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242/365: "Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." ~ Og Mandino
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I thought it would be nice to go out and take pictures of some of the beautiful dried grasses and plants around our meadow today. If you stand and look at a field full of dry grass and weeds, it's pretty boring and uninteresting without working in a fence, trees, or other focal points that aren't the grass and weeds. If I was using a regular lens, I would have a really hard time coming up with different interesting pictures of just the grass and weeds. It's just not compelling. But when you have a macro lens, everything changes. Something so simple as a blade of grass can be amazing to look at because we don't usually see things close up. In fact, even though I've been taking pictures with my macro lens for a couple of years now, I am surprised on a daily basis at how cool and interesting so many seemingly boring natural objects can be.
So, today is all about DEAD STUFF! :D My Pick of the Day was actually my very first subject: wild grass! I have added some sandstone texture to the background and also some special, shaped vignetting to give this image a little more mood and drama. I hope you like it! :)
Augustine "Og" Mandino II (December 12, 1923 – September 3, 1996) was an American author. He wrote the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the World. His books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into over twenty-five different languages. He was the president of Success Unlimited magazine until 1976 and is an inductee of the National Speakers Association's Hall of Fame. Wikipedia: Og Mandino
Explored on August 31, 2013. Highest placement, page 2 (#45).
I thought it would be nice to go out and take pictures of some of the beautiful dried grasses and plants around our meadow today. If you stand and look at a field full of dry grass and weeds, it's pretty boring and uninteresting without working in a fence, trees, or other focal points that aren't the grass and weeds. If I was using a regular lens, I would have a really hard time coming up with different interesting pictures of just the grass and weeds. It's just not compelling. But when you have a macro lens, everything changes. Something so simple as a blade of grass can be amazing to look at because we don't usually see things close up. In fact, even though I've been taking pictures with my macro lens for a couple of years now, I am surprised on a daily basis at how cool and interesting so many seemingly boring natural objects can be.
So, today is all about DEAD STUFF! :D My Pick of the Day was actually my very first subject: wild grass! I have added some sandstone texture to the background and also some special, shaped vignetting to give this image a little more mood and drama. I hope you like it! :)
Augustine "Og" Mandino II (December 12, 1923 – September 3, 1996) was an American author. He wrote the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the World. His books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into over twenty-five different languages. He was the president of Success Unlimited magazine until 1976 and is an inductee of the National Speakers Association's Hall of Fame. Wikipedia: Og Mandino
Explored on August 31, 2013. Highest placement, page 2 (#45).
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What I love most about macro is that the "ordinary" becomes EXtraordinary !
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