Here is one of my favorite orange shots. I took it in 2007. it was one of my first macro shots that captured what my eyes and brain were seeing.
I loved the powder laying there, the pollen, ready to perpetuate the species.
I have always been fond of bright colors. Orange is one of those colors that I can not wear – it makes me look jaundice, as do browns, and yellows.
Noticing the little things, the small details that many pass by, comes naturally to me. I miss being able to hike somewhere and find the little hidden gems. Colorful moss on a rock, rusty old nails along a shore where a town used to thrive, and birds resting after flight.
Sometimes it really pisses me off when other blogger s with MS write about all the cool things they are doing. I get jealous. Then again the MS Societies pamphlets, videos, etc. usually show young, good looking people that relay a positive outtake – good PR? Trying to keep us positive?
I am not so positive about my vision doing wonky things. I hope sometime this summer my eyes will be clear and my balance and legs muscles will allow me to get out and snap some shots. My camera has the fully automatic mode but it just kills me to dumb down and use it.
I had a dream the other night were the orange flowers were turning into the orange logo’s of MS. I woke up thinking how crappy that was. There I was hiking up a hill and every time my lens was focused on the poppies they turned into out of focus MS logos! How suck-o is that??
Now to me…there should be a way to make the viewfinder work to your benefit. Should photography be limited to the able-eyed and bodied? I think not.
Here’s something else. I am beginning to feel like some of my best photography isn’t the traditional macro or the pretty flowers. Yes, I love them. I will always love them. But I’m getting an affinity for the grainy out of focus stupid shot that I never meant to take in the first place but which reveals some strange abstract I never noticed before. Might be worth stretching your imagination into that place, too.
I don’t think we go from being healthy (or relatively healthy) to receiving a diagnosis like MS gently. I think it jars everything. Hard. All that was taken for granted, all that was aspired to, all that is hoped…changes. I’m glad you’re blogging it, because it reminds me especially to stay grateful and encouraging.
🙂 my friend
This speaks to me and I LOVE this photo. Amazing. The fine details in life which elude so many, whether they be textures, colors, feelings, perspectives, experiences are uniquely yours. Thank you for sharing just a tidbit of yourself with us.
Thank you Lisa,
I just noticed I did not have it set so it could be viewed large DOH so I am glad you commented or it would have gone unnoticed.
Jan