Atheist Praying for Focus

Day 118 of an Unknown Number

"Atheist Praying for Focus"

 

Some friends brought over a lovely bouquet of tulips last night. I thought to myself that they would make for an obvious photographic subject for today. However, when I went to check on the garden this morning, I happened upon a small praying mantis on one of our chili pepper plants. Let me clarify that......I found a very, very small praying mantis on our chili pepper plant. I immediately offered it temporary housing, and then pondered how I might photograph our minuscule subject. Assuming I would use my macro lens and macro extension tubes, I had no idea how our model might behave. Even with a subject this small, the depth of field would be teeny-weeny at best. With that in mind, I arranged a backup plan, and set up to photograph the tulips themselves. Having no patience, I carefully placed our model on the top of the tulip, and she proudly took her place. She walked around a couple of times, but willingly crawled on to my finger as I placed her on different parts of the flower. Within a few minutes I had several images, and hoped I had captured at least one image in focus. I got to my computer and discovered that my favorite photograph was crisp. I must admit that I am quite happy with the results. There is an enormous softbox at camera-left, and I used it because it was the only light already set up. Thanks to our model, and thank you for stopping by.

 

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