praying Mantis on Morning Glory – Canon 100mm Macro

August 8, 2022

Wading Birds

Green Heron – Dead Branch, 2 Lenses, Part 2

August 23, 2022 Ellen Jennings Leave a comment

Part 1 featured images of this Green Heron cropped square, endeavoring to show the bird framed by the dead branch.

Here are some other shots showing off the Heron, and that gnarly stick, a bit more.

A little different angle, closer in on the bird, but unfortunately without those puffy white clouds.

I waited in vain for the Heron to turn the other way for a different composition. I was repositioning, watching where I was putting my feet, and the bird flew off.

Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
August 7, 2022

Wading Birds

Green Heron – Dead Branch, 2 Lenses

August 22, 2022 Ellen Jennings 1 Comment

I had my Canon 100mm Macro and Canon 100-400mm lenses with me on a recent trip to Magnolia Cemetery. A Green Heron hanging out on a dead branch gave me an opportunity to use both.

I was trying to frame the entire shot with the branch but other hanging vegetation nixed that idea. These images are all cropped square for the most interesting compositions.

Puffy white clouds added a nice element.

I was able to edit this final image taken with the 100-400mm lens in Lightroom to lighten the limb and the bird a bit. Interestingly, the same edit on the images with the 100mm lens had a very unnatural looking result.