A Macro, A Macro!

A Macro, A Macro!, originally uploaded by ashwink.

So, I bought a new macro lens (Tamron 90mm). Of course, if you buy a macro lens, you need to do the customary flower shot, the rite of passage as it were, and stick it in all the macro and flower groups on flickr.com to congregate with 3.68 billion other flowers out there, swaying, caressing and and vying for your attention. Once there, the flowers will mingle together, say "hi" to each other, compare their DOFs and show off their color and sharpness, and maybe even flirt with a few of those butterflies who sneaked in.

Unfortunately, God forgot about our little neighborhood and dumped 5" of heavy, wet snow on us, snuffing out any little chance that those sleeping tulips will ever peep out this year. Yeah, blame it on Him, instead of global warming. So, I used the excuse of having company over the weekend to buy flowers and test my new lens. :-P

Ta-da! May I present to you - my flower MACRO!

You say that you've seen 3.31 million shots identical to this one? Oh, I doubt any of those is as loved as this one! (Shhh! You want to make a newcomer feel special, don't you?!)