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Nov. 16th, 2008 05:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshI was taking pictures today and my camera reminded me that there is more than one way to see the world.
There is a rose bush in my front yard, and despite the lateness of the year and the coldness of the day, there are a few hardy blooms and one bud left. I wanted to get a picture or two, so I got up close and used the micro function. Funny thing is, though, when I got in close to take a picture of the sole unopened bud, the micro function just wouldn't work, and this is what I got instead.
Instead of focusing in on the beautiful bud and blurring out the background, it chose repeatedly to blur out the bud and focus cleanly on the junk around it. Dead leaves on the ground, the alley between two houses, the garbage can on the next porch.
Oddly enough, this one simple little picture made me think about how I normally experience the world. Sadly, I tend to see the junky background far more often than I see the beautiful, stubborn little bud. I'm trying to change that, though. Less whining and complaining about all the minor aggravations of the day, and more rejoicing over the small moments that make the day worthwhile.
Incidentally, I did manage to get some pictures of the flowers (although the bud continued to elude me until my battery gave out). The first picture was in mid-afternoon. It was snowing and I really wanted to catch a moment when a flake landed on the rose and showed white and clear against the pink petal. What I was able to get looked almost dewy, or like a summer's day after a rain shower.
About an hour later, I went back out and the snow had unexpectedly stuck to the grass and cars in the meantime. So I was able to get another picture. Still not exactly what I was aiming for, but I like the effect of the half-melted snow on the flower.
There is a rose bush in my front yard, and despite the lateness of the year and the coldness of the day, there are a few hardy blooms and one bud left. I wanted to get a picture or two, so I got up close and used the micro function. Funny thing is, though, when I got in close to take a picture of the sole unopened bud, the micro function just wouldn't work, and this is what I got instead.
Instead of focusing in on the beautiful bud and blurring out the background, it chose repeatedly to blur out the bud and focus cleanly on the junk around it. Dead leaves on the ground, the alley between two houses, the garbage can on the next porch.
Oddly enough, this one simple little picture made me think about how I normally experience the world. Sadly, I tend to see the junky background far more often than I see the beautiful, stubborn little bud. I'm trying to change that, though. Less whining and complaining about all the minor aggravations of the day, and more rejoicing over the small moments that make the day worthwhile.
Incidentally, I did manage to get some pictures of the flowers (although the bud continued to elude me until my battery gave out). The first picture was in mid-afternoon. It was snowing and I really wanted to catch a moment when a flake landed on the rose and showed white and clear against the pink petal. What I was able to get looked almost dewy, or like a summer's day after a rain shower.
About an hour later, I went back out and the snow had unexpectedly stuck to the grass and cars in the meantime. So I was able to get another picture. Still not exactly what I was aiming for, but I like the effect of the half-melted snow on the flower.
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Date: 2008-11-16 11:18 pm (UTC)more rejoicing over the small moments that make the day worthwhile.
I need more of that, too!
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Date: 2008-11-17 03:51 am (UTC)