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Feeling a little artsy this morning…

Feeling a little artsy this morning…

Macro Monday. Pink

Macro Monday. Pink

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!

Soon..soon….soon……..

Soon..soon….soon……..

Breakfast of champions!

Breakfast of champions!

Wide Glass As most of you know, I am a detail, up close kind of shooter. I like to capture the sum  of the parts, as it were.  Landscape photography unnerves me. Great landscape shots move the heart, but many, sadly, are lacking a point of view. Wide glass is difficult to master. (Wide-angle lenses are lenses that can capture “place” - it captures the outlying edges of our vision.) The field of vision is so great you can see everything and nothing at the same time. Great landscape photographers are able to draw they eye in–they have a focus, an anchor–something that puts meaning to all that space they are laying out for your eyes. This is not obvious. So, I have avoided landscape for the most part, choosing to sneak right in on my subject–a lash or paw, petal or wing. This was shot with a 10-22mm F4 wide angle lens, but up close. I was trying to bridge the distance, as it were, between its broad field of view and the narrow, detailed vision in my head. I not have found my sweet spot yet but it is fun. If you have a wide-angle lens, try getting in close. Lie down in that field or church pew. Find some “detail” and shoot it with a wide perspective on it’s world. It could change your point of view.

Wide Glass

As most of you know, I am a detail, up close kind of shooter. I like to capture the sum  of the parts, as it were.  Landscape photography unnerves me. Great landscape shots move the heart, but many, sadly, are lacking a point of view. Wide glass is difficult to master. (Wide-angle lenses are lenses that can capture “place” - it captures the outlying edges of our vision.) The field of vision is so great you can see everything and nothing at the same time. Great landscape photographers are able to draw they eye in–they have a focus, an anchor–something that puts meaning to all that space they are laying out for your eyes. This is not obvious. So, I have avoided landscape for the most part, choosing to sneak right in on my subject–a lash or paw, petal or wing.

This was shot with a 10-22mm F4 wide angle lens, but up close. I was trying to bridge the distance, as it were, between its broad field of view and the narrow, detailed vision in my head. I not have found my sweet spot yet but it is fun.

If you have a wide-angle lens, try getting in close. Lie down in that field or church pew. Find some “detail” and shoot it with a wide perspective on it’s world. It could change your point of view.

May your new year burst with colour and light! All the best for 2013 good people. Cheers, NJ

May your new year burst with colour and light! All the best for 2013 good people. Cheers, NJ

Happiness! I just printed and framed this for my living room wall…

Happiness! I just printed and framed this for my living room wall…

Macro Monday: Ziggy Doo!!!

Macro Monday: Ziggy Doo!!!