by Caryn Esplin | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Macro
I love the Spring flowers at the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point, in Lehi, Utah! TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER: Leah Jones – Happy Mother’s Day – Week, MOM! I had to chance to spend a few hours Saturday shooting macro photos of some beautiful flowers at...
by Caryn Esplin | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog, Macro
It’s as easy as 1-2-3: 1. Macro-Stacking for better focus 2. Auto Align from Adobe Bridge to Photoshop 3. Nik Silver Effex Pro for the edgy black and white This is a composite image. I used my Macro Extension Tubes to take two shots of a small little pink sticky...
by Caryn Esplin | Jul 16, 2012 | Blog, Macro
Discover the flora and fauna around you! One pretty morning last week, I decided to give myself a self-assignment… to shoot the flora and fauna of a LILY PAD! We were staying at a cabin after the Fourth in Island Park, Idaho, so I packed up my macro lens,...
by Caryn Esplin | May 20, 2012 | Blog, Macro
We visited my mother’s grave on Mother’s Day and I have been thinking about her all week, so I wanted to post something before the week passed. The light at the end of the day in the beautiful Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello, Idaho, was coming through...
by Caryn Esplin | Apr 14, 2012 | Best, Blog, Macro
I am trying to pick my top cherry blossom photos to enter into the annual Cherry Blossom Photo Contest. They charge $13 for each entry, so I need to be selective. Will you help me select the top 3? Please leave me a comment and tell me which are your favorites? The...
by Caryn Esplin | Apr 14, 2012 | Blog, Macro
Well, I got up close and personal with this orchid at the U.S. Botanic Garden and added a water drop for interest. I like to keep my trusty medicine dropper and water bottle handy when I am around amazing flowers. Figuring out the composition and making sure the focus...