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Walking through a small area of scrub and secondary woodland, I came across this remnant of autumn foliage. I arranged the branches to form a diagonal across the frame and shot wide open for shallow depth of field. I considered focus stacking to bring the leaves fully into focus, but the branches were moving in the breeze, so this probably wouldn't have worked. Simply stopping down didn't provide enough depth of field and I didn't like the effect on the background. Macro photography, I'm discovering, isn't easy.
Nikon Z7, MC 105/2.8 S. Original photograph copyright © Simon Miles. Not to be used without permission. Thanks for looking.
3 crystal balls - Shallow Depth of Field
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A close-up, macro-style shot capturing the delicate, dried seed heads of a late-blooming plant, likely a goldenrod or aster, now gone to seed. The soft white fluff and brown seed casings stand out sharply against a blurred, deep green background, which creates a wonderful sense of depth and focus. I wanted to evoke the quiet, fading beauty of autumn's transition into winter. The intricate, almost chaotic texture of the fuzzy seeds contrasts with the calm, subdued colours.
At the moment I'm just trying to focus on whatever is facing me each day and nothing beyond that. Things are difficult. Within myself, mentally and physically... with my family, friends, work, the UK, Europe, the world. It's just one of those sort of years and having my life aperture set to about f/4.5 is pretty much all that is keeping me semi-sane. It's not a great system because is means I never focus on anything more, never pre-book anything and therefore never have anything to look forward to but it's how I need things to be at the moment. Small steps. I will use my CBT and try not to catastrophize but I refuse to think everything's ok when I know it isn't.
Here's to 2017 when hopefully I can start to use the sunny 16 rule a bit more and the future won't be quite so blurred and out of focus :)
This image was my 'plan B' for the Blue challenge a week or so ago. It's part of a Murano glass perfume bottle stopper. Come to think of it, I probably could have used this for Saturday's 'Small Part Sharp' challenge too. Anyway, it hasn't gone to waste. :)
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lavish overflow
of high words, bright eyes
and praise
striking, magnificent flowers
now wilt flawless on my table
because I fear the disintegration
in my touch
tell me
how much of this
do I truly deserve
and am allowed to taste
without
rousing the insatiate hole
that grows in my shadow
from unquenchable seeds
hissing of guilt and disgrace
I have given so much
yet it seems
there is never enough of me.