08-24-11 – Barren Macro

Gosh, I sure hope so–but I shouldn’t doubt this group–yout’s knows how to bring game, even if at the last minute. Ya’ll are a constant source of amazement, inspiration and (when you out-do me, when I ‘thought’ I’d have a winner) frustration. 🙂

I really like my choices this week…but historically, I don’t fair well on themes I suggest, so ya’ll are expected to blow me away, and I look forward to seeing some most incredibly-amazing shots of ‘not bugs, not plants’. Bring it!!

yay!

I really, really like this theme but real life is not cooperating with my photographic interests lately. So I’ll be lurking and voting unless a last minute archive-dive turns up something (again). Good luck all!

How about a picture of my face? It’s kinda barren. I’m kidding – I have a bubble ready, and I’m considering a watch.

But initially, just thinking about the word ‘barren’ and the images it conjures, I was considering things that are of no consequence of mankind’s doing, nor animal or any lifeform. So, rocks; water; errr. Mainly rocks and water.

But how cool are macro photos of rocks? Generally, not very. And water? Well.

Interesting theme, looking forward to the results on my Thursday morning.

I’m sorry you feel that way. I chose ‘barren’ in relation to ‘non-reproductive’, as in ‘life forms and things that reproduce’. I didn’t mean it as in ‘without consequence of mankinds’ doing’. As such, anything man-made is fair game–so long as it’s not alive (we haven’t gotten that far, have we? After the mammoth & Iceman blunder… 😆 ). I hope you’ll reconsider and join in. There will surely, as always, be creative interpretations and yours among them would be welcomed.

//kinda thought everyone was on board and excited. A little sad that everyone’s experiencing inspirational difficulties–including myself. I managed to find my mojo–hope everyone else does, as I hoped it would be a neat theme for macrophotography. 🙁

Ah what I meant was that my initial [mis]interpretation presented me with difficulty and confusion – no ideas whatsoever. I’m glad it’s not what I thought! I have a pleasing bubble picture lined up… and a watch which is alright. Looking forward to 1am!

I think I have mine ready…I based my shoots on a running sement in Owl magazine (I think it was called that, it was a kids science magazine). It was about close up shots of everyday things. All I need to do is pick the 3 I want to use.

I’m going to have to go with ‘no’ on the sap. I consider it pretty much analagous to ‘blood’ and therefore livong. One could possibly make an argument for amber, sans bugs, but not fresh sap.

The other one doesn’t sound terribly ‘macro’ to me :/

Okay, I’ve read through this thread and, given, I might have missed it, but – are we allowed to post things where the *subject* isn’t alive, but it’s clear there are alive things around it? Like, say, a ball in the grass, where the ball is clearly what’s focused on, but you can clearly see people and grass around it?