She who must be obeyed was sorting through some vegetables this evening and discovered a piece with a worm sticking out. Was her reaction:
- A cry of disgust?
- A call to me to come and deal with it?
- A call to me to ask me if I wanted to photograph it?
Number 3 of course, and I didn’t; or at least I couldn’t because I have lent my little LX3 macro machine to Q’on. But she knows what is important. The first consideration of any object must always be “can you photograph it?”, followed closely by the Thai sentiment “can you eat it?”
I have similar “can we photograph this?” conversations with my neighbour, Nik. Today he has been developing an advanced lighting systems made out of LED lights, bubble wrap, kitchen roll and cardboard boxes. I think it is fair to say that it has not been a complete success. His test subject of choice was a chunk of amethyst crystal, not the easiest of subject matter; given that the light source is going to bounce off some of the crystals and straight through your lens. Having failed to snap it successfully with LED lights wrapped in bubble wrap; he let me have a go. I don’t think I did a better job; perhaps I should have used more bubble wrap.
Panasonic GF1 with 20mm lens.
I returned the crystal to Nik and on the way out of his condo I nicked another of his ornaments. Tomorrow’s photo will be of a green Chinese thingie made of wood. Bet you can’t wait.
Comments 🔗
2010-11-04| biggrtiggr saysAny fool knows you also need yoghurt pots and sticky-backed plastic
2010-11-04| Spike saysYou’re not a school teacher by any chance?
2010-11-04| biggrtiggr saysNo, just a product of the Blue Peter generation.
2010-11-05| Billy the Brush saysYou are never alone in this world …
2010-11-05| Spike saysThe worrying thing is how you found this photo. I can only assume you were searching on “knickers”.