Nearly two years ago my husband bought me a macro lens. And, for the most part, it has sat in a drawer all this time. This is because although I love to experiment with new knitting and quilting techniques and patterns, love trying new foods and recipes, love learning new things and reading tons of books - I tend to be slow to pick up new tech things. I don't particularly enjoy reading books on how to take better pictures and I find switching camera lenses to be a chore. But yesterday Greg needed to photograph a page in a book and he switched my camera lens. I didn't realize that there was a maco lens on my camera until I went to take pictures this morning.
At first I was a bit annoyed that I had to figure out how to switch my lens back in order to photograph my quilt. But then curiosity got the best of me and I began taking macro picture of things around the house. This was so much fun. Who knew that this little lens makes everything look amazing?! This lens makes trash, dead flowers, discarded items, old pets, rocks and knitting mishaps look like art.
Fabric scraps.
Dead flowers. (Greg bought these for me at the supermarket, very early in the morning, on his way home from the hospital on Valentine's day - one month ago!)
Overgrown rosemary plant.
A knitting mishap.
quilt blocks in progress.
A very old teddy bear that Abby drags around everywhere - and sleeps with.
Shadow the cat.
A rock.
Jade plant leaf.
See what I mean about how awesome things looks when photographed through the macro lens?
Thanks honey for encouraging me to try new things - even when I don't particularly feel like being encouraged at all.
Now will you please come home and show me how to switch the lens back to the 30mm?
Fantastc! It's amazing how something as simple as a new lens can totally shift your perspective on the world. (And that peach yarn is SO yummy. I want to squish it.)
Posted by: christina | March 13, 2013 at 06:02 PM
these are amazing! I'd love a macro lens....getting up close and personal is incredible!
Posted by: Lisa Q | March 13, 2013 at 06:40 PM
I love my macro lens. Try using it as a portrait lens too. It has given me great results of my boys.
Posted by: jane | March 14, 2013 at 06:41 AM
cool!
Posted by: beki | March 14, 2013 at 08:39 AM
Christina, Lisa, Beki - Thanks so much!
Jane, thanks for the advice! I so need to read up on this - what do you set it to?
Posted by: Larissa | March 14, 2013 at 11:13 AM