Macro and Closeup

Day Lilies and buds growing outside of the Best Western Intercourse Village Inn in Intercourse, Pennsylvania, outside of Lancaster.

A beautiful rose captured some time ago. Hope you enjoy ti!!.

Closeup of Eastern Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans, shot at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York City. This special place is part of the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. The active compound in the plant's sap that causes the often virulent skin reaction, including rash and blistering is called urushiol. But many birds and other animals eat the plant and its seeds with no ill effect. Learn more about Gateway National Recreation Area by visiting www.nps.gov/gate .

Some lovely pink Azaleas seen in my Brooklyn neighborhood.

The beautiful lavender colored flowers of Dame's Rocket, growing along the Delaware River in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania. This beautiful area is administered by the National Park Service. Taken on May 16, 2021.

A couple of once dazzling pink Roses a few days past their prime, growing in front of my apartment complex in Brooklyn.

The warm glow of a beeswax candle I bought on a recent trip to the Sunny Hill Resort in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. It was being sold at a craft festival they were holding there. The candle gives off a subtle buttery aroma.

The beautiful white flowers of Mock-Orange, shot at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on June 5, 2021. This flower ranges from North and Central America to the Caucasus and Hymalayan Mountains and throughout much of Asia.

This shot of an enormous five inch long Largemouth Bass demonstrates two things" 1 - I'm great at catching tiny fish, and 2 - I needed to get my fingernails trimmed. Hope you like this little guy!