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Early one morning before Beltane, I went out and spent a little time enjoying daffodils heavily covered in dew. I photographed them in their loveliness (take a look in the 'Focus' gallery), but also attached my extension tube so I could go 'Super Macro', and photographed in abstraction. This image shows the color of sunrise beginning to glow through the foliage of the daffodils. Have you ever really taken a good look at something so ordinary it's almost invisible? And then, maybe let your vision blur a bit - and imagine.....

I am convinced that once we have experienced something new, we soon stop seeing it. It's as if, in the rush of everyday living, when we see the familiar, our brains label it, and dismiss it as 'that which is already known'. I have my camera to thank for teaching me just how few details I actually observe in everyday life. For instance, many times I have transferred pictures from my camera to the computer, anticipating and hoping for something remarkable. Yet what I often found amazing was the number of tiny details that had totally escaped my notice. For instance, I am just now learning to notice sunlight reflecting off the tiniest of spider webs prior to taking the picture. The world of light and color has drawn me steadily...