We have a Christmas Cactus that blooms faithfully every Christmas season. It has a second bloom, generally close enough to Easter to call it our Easter Cactus as well. 🙂 For some reason it has started it’s second bloom early this year. There are a few buds, and even one open flower already.

As it happens, I just got a set of “macro attachment lenses” for my Sony 16-50mm zoom lens. The 16-50 focuses relatively close, but it is certainly no macro. Screw-on macro attachment lenses are cheap…$16 for set of 4 from Vivitar in their own little protective pouch…and I thought it was worth trying them out. They actually work amazingly well! This was taken with the +10 diopter attachment lens at 50mm equivalent from about 2 inches away. And, it was taken hand held at ISO 3200. Not too shabby! At macro distances the Sony was able to auto focus with the attachment lens in place, even in this low light. This little set of attachments, or at least the lens I end up using most, are definitely going to become part of my regular field kit!

Sony NEX 3NL with 16-50mm zoom. ISO 3200 @ 1/60th @ f5.6. Processed in Handy Photo on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.