cold earth sleeps
underneath a flaming northern sky
the snowy trees gently weep
– dark christmas, tarja
*…images made with Nikon D850 and AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f2.8 lens*
Dark Christmas
macro
macro meanderings
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in –
what more could he ask?
A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
*All images made with Nikon D700 (well hello again, old friend) and AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 lens (an old, new friend)*
Micro Flora and some critters
be in love with your life, every detail of it
― Jack Kerouac
A series of images made in the garden with poor technique and a glass of wine (or two).
A tripod would have been advisable, but hey, sometimes it is what it is.
Also, some critters were involved, although none were harmed in the making of this post.
cool light
Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
hidden
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you
because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
– Roald Dahl
macro the third
This crazy life
This crazy world
We’re living in is
Magical
1/1000s, f/5.0
out of hell
Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
of small things
But now I know the things I know
And do the things I do,
And if you do not like me so,
To hell, my love, with you.
― Dorothy Parker
*Images made with Nikon D850 and AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 D lens and edited in Lightroom*
after the fall
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
– Albert Camus
*my very first attempt at macro photography, made with my Nikon D850 and Nikkor AF Micro 60mm f/2.8D lens, edited in Lightroom Classic with cool light filter applied*
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