Pink Rosebud

Title: "Pink Rosebud"

Nikon D40 Micro Nikkor 105mm
digital photograph 8"x8"
© 2009 Christine Pierce

Our roses this year have been somewhat few and far between, but this pretty pink bud captured my attention this morning.

Dandelion Puff

Dandelion Puff, v. 1

I took a close-up photograph of a dandelion puff to submit to an art competition featuring "weeds." The photo, above, received basic color correction. The next photo, below, was tweaked a little bit more in photoshop.

Dandelion Puff, v. 2

This final image, below, resulted when my son, T., suggested really cranking up the darks and lightening the lights:

Dandelion Puff, v. 3

© 2009. Christine Pierce. All rights reserved.

Macro Sunflower

Title: Macro Sunflower
digital photograph, Nikon D40, AF-S Micro 105mm
(please click on image to enlarge)
© 2009 Christine Pierce

I realize it's cliche to take macro photos of sunflowers, but I wanted to try out a new lens and this flower was one of the first things my view-finder landed on... If you click on it, you may be surprised, as I was, by the clarity of detail.