Creatively Closer

This sort of shot is best done with a dedicated macro lens. This shot, however, is taken with my 50mm f1.4 lens. It is mounted reversed on my FE and I have added all three of my closeup lenses to it. This was certainly not an easy shot to take but with a little perseverance a good result was still obtained.

Colour and Texture

This is another view of the digger. This picture is not a picture of anything in particular. It is a picture of texture and colour. When examining a subject always try to cover as many angles as possible. You should also try to get back and see the shape of the whole and then get close and see if there are any details that might be good subjects in themselves. For this shot it is the crust of salty white sand and the beautiful spraypaint colour against the "industrial equipment yellow-orange" paint that is the subject.

The warning sign provides context and is enough to let the viewer know that this is a piece of machinery. It was certianly not necessary to include this for an abstract but I wanted to tie this picture back into the series of other pictures of the digger I took at that time.

Seize the Moment II

This digger has been a favourite subject of mine. It is typical of a lot of industrial equipment in Doha. It was used until it could no longer be used and then left were it lies. I love the evidence of its life and its slow decay that is written all over it.

On this particular day it rained. We get less than a week of rain a year in Qatar usually. I couldn't pass up this opportunity to emphasize the desolation of the old machine with this view of its cab spattered in rain spots. Again, if I hadn't had a camera with me this shot would never have happened. This is the essence of smash and grab photography.

Seize the Moment

I think this is as good an ilustration as any of why I always try to have a camera with me. The colour on this rose is nice. The texture is nice. The light when this was taken, sets it all off perfectly. The day before this the bud was not open enough. The day after it was losing petals. During the day this flower looked like this there was probably less than an hour when the light was like this.

Keep your eyes open and be ready.

Colour vs Detail

Although ostensibly a macro, this shot is really more of an abstract about colour. The shallow depth of field here keeps the eye on the picture as a whole.

Alternate Light III

Never be afraid to experiment with artificial light sources. The colour of these flowers is nice anyway but under the mixed source outside lighting of my house on a moonless night it really comes alive. Long exposure timed by my Nikon FE.