Dead Flowers

Beverage: ice water

Toast: here's to trying

These are shot with a Nikon 60mm macro lens. It's the same one that has been on my camera throughout the blog. Some of the early posts I was using a cell phone camera, but since then it's mostly been the same lens throughout.

I've had trouble with it before for macro because the short length often had me in my own light as I was trying to work closer. My solution for that has been to raise the ambient level. Translation: shoot outside. I move things out on the deck. Shots like these it's afternoon light and I'm in the shade. The lens goes down to around f3 though, so I have a lot of room. But I like that soft stuff these days so I'm enjoying what I get. I'm also amused by letting things get high key.

I had left these flowers on the counter when I went to Maine. You may have seen them here. I came back and they were doornails, as I had planned.

Dead flowers always remind me of the old Stones song. My old pal Johnny taught me to play it on the guitar and I would struggle along with it while he sang and played lead. I usually had to sing the chords in my head to keep it straight. Well (D) when you're sitting there (A) in your (G) silk upholstered (D) chair. But eventually you can just D-A-G along and it feels really good.

I like that when you're strumming the guitar, your brain kind of calms down. Java was harassing me to get the old thing out. Maybe I will. But right now I've got flowers to clean up. And I d-d-d-d-d- a-a-a-a-geeee.

 

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