My gf recently got a digital SLR with a macro lens which I pretty quickly snatched to take some pics of my plants. As anyone would, lol . Most of the plants are mine, some of them are prier's and other's which I'm looking after at the moment.
Here are some of the pics I took, let me know if you want an ID.

Awesomsauceness.... PRON *can i touch it* *mmmm*

Much awesomeness there. The more I see photos like this, the more I want to get a digital SLR. Of course, then I'd have to get even more cacti to photograph. And some more to keep them company, and then some more to...

Cool, and some nice shots there.


What camera ? and lens ?

I'm using an Olympus E-620 with a 35ml macro lens. A few of these images I used a +4 filter but couldn't quite get the focus right, so I went and bought the new lens. $350 wasn't a bad price. You can probably see which images were taken with either method.

Do you have a camera HN?

Yeah I've got a Sony Alpha 350. Try playing with the settings (fstop) on the camera to increase the depth of field this will keep more of your subject matter in focus


This explains it:
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/950/depth-of-field.html

wait till parrotheaven logs in and sees these pics,
swoon swoon.
truly amazing and an added interest to just collecting.

whats the first one in the 5th post?

Eriosyce sp. Can't remember the species until I get home. It was raised by crypto.

Great pics!!
At the risk of sounding dumb, that 3rd pic in the 2nd post - is that a loph? If so, how come it's so dark?

That's alright, there is no such thing as a stupid question. It's stupid not to ask.
Yeah its a Lophophora williamsii v. caespitosa. It's just the way its been grown. I like the texture of the epidermis up close.