September

Early morning dew on a weedy stem.

Settings: Taken Sept. 16 this year in Buchanan, TN with a Nikon D610, 60mm macro lens with 4X closeup lens, ISO 100, f/16, exposure 1/40 sec. I use manual focus and the mirror up feature of the camera to reduce shutter shake.

Mary Ann Claxton

My usual response to Dallis Grass is to rip it out by the roots, but this stem showed there is beauty in unexpected places.

Settings: Taken on Sept. 16 this year in Buchanan, TN with a Nikon D610, 60mm macro lens with 4X closeup lens, ISO 100, f/36, exposure 1/13 sec., manual focus and using the mirror up feature of the camera to minimize shutter shake.

Mary Ann Claxton

This macro shot captured a stalk of bitterweed reflected in the two dewdrops with the sun at the lower edge. Early morning light is best while the drops are still large, but it is still difficult to find drops at the right angle and distance from the flowers to capture them properly.

Settings: Taken September 17 this year in Buchanan, TN with Nikon D610, 60mm macro lens with 4X closeup lens, ISO 100, f/36, exposure 1.6 sec.

Mary Ann Claxton

I was taking pictures of ice flowers, but there had been a beautiful hoar frost during the night which produced piles of large ice crystals on everything. Depth of field was a serious problem as I had to use a lot of magnification to get the layers in the ice to show up.

Settings: Taken on January 11, 2016 in Buchanan, TN with a Nikon D600, 60mm macro lens with 16X closeup lenses, ISO 100, f/22, exposure 1/25 sec. using the mirror up feature of the camera to reduce shutter shake.

Mary Ann Claxton