In art school, we had an assignment on ‘Design in Nature’, and that, I think, inspired my love of patterns found in plants and close-up photos of nature in general. I bought three macro filters…as macro lenses were too expensive for my Minolta SRT 101 single lens reflex camera I had saved for when I was a teen. Here are some recent photos found in the garden this month:
I love the way the ajuga looks next to the thyme like a needlepoint pattern.
That big leafed mullein just volunteered itself there. Nice, but I won’t let it seed there. 😀
I promise myself to do more of these macros. It’s fun!
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