Macros #344 .:. May lily sprouts, winter apples, and more

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I became really hungry for wild nature's macro photography during the dull winter months of abstinence. On May vacays my wife and me eventually headed out of the city, visited our summer house: happily there was a little bit of good sunny weather - which I used to take 800+ macro captures. Most part of it were young May lily sprouts and water striders sliding on the water surface. Once again I have to divide somehow my photos into several separate posts, because there are too many of them. I take photos faster than I can edit.

Oak leaves in the gutter - look damn picturesque! I could not stop taking the same pictures, captured by the beauty of this visual.

What is this - is is some sort of a dragon teeth? of course not! These are small, harmless sprouts of May lilies. In a week, their wide leaves will make this place green all around.

They are absolutely harmless.... but They have great strength, with the help of which they quickly overcome such an insignificant obstacle. I spent pretty much time, trying to arrange cute sprouts into beautiful photo compositions.

Stake of two separate macro captures.

While I was looking at this may lily sprout and shallow snail's shell, a visitor appeared who was intrested in its evaluation too. However, he quickly lost his interest and ran away.

One of my fave macro plots to shoot: last year's leaves, whose soft tissues became already partially decomposed, and the most durable capillaries structure is still present. This leads to the appearance of such almost transparent sheets consisting of "mesh" only. Very beautiful macro texture that can be put to good use in your design.

Willow buds covered with down and hairs are one of the symbols of spring and Easter.

'Horse tails' are pretty photo-friendly, when they are not overgrown.

Apple that hibernated the winter under a snow. A good part of the soil at our place, in the garden, is scattered with these remnants. Some of them have intense black colour.