Three Macros
Nightshade, Violet, and Hosta



  Although dedicated lenses are the best for macros, the additional depth of field of a digital camera is extremely impressive.

Deadly nightshade is a particularly lethal name for such a pretty flowering vine, especially with a dewdrop in place for refraction.
 

Deadly nightshade
   
At the end of July and beginning of August, chicory flowers on long, slender stalks were growing throughout the wetland area of Saddle Rock.
 
Very wild violet
   
The hostas have been blooming since June, and this is a later bunch of buds turning to flowers after a light rain.
 
Hosta buds to flower
   
Photography note: The photos were taken in July 2003 with a Sony F707 and a close-up filter.



Other macros:   violets   |   catkins

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