Another Splash!

Getting Closer

After holding my breath last week, I decided it was time for more. More holding my breath, more macro till I'm cross eyed. And this is a pretty good cross section of the methods available to me. The first one I took with the reverse lens macro technique, using my slightly broken 50mm and my 55-250 on the camera. This method is hard! And it makes me strain my eyes trying to figure out what's in focus. But there is something I do really like about the shot below, so maybe it's worth it.

This one I took using the Lensbaby Composer and the +4 macro lens.

The last two are the Composer and the +10 macro. Turns out that the +10 is a lot easier to use if there's enough available light. I took these mid-afternoon in open shade - some of my favorite light.

There's something about yellow and dark blue that just gets me as a color combination. Maybe that's why I like these shots so much.

But it's weird, even looking at them makes me feel a little out of breath! Maybe I should really start using my tripod.

Anyway, you might see a few more macro shots from me in the future, so be prepared!

Do you think you could spare just a piece of that delicious...

...whatever it is you are eating? I haven't eaten in days. Well, I mean, it feels like days. Except for my regular food, but it's so boring.

Could you just throw me a piece? A small piece. Or maybe a little healthier sized. Or the whole thing would be fine too. Or maybe could you walk away from the plate for a moment? Don't you need to visit the room with the large water bowl?

Oh, yes. Thank you for dropping that. Oh. Delicious. Wow. Mmmm. Better than I expected.

Do you think you could spare just a piece of that delicious ...

Dear Sweet Early Morning Light

Dear Sweet Early Morning Light,

I know I'm not usually an early riser, and I often don't see you. Also, I may not always be in the best mood when I do, not having had my coffee and all.

But I just wanted to let you know that you.are.amazing. And I love the way that you make even ugly things look beautiful by just shining on them. If only we all could do that.

Always yours,

Jessica

Dahlias!

Are so lovely. In all their forms.

A Token

We all pick up things on our travels. I have scattered souvenirs in various boxes, or stuffed somewhere in my closet. And although I've been living a bit like a nomad for the past few years, living out of boxes and bags in various locations around the globe, whenever I come across something from my travels it makes me stop and smile, and remember.

Unfortunately this particular souvenir I can't claim as I've never been to Venice. (I know! Shameful!) Evan's mother picked this up on her trip to Venice last year, and I just think it's stunning. And although this might seem just like a straight shot, I had quite the difficulty in shooting from just the right angle to keep all the parallel lines parallel.

(Plus, I almost had a heart attack. My camera spent ten minutes yesterday telling me it had no card in it, even though it did, through a huge number of alternate cards, and I had almost given up when it finally decided that yes, in fact, oh-I-see-it-now, there is a card in me. I don't know what I would have done had that continued, no way to take pictures if the camera thinks there is no card.)