Macro Madness

When I was in Kauai I took some macro shots of moss while hiking and since then I've gone a little macro mad. Here are those macro moss shots that got me onto this craze.








This Sunday I went to Huntington Library with Sam and our good friends Megan and Zach.

From left - Zach, Megan and Sam on a Japanese Bridge. Gotta love Zach's orange bag!

For those who don't know the Huntington Library is not your run-of-the-mill library. It contains some of the most rare historic books such as the Guttenburg Bible, first edition Shakespeare plays, a copy of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution (which abolished slavery) and all the parliamentarian signatures that approved it, plus endless early scientific works by the likes of Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Darwin and Edison, and much more. It also houses around 400 early light globe designs by Edison and others. If this isn't interesting enough for you it has an art gallery containing such classic works as "The Blue Boy" by Thomas Gainsborough. We didn't look at much of that stuff though as by the time we'd explored the expansive botanical gardens it was closing. They have an incredible Bonsai collection. Here are a few I particularly like.





But this was supposed to be all about my macro madness. So here are my favourite macro shots from some of the Huntington Library's many botanical gardens. There's an amazing desert garden, an Australian garden, rose garden, Japanese pond area and much more. It's well worth a visit.