…join me in the search for the simplicity found on the other side of complexity!
Undiscovered subject: can you spot the spider? (click for larger image)
Yesterday I was climbing Blue Mountain, just west of Missoula, MT with our dog Angua. I ran into some great flowers and took a number of macro shots using extension tubes.
It wasn’t until I was doing post processing this morning that I found an added bonus. I was doing sharpness checks at 1:1 in Lightroom 3, and suddenly there was …. a dustspot? No, it was…. a spider! A very tiny one to be sure, hiding in the petals of the subject flower.
Can’t see it? Here it is close up and personal. In retrospect I was extremely lucky that it fell within the depth of field. I’ve shot bugs before, but I believe this is my smallest wildlife subject to date.
See him tucked away there, near the petal tips? (Click for larger image)
I always have a camera at hand. You never know….
But this morning, at 7:24 a.m. I was just too rushed – had to drop off my son at school, and get a set of DVD’s delivered to a client before 8. As I headed out the door and reached for my 20D, I realized the batteries were still in the charger, and the CompactFlash chip still in my PC. I hesitated, grabbed my car keys and shot out the door behind my son.
The universe can be a heartless bastard when it has to re-teach you a lesson. Especially if it’s a lesson it’s taught you before, like “If you think of yourself as a photographer, always take your camera. Even for the short trips…” (more…)
