Macro Moments Challenge: Week 7

By Susan GuttermanAugust 3, 2016 ( 32 )

Welcome to Macro Moments Challenge: Week 7 and thank you to everyone who entered last week. Again, the entries were so wonderful that it was very difficult to choose a winner! For this week’s challenge there is no specific theme except “Macro”.

Congratulations to Amy, at “Share and Connect” https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/ for winning this week’s challenge with her very first entry! I love the detail of the Blue African Lily buds, the composition of the photo and the somewhat dark theme. Please pay Amy a visit and view her work.

https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/macro-moments-challenge-week-6/

An important reminder–If you want to be considered in the judging, please submit only one photo per entry. You may enter as many times as you’d like.

This is a place to share the beauty of macro photography and learn from each other. Please join in! A new challenge begins each Wednesday, and I announce the winner from the previous week when I post the new challenge. The winner’s photo will be featured on this blog used as the banner in the announcement for the next week’s challenge, unless I am requested not to use it.

Instructions for participating in the challenge are found at the end of this post.

If you remember, last week I was lamenting that I have a new butterfly plant in my yard, but I hadn’t been quick enough to shoot any butterflies. Well, patience paid off, and this week this beautiful Swallowtail stuck around for a couple of minutes and I was able to get several shots.

Swallowtail on Butterfly Plant

Yesterday I planted some Lantana, which also attracts butterflies, and started some milkweed seeds so I hope to see many more in my yard, as well as hummingbirds.

Olympus Olympus OM-D E-M5, Olympus M.60mm f.2.8 macro lens.

ISO 6400, 60 mm, 1/4000 sec, F 9, camera handheld. Cropped and edited in LR. I’m not sure why I chose such a fast shutter speed. I will definitely slow it down next time!

Here’s how the challenge works:

Choose a favorite macro photo from the past week or from your archives.
Create a new post on your blog entitled “Macro Moments: Week (insert week)“.
Add the photo to your post and a brief description. I would love to know, as I am sure others would, too, what camera and lens you used and your settings.
You may submit more than one photo, but submit each in a separate post if you want to be included in the judging.
Deadline for submitting your entries is 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, Pacific Time.
Create a * pingback to this post and/or leave a link to your post in the comments section.
Tag your post Macro Moments so others can find it.

If you’re not sure how to create a pingback, Here are instructions

The following bloggers also submitted entries in last week’s challenge. Pay them a visit to view their work and if I missed anybody, please let me know!

https://snaphappi.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/macro-moments-week-6-2/

https://zombieflamingoes.com/2016/07/27/macro-moments-challenge-week-6/

https://theonlyd800inthehameau.com/2016/07/27/macro-moments-week-6/

https://giberson9.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/macro-moments-challenge-week-6/

https://ayoungretirement.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/macro-moments-week-6/

https://attaleuntold.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/macro-challenge-6-there-be-dragons/

https://attaleuntold.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/macro-challenge-6-flower-crab-spider-on-cosmos/

https://venturesinphotos.wordpress.com/2016/07/26/macro-moments-week-6-just-for-fun/

https://bloggergirlapril.com/2016/07/28/macro-moments-week-six/

https://purposivewriter.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/macro-moments-challenge-week-6-the-flower-the-butterfly-and-the-ant/

https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/macro-moments-challenge-week-6/

https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/macro-moments-challenge-week-6/