• Flowers

    From the “cactus” family of plants

    This plant is from the cactaceae family best known for cactus’s. This is one of our house plants and it’s an all green plant. It has numerous “spikes” on it’s leaves. I rendered it B & W in photshop. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 24.3 mp DSLR and a 40mm Nikon macro lens. To ensure sharpness throughout the image I took (16) images at different focus points and “focused stacked” all the layers into one final image. ISO 100, 1/125, f8, various studio lights.

  • Journey's,  Miniature Photography,  Table Top,  Uncategorized

    Jumbo Donut Shop, Uxbridge MA (with miniatures added)

    I wanted to find an older looking doughnut shop so that I could “drop” my miniature vintage vehicles into the scene.  While out looking for barns to photograph in Uxbridge MA I came upon this Jumbo Donut shop and thought it might work nicely for the image. Once back at my studio I photographed the motorcycle (which was about 12″ long), the police car (which was 1.5″ long) and the green vintage vehicle (which was 1.5″ long) in a studio setting.  I used a Nikon D7100 using a 60 mm MACRO lens  tethered to Helicon Focus and Helicon Focus Stacking software.  I had a three light set up and an…

  • Macro Photography,  Wildlife

    Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Caterpillar Stage)

    This caterpillar, if he’s fortunate enough to come to full maturity, will end up a Black Swallowtail Butterfly. I found him, as well as several others, munching on this dill plant.  The dill plant is one of their favorite food choices. Caterpillars are preyed upon by many species of birds as well as, yellow jackets, and some beetles. In some parts of the world man is their worst enemy as they are eaten for their nutritional value. They are found in tree tops, garden plants and sometimes grassy areas where they find food in all these locations. Life cycle of a Black Swallowtail Butterfly: Egg Stage (where a butterfly lays…