On Easter Monday I took a walk in the biting, wintry wind. At least the sun occasionally revealed itself.
I was in Maldon, Essex and went down to the riverside where I’ve been with my camera numerous times. My task was to seek out miniscule, ordinary details and capture them with depth and precise focusing.
The deserted pub garden. A small chain and some rope next to the assembled boats. A simple road sign and the texture of some walls. There was also a lively market taking place which provided further fodder for my lens. The smaller things matter and can provide unexpected sources of aesthetic pleasure.
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Full of great surprises!
*Chuckle*. Thanks James!
You are welcome
I love this kind of image, sometimes I feel the details tell more than the wide image. Love these photos!
Thank you very much, Andy, I agree. I was chasing a certain type of image for this set and am pleased it was possible.
I love this series and what you set out to do that day. They are wonderful captures. Did you use a tripod? Super focus!
Thank you very much indeed! They were freehand shots but I commend my camera for being solid and accurate :-)
Great post and photos. It looks as if you have the macro skills down Thanks for sharing them. -Max-
Max, thank you very much, I really appreciate that. I put it down to my Fuji, which is very adept at spot focusing.
Superb. I’d be proud of just ONE of those photos! Thanks for sharing, Mike! :D
Thank you very much, Richard :-) I hope your exhibition has got off to a good start. I ventured to Barbican, as inspired by the two Richards.
Haha! :D I’m pleased we inspired you! :)
I veered off the brief a little bit, but freestyle is good!
Haha! :D
It’s great to see lovely detail shots of the ‘little things’ that normally get overlooked. Some good abstracts and use of DOF really make them worthy of showing off.
Thank you very much, Noeline. The idea was also spurred on by the fact that I’ve visited the riverside at Maldon so many times I needed to take a different approach!
you are extremely good at this now — we need to get you famous :-)
Why thank you Wes. Organise me that golden break! I see traffic from Singapore quite often which I guess you’re responsible for :-)
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing :-)
And thank you for looking, Ana Lucia. I really appreciate your comment.