Bored at Home Macro

Maybe it is raining outside and you don't have anything to do. Maybe it isn't raining, but you go no where else to go. What do you do? Feel like taking photos? If you do macro photography, there are a lot of things you can take photos of! Just look around your house, I assure you will find something. :) Today, I want to show you some macro photos I took of objects around the house. All of these photos were taken with the help of my Kenko Extension Tubes and a few shots were lit using my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT. Most of the photos here were taken with my new Canon EOS 5D Mark III except for one photo which I shot with my Canon EOS 7D. 

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best 2012 macro shots, use this link. To see all of my 2012 at home and backyard photography photos, use this link.

Photo of an orange's skin. This was the only shot taken using my Canon EOS 7D. I shot this photo using one of the fruits on my orange tree in my front yard. 

I sometimes solder up electronic circuits so I have quite some electronic components laying around. Here is a photo of a resistor I had lying around my parts bin. 

A photo of a spring I had lying in my parts bin. 

For this photo, I laid a US Dime (10¢) on a DVD that failed the burning process. The DVD creates the colorful background. If you want to see more of coin shots like this, I have some photos from a previous blog post on a US Quarter (25¢). 

Drops of water can always help spice up an image. I covered the back of the US Dime (10¢) with water and quickly gave the rest of the DVD a spray using my spray bottle. A spray bottle is always handy for macro photography, especially on flowers and leaves! 

Yum. Jelly Belly. That is right, I took a jelly bean out of my Jelly Belly jar to get a photo of it. Good thing I got through the shot with out eating it first. LOL

Here is another photo of the jelly bean. Just looking at this makes me want some now, which is exactly what I will be doing after I finish typing this sentence. 

I also found some LEDs in my parts bin. Here are a few photos. The above is of my green LED. 

Another photo of my green LED. 

After trial and error placing these 3 LEDs under my camera set up, I finally got it. Here is a photo of my red, green, and yellow LEDs. It takes a lot of time to set it up. Remember, the camera's angle of view is only around 3.5 cm across. You need patience and steady hands to set it up. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Flowers from Quarry Lakes Regional Park (Part 1)

It's spring again and flowers are starting to bloom. :) Today I have 13 pictures of flowers from Quarry Lakes Regional Park located in Fremont/Union City, CA. Please enjoy. They are pretty! I will try to get the names of the flowers, but as you guys know, I am no flower expert. No promises. If I got the wrong name, please point it out in the comments.

I will post my other 13 picture next time.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best Quarry Lakes photos, use this link. To see my best flower photos use this link. To see all of my 2011 Quarry Lakes photos, use this link.

Parts: 1 | 2

Field chickweed (Cerastium arvense)

(Did not find a name for this one)

Sorry, very bad with names. Again... Not sure. If you know please tell me. :(

Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)

Could not find a name. :\ 

What I do with these is that I go onto other people's pages of Bay Area flowers and try to match my picture with theirs' to get a name. I am not very good at doing that. XD So I'm sorry about me not knowing the names. Still, please enjoy my beautiful looking pictures.

I'm predicting another 13 pictures for the next post. I may take more. Not sure yet. If I don't take more, there will be 13 more flower pictures next time. :)