With plenty of fresh fruit and flowers on hand, the students had a fun time with a spray bottle inside, while a few ventured outside for insects and fall leaves too. Any type of plant and animal life is fair game for the Flora and Fauna category of macro photography.
Rebecca Johnston shines a light from behind the kiwi and adds rim light on the nearby raspberries for a superb lighting show
Tim shoots a wasp against a contrasting web of white batting. Happy accidents bring us lots of ideal photo opportunities if we can see them!
Casey Archibald places a whole lemon behind the sliced piece for a analogous background blur and ideal composition.
Katie Anderson is not afraid to get super close so we can gaze into the water droplets on these fresh rose petals.
Chantelle Zenger places a lime slice on a portable LED continuous light so we can examine the tart texture of the fruit and get lost in the tiny veins
Andrea Mehner keeps it fresh and shallow with this Gerber daisy at just the right angle to show only part of the disc florets in focus.
AJ Buruca ventures outside to photograph this branch of colored leaves against a blurred background, which makes the image so much more appealing and focused.
Pratik Benjade uses an off-camera side flash unit to bring out the sharp detailed hairs on this kiwi fruit.
Julie Peterson spritzes her gerbers with a generous does of water to add the freshness she needs to sell this shot to a floral company for their ads and website.