Refreshment
A pit stop in a local pub in west London. A spot of lunch and a cool drink (of the soft variety) for me.
Ice and a slice? Don’t mind if I do. A miniature world of effervescence, lemon, a cheeky straw and glass is revealed by the lens. It doesn’t need to be a hot summer’s day to enjoy this little pleasure.
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Amazing shots. I love the colors and shapes.
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Thank you very much, Seth. I’ll have to take my camera for a drink again some time!
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Nice images, Mike. The extra drop of water on the left side of the b/w image really adds to it! :)
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Thanks Richard. Yes, I’m glad that droplet showed up too. It helped shape the composition of the final edit.
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Another fun shot. Perhaps I should spend more time in pubs. :-)
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Hahahaha! All well and good if you abstain from the hard stuff too.
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You are having fun with your macro aren’t you! Love these shots.
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Hi Lee and glad you like them. Yes, it’s the new best thing but I suspect more than just a novelty, which is good.
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I just realised that I show peculiar behaviour when I see one of your posts in the reader: my eyebrows go up, I smile and say aloud: hey, Mike’s new macro lens. If that isn’t something that qualifies me as a weirdo, I don’t know what is…
I really like your macro shots, and every time I see them, I remind myself that I have a macro lens, too. But somehow these days I always go for another one.
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Hi Kiki, I’m very flattered to hear that :-) Hopefully you’ll feel the need to dust off your macro lens too. You might be glad to hear there’s something non-macro lined up for this weekend – I don’t want to make people feel macroed out!
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Brilliant shots Mike! I so love your work! Have a great weekend! Robyn
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Robyn, thank you very much! Glad to you like it and it’s always a pleasure to receive your comments. Enjoy your weekend too – I hope it’s not one of extreme weather :-/
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You are an inspiration! Who would have thought of making a trip to the pub into works of art???? Love it!
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Thanks very much, Linda! Well I had my camera and am pretty macro-obsessed at the moment… saw an opportunity with my glass of Sprite!
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Very good use of a refreshment break I would say. You have made some remarkable images in what must have been a tricky lighting environment.
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Thank you very much! We were next to a window and the light was pretty decent, though macro does hoover it up quite alarmingly.
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Wonderful shots!!
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Thank so much, Adele!
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Great creative works!
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Thank you! It was good to make something out of sitting in a pub.
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:)
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