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It's my first flower photo and the first flower I've seen this year (and it was 37 degrees at the time). Wanted to see if I could do "flowers" without a tripod. I'd like your opinion on that. Is shooting flowers do-able without a tripod? I'm not anti-tripod, just prefer not to carry anything more than a spare battery in my pocket when I'm out taking photos.
A mono-pod would be smaller and provide more stability then hand held. Just a thought.
Outstanding Ray!...Things we hardly notice take on a new life under the macro lense.
Your are right. In fact, before taking those photos, I had no idea that willow produced such beautiful flowers (pods). I had always noticed the pods from afar, but never got close enough to realize that the pods are much like flowers, pollen and all. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw them though the macro lens for the first time, and now I go out there every Spring to take pictures of them. It's a 70-300mm Sigma lens with a macro feature. It only works as such at 300mm, which translates to around three or four feet of distance from the subject, or more like a close-up lens.
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