Tamron at Ott's...

Today, we took a quick trip over to Ott's Nursery.  Ott's is a large indoor/outdoor nursery that changes looks many times a year.  They're really nice folks and have never complained about my picture taking.  In fact, today they welcomed the cameras and even lent us some pads for our knees.  Of course, I always stay out of the "paying customers" way (I've actually purchased a number of things from Otts!).

I like what I got.  Many of the images I took today were hand-held and all with my new Tamron 90mm macro.  Overall, I'm VERY impressed with this lens.

This first shot was the last one I shot for the day.  I liked the way all the cactus were lined up with their price tags.  I shot this with a tripod...

In a separate room, they had a Calla Lilly standing alone.  Ahhh, perfect - a flower all by itself!

And a close up (after blowing the pollen off the stamen)...

Both of these were also tripod mounted shots.

Lastly, I thought these two leaves looked interesting.  Both were shot hand held, but I thought they were still very sharp.  Some of the out of focus areas is due to depth of field.

As I said, I'm very impressed with this lens.  I think the colors are fantastic and the sharpness excellent!  Just look at the lines in the calla lilly's stamen above.  I thought that was amazing.  Anyway, if you're looking for a (relatively) inexpensive macro lens Tamron has a couple.  This 90mm is amazing.