Out in the wood

 

As we come out of Spring and touch wood are able to do a bit more after a rather wet and windy week here's a nice example of foliage along a stem that has buds.

The flowers on things you just might walk past looking for more immediately impressive sights can be rewarding although taming the background was a challenge taking a few attempts to find a view with undergrowth less intrusive. 

Having had a dedicated Micro lens for my Minolta XD7and X500 film cameras, when I bought my Nikon DSLR I bought one for it that allows for easy manual focusing and with the DX sensor in it effectively makes it, a 90mm lens a 135mm in film terms allowing you to fill the frame at a a bit more of distance that helps with small creatures as if you get near than the distance they feel comfortable, the picture is lost as they flee.

The optical quality of a fixed length lens tends to be better for having simpler designs with less elements fitted than zooms too.