Friday Shoot-Out: Macro

The idea of the My Town Shoot Out is to post photos of your community every Friday, and hopefully improve your photography skills. If you would like to see examples of this week's theme from other parts of the world, go here.

All pictures shot in Corvallis, Oregon.

Looking at macro shots is one of my favorite things, but taking good ones is a different matter. I had a little trouble with this, but I can't wait to see what the rest of you have to offer.

 

Last weekend John and I went just outside of town to explore the town's watershed, thousands of spectacular acres that encompass part of the Corvallis township, some private property, and the Siuslaw National Forest. We were dwarfed by the magnificent landscape around us. It was here that I planned to take some macro shots: how strange, to look so close-up when everything towered around us, huge.

Green moss on a tree, covered with new-fallen snow.

There are buds here. Spring can't be too far away, right?

Because of the slight breeze, which made everything move--and the low light too--I had trouble taking macro shots. This one isn't really macro, just kind of a close-up, like the picture above.

Ice crystals on an old-growth fir tree.

Again, not really a macro, just a close-up. Because of the low light it is very blue. But then you really can't go wrong with snow, can you. It is so beautiful, all by itself, and my clumsy efforts failed to completely destroy it.