Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM Macro Lens Sample Pictures

This beautiful red Amaryllis Flower was lit by a bracket-mounted flash.

The typically-annual winter bloom of the Christmas Cactus is beautiful. This flower was lit by a large softbox and a studio monolight. I used a small black towel for the background.

The colors on Zinnia flowers are irresistable to both butterflies and photographers.

Most macro lenses make good portrait lenses and this one is no exception. The lighting is from a setting sun.

A bee performs its polination job while gathering its food from a thistle flower. The thorny thistle provides a beautiful flower - one that invites photography and bees. ISO 200 (instead of 100) was selected for this shot because faster shutter speed was needed to stop the wind-blown plant's motion. Unfortunately, I didn't have my Wimberley Plamps with me. A tripod was used for this capture.

A 3-week old palomino Quarter Horse Colt grazes beside its very contrasting black mother.

Shiny green leaves surround this pink flower.

This white Crocus is lit by a late-day sun. A wide open aperture was used to create a strongly-blurred foreground annd background.

The artistic leaves of the beautiful Amaryllis are complementary to the flower itself. This shot was lit with a flash.

So the kids have a little rabbit and you want to record the event. And you want something better than a snap shot. Here's what you can do: Pull out a chair, sit a white pop-up reflector on it. Attach a flash to the camera and position it into another reflector that someone else is holding above the camera. Bring in the subject and grab your shots. I completed the white background in Photoshop. Also note that the back of a hand was used - the back side is usually more attractive than the thumb side.

She's a cutie. Macro lenses usually make great portrait lenses.

A bee works its way around a Black-Eyed Susan in this picture.

A smoothly blurred background surrounds a setting-sun-lit little girl.

Curved and hanging in front of a bright red background, the Amaryllis stamen are very photogenic.

A colorful Dragonfly clings to a rope. This specimen was found in the dark and lit by a flash on a bracket.

A three week old palomino Quarter Horse colt looks to his mother.

A Painted Lady Butterfly fittingly feeds on a Butterfly Bush bloom.

The sun lights up an orange flower.

A close-up shot of a Black-Eyed Susan flower.

She looks a little young to be pondering.