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The Way of Walking Alone

July 6, 2022 by Greg Molyneux

100mm macro photo of a dutiful bumblebee collecting pollen atop a fresh daisy blossom. The image is cross processed to give it a more moody tone.

The bumblebee works alone. Dutiful to his task, hard at it for his hive. Out in the world it is a solitary life of discipline and purpose. Skill builds for honing a craft with a singular drive, full of intention. What can we learn of the bumblebee? What can we learn of ancient masters?

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Bright Spot

June 28, 2018 by Greg Molyneux

White daisy blossoms photographed at 35mm in low key vertical orientation.

Flowers are but a bright spot in an otherwise darkening world. Acrimony, callousness, cynicism, and flagrant distrust envelope our better judgement as a plague. As corrosive distrust and patent injustice unfolds so too do the flowers. Impartial and ignorant to our schemes and machinations, spreading beauty with their grace. Too bad it not up to […]

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Roommates

August 27, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Black and white photo of a Maine Coon cat.

I present my new partner in crime. Daisy “Chain” Cat. She’s a Maine Coon cat loaded down with fluff and stuff enveloping a pronounced air of dignity. When she’s not traipsing to and fro from food bowl to litter box she’s setting up shop on a comfy bit of furniture near you. Daisy is my […]

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Daisy Do

July 18, 2016 by Greg Molyneux

Square format photograph of a sunlit daisy blossom backed by smooth bokeh and soft focus.

I’ve been having plenty of fun making photographs of my daisies this year. To close out the month of June I put down my macro lens and went with the 35mm aperture set wide open at f/1.4 to keep the depth of field as shallow as possible. By getting my lens as close as possible to the […]

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Stage Left

July 3, 2016 by Greg Molyneux

Macro photograph of a blue bottle fly atop a daisy petal.

Time is weird, man. While I feel mired in quicksand, struggling to move in chronic slow motion I am juxtaposed by the fast moving reality that it’s July. In 2016. Or so I’m told. Somehow, somewhere, I’m still stuck in April 2006, but hey? Any Multiverse theorists want to take this on? So here I […]

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Let’s Pollinate

June 29, 2016 by Greg Molyneux

Macro photograph of a blue bottle fly pollinating a daisy blossom

With summer in full swing it’s high time to get back to my macro roots. In the front yard fresh daisies are in bloom affording the perfect opportunity to return to some good old fashion handheld camera fun. Macro work is a chance to get back to basics—a chance to ditch the tripod, ditch the bracketing, ditch the […]

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Life Hangs On

October 27, 2015 by Greg Molyneux

Low key cross processed macro photograph of an insect atop a daisy

I didn’t expect to see this today. Despite progress well into Fall I somehow have a path of thriving daisies in my backyard. I spied them unexpectedly today while making a quick pass through back there—about ten blossoms in all. More surprising was the amount of insect life teeming about the blossoms. Bees, flies, and […]

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Day 1 of 5: Flat out

October 17, 2014 by Greg Molyneux

A low key black and white macro photograph of a late season daisy in Autumn.

Last night I was tagged on Google+ to participate in the #fivedayblackandwhitechallenge that’s been running strong for the past couple of weeks. If nothing else it’s coincidental that yesterday was the first day it popped in my mind if I’d somehow get tagged for this. I was on my way to work. Sure enough that […]

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It starts with one

July 1, 2014 by Greg Molyneux

A black and white low key macro photograph of a single daisy blossom readying to bloom. Shallow depth of field and solemn tones lend mood to the photograph.

The daisy is one of the favorite flowers. Simple, plentiful, hearty yet understated. I have two small daisy patches in my front flowerbed and since getting into this whole photography thing they’ve proven some of my favorite flowers to photograph. The reason? Versatility. From bud, to opening, to full blossom, to death, the daisy’s life […]

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Photos from the archives

Wide angle photograph of severe weather clouds moving in over a salt marsh.
Soft focus 35mm photograph of spirea blossoms and bokeh.
Fiery sunset over winter salt marsh.
This time from a side perspective, a low key, fine art, black and white macro photograph of echinacea (purple coneflower) before its petals extend and progresses to bloom.
Storm clouds roll in over southern New Jersey marshland

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