I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine

Category: macro lens

  • Butterflies Galore

    Photographing insects is not exactly my “bag” as they say, (especially after photographing a fox earlier in the day) but I found myself shooting some beautiful butterflies recently. The butterfly at left was photographed while on a garden tour in Garrett County, Md. The final home on the tour featured 3 ponds and at least…

  • Beauty in a parking lot

    Photographing flowers are good way to start your journey into creative photography. I remember shooting my first flower while visiting my dad in North Carolina what seemed like eons ago. I worked at AP at the time, fully immersed in photojournalism as a photo editor and never really thought about shooting flowers. So my dad…

  • Flower Surprise at Deep Creek Lake

    . One of my favorite lenses is my 60mm macro. It is sharp,fast and an incredible close up lens. (Deepcreekimages.com/Rob Paine) The photo above was taken a few years ago near Deep Creek Lake. It had just rained and I wanted to get some close ups of a day lilly outside where  I was staying…