Playing with my Macro Lens

As some of you may know, I received a macro lens for Christmas. I've been able to play with it for about three weeks now and it's been a lot of fun. I'm really excited for spring and summer to come around, because I think I'll be able to get some really great shots of flowers and insects. Here's what we've gotten so far. Most of these pictures were taken back home at the houses of my parents or my in-laws.

A few other things before I go on to the pictures. Click on the pictures to enlarge for full detail. You'll miss it otherwise! Please leave comments about what you think. I know this is all amateur but I'm hoping that with practice, I'll continue to get better. I may even venture into some stock photography or try to sell a few prints here and there. Many of these images are mostly unedited, so if you have any editing suggestions, let me know. I'm only posting a few of the pictures I have uploaded, so if you want to see all of the macro pictures, check out the Flickr Set.

This is a statue outside the house. It's been there for a while, so the paint is eroding nicely.

Here's an second shot I took of the paint, a more in-depth shot of what the weather's been up to.

Here's another statue that Brandon got a nice shot of. After these few statues, I really want to go into a historic cemetery and go to town. I think I could get some really nice shots.

The branches of a yucca plant, I believe. In all its spiny glory. 

The keys of an antique typewriter that was given to me for Christmas. I added the sepia effect because the picture color ended up an off-blue and not very attractive.

Water flowing off of the stone waterfall of a swimming pool.

So that's that. There are more on the Flickr Set, but I don't want to make a huge picture post, so if you check them out, let me know what you think!