Noticing small changes, cues, and details can have huge benefits — Text and photos by LensAfield I was walking around this particular park with the specific intention to “see” and capture images of things almost no one else who uses the park would. I departed from the paved walking path and headed to the top of the 15-foot-high berm that was…

The perils of messing with nature, photographic procrastination, and unintended outcomes — Text and photos by LensAfield It was mid-April. The weather was still quite cool here in central New Jersey, but the early morning light stimulated me to break out of my winter doldrums, get up early, and do some shooting. So off I headed to the closest county park, a…

finishing a series about going macro to see micro — Text and photos by LensAfield In this installment, I will finish looking into the intimate details of one other bouquet inhabitant. There were at least six different flower types in the bouquet, but not all fit the nature of my interest for this series, but these Anemones did. I…

continuing a series about going macro to see micro — Text and photos by LensAfield This installment continues another deep exploration into a typical Valentine’s bouquet. This time I will focus on the lilies. When the bouquet arrived it had only one opened lily, the one shown above. As florists usually do, the pollen has been pinched off because it…

a series about going macro to see micro — Text and photos by LensAfield The banner image was of a bouquet containing lilies, carnations, gladiolas, anemones, and some strange accent acoutrements. In this installment I will look into that strange pinkish-reddish globular thingy. There were few scattered about the bouquet. Despite their appearance as being some fake thingamabobs (I…

3D imagery to battle the winter doldrums. No goggles required. Text and photos by LensAfield Before I present the images, if you are not familiar with how to see stereo imagery please read this primer. You could right-click on the link and open the primer in a separate window for…

…go to the annual flower & garden show — Text and photos by LensAfield Winter has shut down shooting and writing about my usual subjects. It has been cold here in central New Jersey of late, but thus far, we have had only two winter snows. There hasn’t been a massive dump yet, but I’m sure one is coming…

One photo, three edits, a problem — Text and photos by LensAfield 9/6/21 I haven’t participated in the Photo-a-Day Challenge, instead submitting sporadically as time permits. Today I thought I would take the challenge literally and submit a post based strictly on a single photo. Capturing small, fast insects in flight requires a good deal of thought…

The battle: Bald-faced hornet vs Paper wasp — 9/5/2021 Text and photos by LensAfield I have previously written two long pieces about life and death in nature. This quick post shows one example of the billions of life-and-death struggles happening all around us, all the time. I was shooting various subjects in my little swamp milkweed patch when…