When I'm doing my creative post processing in Smart Photo Editor, there are times when I click on some strange filters, and the majority of the time I pass on those, but here is one I thought looked interesting, so I kept it.

I used two filters; one is a vignette filter and the other a swirly filter. 

What do you think, did I go too far out.

In January I will be running a zoom program showing how I process my images using Smart Photo Editor. I will post the info and where to sign up after the first of the new year.

Here is the original, shot at the Chicago Botanical Garden. I placed a background behind the flowers to cancel out the clutter and shot it at f/32.

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Now that's a tiny landscape. This little offshoot of a poison ivy vine on a tree trunk is as small as my thumb nail. Added a NiSi close-up filter onto the front of my Tamron 90mm macro lens to shoot in that close.

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

I guess you could call these images of grass in sand on a beach as minimalist photos. 

I saw the flow for the grasses as interesting, but they are not subjects that most people would view as all that interesting and go, wow great subject.

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Do You Have Nature Smarts

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January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Yesterday I got a small package from Amazon, but I didn't oreder anything, so why am I getting a package. I opened it to find this t-shirt that says, "I Shoot JPEG" LOL. and it's true, all my images are Jpegs. I'm thinking one of the camera clubs I presented to recently that knew I shoot Jpegs probably ordered this for me. The also ordered in in the correct size and my favorite color. So, to whoever sent this, thank you.

Since I posted this, I found the mystery sender, it was from my good friend Jeff Bernas. Some may remember Jeff from my Macro Photo Conference I ran for about 8 years. Jeff would give me a hand at running the conferences. Thanks Jeff.

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer