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Tulip - Before and After

April 28, 2026

This was shot a few years ago in my home. I bought at inexpensive Nikon D5200 camera body to make the point you don't need an expensive camera to produce good quality macro images.Attached was the Tamron 90mm macro lens, f/20 @ 1.0sec, ISO200, natural light.I processed the image in Smart Photo Editor. Original out of the camera. Save yourself some time learning flower photography by joining my Flower Photography Club online. Learn from the experts. FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats ...

Daddy Longlegs on Flower - Before and After

April 24, 2026

I was shooting at a flower nursery when I came across this weird flower that I'd never seen before. It wasn't labeled so can't tell you what kind of flower it is. I found one that had a daddy longlegs spider on it, so decided that one was the most interesting one to shoot. Here is the finished image. Here is the original out of the camera. Shot a larger area knowing I would crop what I wanted. As usually the images out of the camera are never as sharp as I ...

When, Where, and How

April 23, 2026

When: SpringWhere: Wooded AreaHow: In the early spring in a northern forest, you will find the first signs of life from these tightly coiled leaves of the Mayapple plant. When it’s fully grown, it looks like an umbrella and has a white flower that can be seen underneath the umbrella. To catch them as you see in this image, you have to be there as they just pop though the forest floor. Most are green, but you will find some with this purple color. I shot as close as my lens would ...

Lou Aiello - featured flower photography club member

April 20, 2026

Lou Aiello is my featured Flower Photography Club member and is from Taylors, SCLou's equipment, Nikon full frame cameras with 105mm Macro lensHere are five of Lou's beautiful flower images Save yourself some time learning flower photography by joining my Flower Photography Club online. Learn from the experts. FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Taking the Right Path

April 19, 2026

When I go out to shoot, I will head into the woods on a hiking trail but once in the woods I wander off the trail searching for subjects to shoot.Whatever random path I choose on that day it may be taking me to some really great subjects or maybe nothing worth shooting.The path I took may have been just a short distance from some really great subjects, but I'll never see them on the path I chose.So, each time I go out I never know if I took that right path on that day. Save ...

Flowers - Front View / Side View

April 18, 2026

I like when I find a pair of flowers where the viewer sees the front view of one flower and sees the side view of another flower. Not easy to find them this way. Save yourself some time learning flower photography by joining my Flower Photography Club online. Learn from the experts. FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Before and After - Cracked Filter

April 17, 2026

Some of my flower images are okay but need a little something extra, like an interesting effect to make it a little more artistic.Here are two images that I find just basic flower shots that are not all the impressive and need a little help.In Smart Photo Editor there is this cool crackled effect filter that I thought would look fun on these two images. Save yourself some time learning flower photography by joining my Flower Photography Club online. Learn from the ...

Chicago Botanical Rose, Before and After

April 15, 2026

Shot this last year at the Chicago Botanical Gardens. They have a huge rose garden.Here is the processed image in Smart Photo Editor. Here is the original out of the camera. Save yourself some time learning flower photography by joining my Flower Photography Club online. Learn from the experts. FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

My Reflection in Bubbles

April 14, 2026

Many years ago, I was at a local park standing next to a very small waterfall in a stream watching the water at the bottom of the falls create bubbles that floated over to the streams edge where I was standing.I had my tripod set up and camera pointed down at the bubbles thinking it would be cool abstract image.I was using a 180-macro lens and a Fuji S5 camera body, so this was shot a long time ago.As I looked through the camera's view finder, I noticed I was being reflected in all the bubbles ...

Iris - Before and After

April 12, 2026

Shot the Iris on Madeline Island, WI in a little private garden. Fuji X-T30 MKll Tamron 18-300, f/32.Post processed in Smart Photo Editor.You'll see the original was a larger framing but cropped tight in post processing to show off the interesting inside of the flower. Here's the original shot. Save yourself some time learning flower photography by joining my Flower Photography Club online. Learn from the experts. FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro ...