Welcome to Macro Moments Challenge: Week 11 and  thank you to everyone who entered last week. 

Congratulations to Pat of “Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss”  https://angloswiss-chronicles.com/ for submitting the winning entry to last week’s challenge, a charming photo of a grasshopper trying to decide which part of a bromelia he wanted to sit on  https://angloswiss-chronicles.com/2016/08/24/macro-moments-challenge-week-10/ 

Please pay Pat a visit, view her work and enjoy her charming daily stories about life with “Mr. Swiss”.

  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.

California Academy of Sciences

Last week I spent a day at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco with my 13-year old granddaughter.  They currently have an amazing exhibit called “Twilight Zone: Deep Reefs Revealed” where we they  have incredible florescent coral and new and rare species, many of which have never been displayed in a public aquarium.  

A highlight of the Academy of Sciences is a lush four-story rainforest which is home to more than 1600 live animals.  I was able to capture several butterflies as we walked through.

I will be traveling for the next few weeks and will be posting photos and a travelogue of my trip to Europe and Israel.  I hope you will follow along!  keep shooting beautiful macro photos while I am away, and save them to submit to the challenge when it resumes on September 28.

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 a visit to view their work and if I missed anybody, please let me know!

https://theonlyd800inthehameau.com/2016/08/24/macro-moments-week-10/

https://norasphotos4u.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/macro-moments-week-10/

https://zombieflamingoes.com/2016/08/24/macro-moments-challenge-week-10/

https://ayoungretirement.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/macro-moments-week-10/

https://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/macro-moments-challenge-week-10/

https://learawrites.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/macro-moments-challenge-week-10/

https://attaleuntold.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/leading-you-up-the-garden-path-15/

https://yzhengblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/macro-moments-week-10-cake/

https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/macro-moments-natures-filigree/

https://closetoyoublog.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/macro-moments-week-10/

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