Springtime, a Photo Essay...

High rise living doesn't give you this ability... However I was visiting my Mother-in-law's yard with a garden and was able to shoot this flora. Pentax 50mm f:4 manual focus Macro Lens, some with Pentax Auto-Bellows (extreme close-ups)

[caption id="attachment_446" align="alignleft" width="450"] Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) aka: Venus's car, Lady in a bath, Dutchman's trousers, or Lyre-flower.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_447" align="alignleft" width="450"] Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) aka: Venus's car, Lady in a bath, Dutchman's trousers, or Lyre-flower.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_448" align="alignleft" width="450"] Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) aka: Venus's car, Lady in a bath, Dutchman's trousers, or Lyre-flower.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_449" align="alignleft" width="450"] Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) aka: Venus's car, Lady in a bath, Dutchman's trousers, or Lyre-flower.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_451" align="alignleft" width="450"] Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) aka: Venus's car, Lady in a bath, Dutchman's trousers, or Lyre-flower.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_453" align="alignleft" width="450"] Wild Violet[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_454" align="alignleft" width="450"] Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum) it's 8-10mm across on a grass like stalk. Back yard. .75 life size on sensor.[/caption]

Even weeds, like the lowly Dandelion can exhibit beauty.

[caption id="attachment_455" align="alignleft" width="450"] Dandelion fluff[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_456" align="alignleft" width="450"] Dandelion fluff, closer.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_457" align="alignleft" width="450"] Dandelion fluff, back lit.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_458" align="alignleft" width="450"] Dandelion fluff, extreme close-up, the stalks are acting like prisms.[/caption]

Darrell Larose