Macro-fied

A couple more macro attempts... a fern in window and some rice for lunch!

A Secret Room

In a kingdom far away, in a tall and crumbling castle, there once was a secret room. It held a young girl's dream and she longed to find the room and call it her own.

The girl believed that she would want nothing else out of life if she could just find the secret room and spend eternity inside of it. It was different than most rooms she knew; it had possibilities that she believed would make her happy. But one day, the girl saw a man who went into that room, someone who she knew and loved. The man, who had onced looked so handsome, and strong, was now worn and ragged. He was only a half a man, his face covered with anguish and age, his life traded away for the glories of the secret room.

The girl swore to herself that she would never become like the man, that she would never go to the secret room or desire it again.
Much later in life, the girl finally arrived at the secret room. But she was wiser than before. And though she saw old dreams floating before her eyes, she realized that they were not her dreams anymore. They were the dreams of others yet to come. And she was content because she found that the room was just one room in her castle. She would never become imprisoned there like the man had been. And she still had made rooms left to explore!

Macro time!

Thought I'd bust out the macro rings and do some experimenting for the next assignment which is MACRO! I changed the tone of the image and added the shading at the bottom; otherwise this is how it really looks...Do you know what it is? If you guessed my knuckle, you are correct. Geez, I really have dry skin today, don't I? :)

People, not a direct hit

The assignment was "people, not a direct hit" from Bridget. I figured I would post my pictures so that Linda could see them, but also to get myself back into the blogging mood. I took a few months ago but I would like to start getting back into my photography. So there they are! I'm really going to try to keep posting once a week if I can. I need the practice and I do miss taking shots!

Vulnerability

There are so many pictures I wanted to try for this assignment, but I decided on this macro shot from a few weeks ago. This time of year always makes me feel vulnerable. One year ago Sunday, I lost one of my good friends to cancer. The holidays, while always full of family and cheer, also bring a remembrance of pain and loneliness. And so I find myself much like this snowflake, clinging to the glass, hopeful yet so vulnerable to the outside world. A single brush of a finger and the snowflake drifts away. Sometimes I feel like my soul is like a snowflake, delicate, tender, unique, always somehow standing on its own...scared of being brushed away.

Think this counts for Phil's assignment

Breanna received this as a gift at her bridal shower yesterday. It was a beautiful gift in my opinon and reminded me of Phil's assignment.

Assignment two in one

Bridget's assignment for last week was DOF so in this first picture the branches are representative of that part of the assignment. However, it also fits my assignment for this week which was lines. I like the lines of the branches in the background and the focal B/W filter to emphasize the leaves. Still a bit of fall color left there.

Also, this sunrise peeking through my curtains represents lines. Again I used the focal B/W filter here.