225/366: Sparkling Ornamental Grass

It's a wonderful thing when a twinkling light catches your eye and it's possible to capture the magic of what you see with your camera. This can be a maddeningly elusive challenge! When I looked to see what was flashing at me, I remember mumbling, "You'll never get that shot...it's gonna look like nothing." However, I consider such nay-saying commentary to be a personal challenge, an irresistible invitation to find a way so I can return with, "HAH! I GOT IT!"

I spent some time looking at my subject and then I took a bunch of pictures with different compositions, angles, depth of field and I also stood at different distances away. I had about a dozen pictures to look through, and most of them went flying into the trash. But I got a couple that were ok, and then I found myself staring at this picture. Hooting gleefully, I announced to myself, "HAH! I GOT IT!" :)