Another macro round

This SOny 90mm macro lens is so amazing - if only it were more compact and less heavy for my small and non-muscular arms...

Double trouble

Bright red flowers

Salute to the sun

Pink-edged daisy

Trip to Chevreuse

Located in the south of Paris, in the middle of the 'Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse', Chevreuse is an adorable town showcasing a canal with old wash houses and tanning facilities near the Yvette river. Dominating the valley of Chevreuse, the Madeleine castle is also worth the visit (and the climbing). 

A wonderful location for a family weekend excursion!

View on the castle

Old castle of Chevreuse

Eight geese a-walking

View on the church tower

Nature macro

Playing around with my macro lens while walking in my favorite parks under the first sun rays, waiting for insects to appear again :-)

Leaf veins

White blossom in the light

Violet macro

Yellow stamen

Yellow petals

Photo mash-up #60

Today's theme is the color purple :-)

Happy purple day :-)

Crocus flowers

A new sign of that Spring is coming soon, crocus flowers have appeared - can't wait for insects to show up as well, I so much enjoy taking pictures of them with my macro lens!

Sunlit crocus

Crocuses

Opening crocus

Light and shadows

Some pictures from a lovely stroll in a park, while the sun was slowly setting...

Light and post

Sunlit field

Leaf and bokeh

Versailles gardens

A nice (re)discovery today: the gardens of the Versailles castle!

 

I hadn't visited them since a long time, as free visits are usually not possible between Spring and Autumn due to the fountains and musical gardens shows that are planned during that period.

I really enjoyed walking in the gardens again - even though most of the statues were still covered for the cold season. Just look at those wonderful fountain decorations!

Golden statue

Boy and bird statue

Fountain statue

Photo mash-up #59

Today's theme is the color orange!

Happy orange day :-)

Early flowers

At last, the first flowers of the season have come!

Snowdrops

Signs of Spring

Pink blossoms

Pretty leaves

Beautiful and multicolor leaves hanging to branches... A little touch of color before Spring comes!

Light through leaves

Golden leaves

Twisted leaves

New lens

A little trip to the forest to try out a new lens, kindly lended to me by my photography 'sensei' : the Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM lens (mounted on a Sony a7II camera for the occasion). 

 As I usually use my long-loved 50mm F1.8 lens or - less frequently - a 90mm F2.8 macro lens on my APSC a6000 camera, this new lens was a nice discovery: I am not used to taking wide and no-blur landscape pictures! I really enjoyed playing with this lens, though in the end I don't think it is a type of photos that I will really practice often in the future :-)

Green grass

Little island

Tree reflection

Bois de Boulogne

A little stroll in the Bois de Boulogne - nature is slowly starting to wake up from its winter sleep, thanks to the warmer sun rays :-)

Riverside

Double trouble

Wild brambles

Saint-Cloud park

Another beautiful park, though on a very cloudy day: the Parc de Saint-Cloud :-)

Iron gate

March on

View in the rain

Colorful

Missing so much the beautiful Spring flowers, that seing those (unfortunately not wild) colorful flowers in a garden made me quite happy!

Purple petals

Red roses

Winter garden

A cute garden (frequent walk place of mine) full of twisted trees, wild bushes, and even  some shy flowers :-)

Path in the garden

Twisted branch

Tiny plant

Stone wall

Winter bushes