Five Petal Violet

Five Petal Violet, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Closeup of a 5 petal violet flower looking up.
If anyone knows the name of this flower, please let me know.

Cactus Thorns

Cactus Thorns.jpg, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Taken at the Descanso Gardens
Close up of cactus thorns.

Orange Daisy Turned Yellow

Orange Daisy Turned Yellow, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Closeup of oragne daisy against clear blue sky. Bumped up the hue on the petals to turn them yellow. Taken at the Descanso Gardens parking lot. I spent two hours in the gardens for the first time and the best shot of the day was waiting for me at the parking lot.

Orange Daisy in Blue

Orange Daisy in Blue, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Taken at the Descanso Gardens parking lot. I spent two hours in the gardens for the first time and the best shot of the day was waiting for me at the parking lot.

Beautiful Dandelion

Beautiful Dandelion, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Macro of yellow dandelion with colorful background. This is a new crop of an older shot. Also played with the curves a little.

Colobus Monkey - 2.jpg

Colobus Monkey - 2.jpg, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

First shot of a monkey. This was taken at the Los Angeles Zoo.

Bee on Rosemary

Bee on Rosemary, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

My second favorite bee shot

Daisy Chain

Daisy Chain, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Floating Slice of Orange

Floating Slice of Orange, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Close up of a slice of orange, floating over a white background.
This was one of a hundred shots I took of this orange slice. I know it sounds crazy, but I played with tons of settings in the camera and finally
came up with this photo. The slice of orange is resting on a tiny plastic cup, about an inch high.

Orange Pink Sunset

Orange Pink Sunset, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Sweetgum Balls

Sweetgum Balls, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Orange Sprout

Orange Sprout, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Small Brown Bird

Small Brown Bird, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

First clean shot of a bird up close

A Fly On The Leaf

A Fly On The Leaf, originally uploaded by Fir Mamat.

This fly macro really humbles me.

Speed

Speed, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Very creative photo by Rich Legg.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richlegg/

Spiral Cactus

Spiral Cactus, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Bird's eye view of a cactus.

"He's here girls"

"He's here girls", originally uploaded by NinaBee.

Wish I took this one. NinaBee / Janine from flickr took it.

Snail and Cactus - 2.jpg

Snail and Cactus - 2.jpg, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Snail inside a cactus plant.

White Bouquet

White Bouquet, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Macro of a white Sweet Alyssum, Brassicaceae (Mustard Family). The out of focus flowers in the background are pansies.

Bee In Paradise 2

Bee In Paradise 2, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.
Closeup of a honey bee collecting pollen from a bird of paradise flower. Submitted a
very similar shot, but cropped this one after a couple of suggestions.

Fly on Yellow Daisy 2

Fly on Daisy2, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

My first fly shot. I was very lucky to catch this house fly resting or feeding on this daisy in front of an apartment building.

Bee in Paradise Rear

Bee in Paradise Rear, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Bee in Paradise

Bee in Paradise, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

First time I captured a bee in a photo. This is a bee getting pollen from a bird of paradise.

Side of a Yellow Dandelion

Side of a Yellow Dandelion, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Different dandelion, but wanted to choose a more interesting angle.
One of my all time favorite photos helped inspire this shot.
Here is the link to that photo: Bliss

Dandelion Close Up

Dandelion Close Up, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Yellow Dandelion Close Up

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise.jpg, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

Another flower around my neighborhood.

Yellow Daisy

Yellow Daisy, originally uploaded by mikeguttman.

One of my first macro shots of a flower.

I have discovered some great flowers, walking within a couple blocks of
my apartment.