Macro filters

I have always loved the idea of taking a picture that lets you see more or differently than the naked eye.  Macro photography doesn't have to do that but my personal preference has always been, let me see this differently, bigger, like I'm looking through a microscope... 

Many years ago when I was just starting out in the digital photography world and had my first camera that allowed interchangeable lenses and filters, I started out with macro filters instead of a macro lens.  The results may not have had the perfect detail I can get now, but the filters could provide an ethereal quality that I do not get with my macro lens.

Denver / Rocky Mountain National Park

I had a good trip and came back with both good an bad pictures.  This is to be expected.  I don't know of anyone who only ever takes a perfect picture every image they take.  The good thing about the bad pictures it they give you a chance to analyze them, see what you did verses what you should have done to make them better. After that is done, delete them. 😉

Enough about the bad pictures.  Here are some good ones from my trip.

Prep for Rocky Mountain National Park

I will soon be headed out Denver way and spending a few days in Rocky Mountain National Park.   This being the case, I really wanted a lens that would give me a wide angle view of the mountains.  My lens of choice: Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM.  Thankfully, during my years of not buying, I had been slowly adding to a camera savings fund, which meant even after my 6D Mark II purchase a few months ago, I still had enough saved to mostly cover the cost of this lens.

The below was taken at Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania, USA using my new lens.