I wanted to expand my photography so, almost on a whim, I grabbed the camera and the tripod to wander around the garden in search of subjects for macro photography. My 40mm Canon lens has macro written on the side of it, although it is the standard lens that came with the camera about ten years ago when I bought my Canon EOS 100D. I started my attempts with some flowers, experimenting with shutter speeds and f-stops as well as an external flash. I was reasonable happy with the results, although I need to balance the flash and ambient light better. I thought it would be interesting trying some live subjects, the first of which I came across were some European Honey Bees who were visiting our front garden. Again, I did some experimentation but I was happy. with my initial foray into macro photography. I will need to keep practicing but I did enjoy looking at the smaller world around us.
This was actually my last shot of the day but I do like how I caught the bee in flight
