The Obsessive Neurotic Gardener

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I’m still plugging away at my new found love for macro photography using the camera on my Samsung Galaxy 7 phone. As phenomenal as the phone is, it is in conjunction with Instagram where it all shines. Macro photography on Instagram is stunning and I’m having a grand old time studying others work and tweaking my own work along the way.

Some of my latest pics are included below and if it wouldn’t be a bother, I’d love to get your input on which ones you like the best. Admittedly, these photos lose a little when not viewed via Instagram but hopefully you can see what I was going for when I was taking them and hopefully they still look OK through your collective eyes.

Would you be so kind as to let me know your top 3 photographs in a comment below? A simple #3, #8 and #11 would be perfect. But should you feel like you have to provide additional feedback in the worst way, I would welcome it and be forever grateful.

I have something in the works with these photos and your opinions would be a huge boost to that endeavor. To be revealed at a later date …

Thank you a ton in advance.

1. Anemone petals

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2. Dew on anemone

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3. Boltonia bloom cycle

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4. Boltonia unfurling

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5. Aster

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6. Sneezeweed

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7. Sneezeweed petals

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8. Hardy ageratum

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9. Rudbeckia

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10. Geranium

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11. Coneflower

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12. Dew on leaf

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13. Tomato

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14. Sorbaria

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32 Responses

  1. Definitely #1: The fallen pieces look a bit like the beautiful dishevelment of a woman’s camisole strap that has come off the shoulder…
    #6: The center’s texture is so exquisitely brain like, and…
    #8: because I cannot wait for it to burst into bloom…
    I can tell you why I don’t like some of the others, but that may be a bit too much feedback. Great job!

    • Thanks so much Cheryl! I would absolutely love your feedback on why you don’t like some of the others for sure!

      • Spoken like a kindred spirit who appreciates constructive as well as positive feedback:
        #11 Coneflower. It’s beautiful but I’ve seen it before. #5 Aster. Same as #11. #10 Geranium. Same. (I’ve seen them before on my own camera roll…but admittedly, you’ve done them much better.)
        #14 Sorbaria. It’s beautiful but I’m feeling like there’s just too much going on.
        #13 Tomato. Makes me want to wipe my nose.

        If you let me have a fourth favorite pick, it would have been #9 Rudbeckia. I LOVE the focus on the brown inner eye.
        The rest are gorgeous but fall somewhere in the middle for me.

        There you go. Hopefully you still like me.

  3. #1, #11,#13
    My top fave is the coneflower! Great composition. Color (or lack there of) is perfect. Had this been a bright color, it would not have spoken to me in the same way.
    The dewdrops hanging from the tomato made me want to reach out and touch.
    And the anemone was perfection!
    Can’t wait to see what comes from this!
    That coneflower could win awards!!
    Keep the journey going.

      • Hi John, It was great, except our tomatoes, ended up getting septoria leaf spot : (
        Tried okra this year, fantastic, grew over 5 feet tall and loads of okra. Pickled jars of hot peppers and still have eggplant growing. Getting ready to plant garlic later this month, so already mapping out next years garden. You are more than welcome to stop by any time if you start getting into vegetable gardening.

  8. 2, 6 and 8 are my favorites. Great composition and these macro views are ones you don’t see too often. That sneezeweed center is fabulous (who knew they looked like that up close?) as is the dew on the anemone. And the ageratum is so pretty and interesting.

  9. Whew, some of these photos are positively mesmerizing to me. I feel like I have been given a peek into a bumblebee’s world by photos 6, 9, 1 and 2 . The close up of the sneezeweed in #6 deserves to be the star of a Dr. Seuss book.

      • I don’t seem organized enough about my time management to add something else to my want to do list. Let me ask you, though, are any of the photos enhanced in any way via an instagram feature or is what I see what you saw when you composed the photo? How about some cropping to tighten what the photo highlights?

  10. You have turned into a Georgia O’keefe! I can see some of these enlarged and hanging on the wall. My picks are 1,2 & 9 because you have shown me familiar flowers in a way I have not seen them before. Honorable mention is #12, dew on a leaf. I am looking to get my first smart phone and I want one that takes good pictures. Yours sounds and looks like a winner for me. Thanks.

    • Way too kind Alice but thank you! Most smart phones now have great cameras so you can’t go wrong.

  13. So beautiful. I love studying flowers closely. I’ve only got a camera phone, so can’t get really detailed photos. Keep sharing. They are lovely.

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