With my nifty compact Pentax DA 35mm Limited Macro lens I ventured down to the upper arm of the Thames river (https://goo.gl/maps/bSYqx) in pursuit of some of nature reappearing from its blanket of Winter snow. The Spring thaw means a lot to everybody. Robins appear, snow melts, lost hockey pucks are found again….so much to look forward to. Whilst many seem to look up at the bluer skies, and look wide at the greening of one’s lawn, few look down at detail of the emerging kaleidoscope of colours that emerge from the thick veil of frozen water. What’s more is the rediscovery of textures that fascinate the retina as months of the cold white smoothness of snow melts away. Even the struggle of an aerobic undergrowth reveals its battle against the tyranny of Old Man Winter. You will see in some photos that a few things are making substantial progress to regain their freedom from the immobilization of ice.
As usually my DA 35mm limited proved to be a fabulous lens rendering great colours and detail and the macro feature is handy. This lens offers big performance for all aspects of photography, and in such a tiny physical shape. The only draw back is for macro you do have to get close, unlike some 90mm or 100mm macros that offer greater distance between photog and subject. However, getting closer to Nature is kinda what people should do more often, even if it means getting your clothes dirty. So, enjoy the Spring Thaw in Detail. Oh yeah, I did apply an ‘art filter’ to one image, just because.
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Natural
Unnatural
Art Filter Applied
Wind: Arch enemy of sharp photos.
This was not ‘composed’ on site, it really was arranged like this by Mother Nature herself.