Timothy

I saw the opportunity to do a "wicked"shallow depth of field shot of an otherwise mundane object (grass). This is one of those, "it's not what's in focus, but what's out of focus" shots. The foreground and background are a blur which seems to make the grass more important. I could make images like this all day which is good, because you don't always have the Grand Canyon or Yosemite around for a subject. I like the challenge.

Grass and Flower

I was playing with some gumped up gear from yesteryear and made this. My plan was to take ultra close-up shots of flowers and kept running into the grass. I decided to use the two together and at the same time take advantage of the breeze. So it's a soft image of nature. When you work close depth of field falls off to almost nothing. It's hard to find focus anywhere especially if it's breezy. I remember my head hurt after scrunching up my left eye in concentration to get this. It was worth it.

Grass and Flowers

I feel I made something of nothing, but at the same time, there had to be something here to make me stop and make this. I remember thinking of the different compositions I should try, patterns in the flowers, grass, and also, I should use the lens to explore it. No hurry, my self guided camera tour. The photography developed along the way. At the last moment I flipped my idea of full depth of field and went minimum. I have excitement and satisfaction in the final touches when I think of them. This shows how important a long lens and "out of focus" is.

Clouds

I new the clouds were good, I've always thought this grass burm was cool. How do you do a cool pic of a burm? It's half the photo! I had one fixed lens,, and was happy to be limited. I had to make it work, regardless. The burm blocked the usual tree/barn/human horizon. This was good. The lens focal length/focus/and apt are perfect for this shot of extreme depth. This is a good example of seeing better. Old Tony would have crawled up the bank and...