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Morning with the Milkweed Pods

Sep 13, 2025

Out riding my bike yesterday at a local park and saw that the milkweed pods were bursting open, so went out this morning at daybreak to get some new images.Perfect conditions with cloudy skies and no wind.Here is the field I was in. I was very happy to get lots of great images but here are my three favorites. Plus, one of a knapweed flower with a trapped milkweed seed. Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 280 instructional videos. Over 2900 members from 29 countries. Info and to ...

Tales of the Tiny

Sep 12, 2025

My Shutterbug article.Tales of the Tiny: 8 Tips for Macro/Closeup Photos with Dedicated Macro & Telephoto Zoom Lenses.CLICK HERE Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 280 instructional videos. Over 2900 members from 29 countries. Info and to sign up. MACRO PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Natural Backgrounds

Sep 11, 2025

With many of the subjects I shoot I will place a printed background behind the subject if the background is to cluttered, or I may move the subjects to a better background. Sometimes I get lucky, and the subject is in front of a good background that works well with the subject. Here are a couple images where I had a nice natural background to work with. These were shot on Madeline Island last month. Lupine flower in from of natural backgrounds. Here are a few more ...

Before and After, Double Sunflower

Sep 09, 2025

I was at Ankley Farm photographing their fields of flowers, and in the sunflower field I happened to see this small sunflower directly in front of a larger sunflower. I thought that large sunflower will make a great background for the smaller sunflower.Here is the finished image processed in Smart Photo Editor.Fuji X-T30 MKll Tamron 18-300, f/32 @ 1/40sec ISO2000. Here is the out of the camera original. Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 280 instructional videos. Over 2900 ...

Glacier Art

Sep 08, 2025

A few years ago I was up in Anchorage Alaska teaching one of my Macro Boot Camps. I stayed for about 10 days visiting many of the towns outside of Anchorage.I believe it was near Seward that I was able to get to see a glacier. I wasn't able to get close but had my Tamron 18-400 and zoomed into this abstract ice of the glacier. Even glaciers produce great artwork. The melting glacier was creating multiple rivers and at the edge of one of the rivers in the sand I found ...

Booking Camera Club Presentations

Sep 05, 2025

If your camera club is booking speakers for upcoming Fall and 2025 and 2026 and would like a zoom program on macro photography, let me know.Contact me at, macrogeekmike@yahoo.com Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 290 instructional videos. Over 2900 members from 29 countries. Info and to sign up. MACRO PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Straw Flowers - Before and After

Sep 03, 2025

Here is an interesting group of Straw Flowers shot at the Ankley Flower Farm. Processed in Smart Photo Editor, I muted the colors of the flowers and stem to give it a watercolor feel.Added a white vignette. Here is the original out of the camera. Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 290 instructional videos. Over 2900 members from 29 countries. Info and to sign up. MACRO PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

September - Macro Photo Club News

Aug 30, 2025

September - Macro Photo Club NewsSeptember monthly theme - Post your favorite images with creative post processing.Macro Photo Club members, post your images in the Mike Moats Macro Photo Club Facebook group.For those who are lifetime members, when you signed up you were sent a welcome email. That email has the links to access the instructional videos so make sure to save that email. If you lost the welcome email contact me and I'll send you a new one. macrogeekmike@yahoo.comJoin the ...

Before and After, Sunflower Abstract

Aug 27, 2025

Got a little creative on the processing of this one. I get asked many times what filter I used on an image, and I don't keep track of the filters I use on each image. I just load the image into the program and start clicking on filters until I see a look that I like and save it. Sunflower, Ankley Farm, Imlay City, MIFuji X-T30 MKll, Tamron 18-300, f/32 @ 1/65sec, ISO2000Creative processing in Smart Photo Editor. Here is the original out of the camera. Join ...

Only Another Month for Spider Webs

Aug 27, 2025

It's the end of August and only about another month for shooting spider webs before the weather here in Michigan starts to get some frost and kill off all the critters. Here is a collection of past spiderweb shots. Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 290 instructional videos. Over 2900 members from 29 countries. Info and to sign up. MACRO PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer