Closer, and seeing differently

I wasn't sure how I was going to make a small bunch of flowers given to me after a recent death in the family interesting so pondered it for a week or so. Over the weekend I looked at them, still alive well over a week after receiving them, and figured, what the hell, I'll just shoot them and enjoy the process, if they're interesting to others then great, if not, then also great, I got to enjoy the process and that's the most important thing.

It feels good to have a photography post up after a couple weeks of not doing so and I'm pretty happy with how these ones came out.

I'm constantly amazed at nature, how it works and the transformation from one thing to another, birth, death and rebirth in an endless cycle. It's quite beautiful to see and taking the time to become immersed in nature is something I really enjoy; I got that feeling doing this shoot and think it's cool to take a closer look at these flowers through a macro lens to see them a little differently.

Naturalist, John Burroughs, said, "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order," and I can relate. It doesn't matter if that nature is in a vase in my home or somewhere far away in the wilderness, nature is a healer and I believe human beings are supposed to have a close relationships with it.

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