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| Backlighted Rose |
Loveliness is compelling indeed.
Colleen Miniuk-Sperry likes to talk about her
"3 second rule," which requires that, having stopped to contemplate
something for that long, a photographer should at least ponder whether there's
an image to be made.
I'll go out on a
limb to say that the thing that grabs us, whether consciously or not, is
beauty.
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| Tarantula Reflected |
Since a delightful weekend workshop photographing small
things last month, I've been contemplating all this.
Nowhere is the value of paying close
attention more evident than in macro (close-up) photography.
Sometimes a cursory glance at some of these
subjects will fail to impress (or might even repel) us. A closer look is almost
always worth the trouble and can be a source of great inspiration.
The reward is to "make visible what, without you,
might perhaps never have been seen." - Robert Bresson.
Exquisiteness not only gets my attention but arouses my
curiosity.
Why does that beetle have
fringe? What creates the purple crystals in that rock? What's the purpose of
the wild coloring on that moth?
Our
connection engages us. We want to learn more.
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| Backlighted Nautilus |
"If you invest wisely in beauty, it will remain with
you all the days of your life." -Frank Lloyd Wright.
More small things are in the
Miscellaneous Gallery on the
website.
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