Beautiful pictures, thank you for sharing them with us.
Keep up the good work.
Ciao, Michel, Belgium.

Thanks for posting that, it's very informative. I remember when mine started flowering and I couldn't remember which parts were which from biology class.

Stunning photographs! I guess it's time to add a magnifying glass to my garden tool kit. Thanks for the post...

BettyN

I love your camera....lol!

The problem when taking macro photography is the loss of dept of field.

Take the 3rd picture above (stigma) for example.

Although the stigma (tip of the long style) is no more than 1/8" wide, the back part of the "tripod" is in focus. The two front parts of the stigma are out of focus (blurred) because the camera at such extreme magnification can not produce a very long dept of field.

Dept of field is the range within which the object in focus is sharp. E.g. if you take a photography of a landscape, the flowers in front may be in focus, but the trees in the background, although visible, may be out of focus (slightly blurred).

The closer you go to objects (macro photography) the smaller the "dept of field" becomes. At such magnifications as above, the dept of field is less than 1/16".

When taking pictures of more items (like the 3 parts of the stigma above), items which are just 1/10" away from each other may be difficult to keep sharp. You then have to choose which one should be sharp and accept that the rest is blurred.

Hi, kdjoergensen
Thanks a lot. I learn very much from your explanations.
What is your camera lenses you used to take that macro photography? What is your digital camera used?

The camera I used for the above pictures is a Canon S2 camera. The pictures were taken at full zoom (432 mm at 35 mm equivillant) using a 6x hoya macro lens/filter.

Not too long ago, someone asked the forum of the parts of the flower. Just take a look at the starting post of this thread. Beautiful and self explanatory. Enjoy and learn (apply what fits you).

The close-ups of the pollen are very interesting... it's strange that so close up the grouped pollen particles look like little yellow sponges!