A Dandelion emerging from the leaf litter.

[alfredo]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I like this, alfredo!

If you hadn't titled it Dandelion, I probably wouldn't have gotten it.

Great macro!

[alfredo]

3. Thanks. One guy over at DPreview thought it was an acorn.

I used the Olympus 40~150mm 4~5.6 zoom. I never really thought of using a telezoom for macro. I used AF extension tubes, an essential tool for handheld macro.

[F4lconF16]

2. I love macrophotography.

Very cool shot.

[alfredo]

4. It's fun, and will give you a good workout if you are doing handheld nature macro.

[Curmudgeoness]

5. Lovely.

But it reminds me that soon I will have a yard full of them. When this opens, the bright yellow will give that leaf litter some nice color. I love the color of dandelions.

[alfredo]

7. It's a flower that holds interest all through the bloom cycle.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. I really like this.

Nothing is emerging here yet except some columbines. Our winter has been so mild that they've been up a month or so, very unusual. I had to put a lot more mulch on them when it got really cold a couple weeks ago.

I can't wait for things to start greening up.

[alfredo]

8. Columbines are among my favorite flower. I found that carrying a kneeling pad allows

for more creative points of view. I used mine several times today.

The higher latitudes are receiving the brunt of the warming.

Right now we are in the mud and tornado season. I have to time my shoots between the wall clouds.

[NCarolinawoman]

9. The first flower I remember picking as a child.

I was three. I thought it was beautiful, My mother put it in a little vase on the mantel. I remember it drooped pretty fast.

I had no idea that people thought of them as weeds. I still like them and bees LOVE them.

[alfredo]

10. Clover was my favorite. Their flowers look good in Macro.