Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: netting

I've been taking/making pictures now for several years, and after 100,000 pictures*, I can offer at least one bit of solid advice: EXPERIMENT! Take pictures of things you don't think will work out! Take pictures of subjects that look strange! Think about how you would normally take a picture and then try to take it another way. More often than not, you will be surprised at the results. I can't tell you how many times I've mumbled to myself, "Oh brother, this is a bad idea, it's going to look terrible." But I take the picture. Different angles. Different distances. Different apertures. And I almost always end up being amazed at the interesting results! When I let the dogs out this morning, I looked up towards the sun and saw some plastic netting shining with melted frost and thought it might be a cool picture. I brought out my camera and could see that my initial images weren't going to work out. So I got closer. Tried some different ideas, and then I noticed a piece of orange safety tape tied to the netting that had deteriorated in the weather and was now just a knot of odd plastic. Now that WAS interesting and made a very nice focal point. I started playing with the distance, angle, and aperture to play with the light dancing on the netting. In the end, I found that a good half dozen of the pictures I made were keepers, but this one in particular is my favorite. I decided on a 16x9 ratio to add to the uniqueness of this image. To stand back, all you would see is a boring, nothing of sagging plastic net with sun shining on it. But with some experimenting, I ended up with an image that, I hope, is far from boring! :) *this number is so high because I take sets of apertures and angles for most subjects. The number of subjects I've photographed is FAR less...40-50k? I don't know! :D

Since ipernity's Uploading Function is Down... I'm joining the bandwagon in pushing an older picture to the front so it can be viewed. It's a shame that so many of our pictures have been buried by time, but now we have the opportunity to give them a new lease on life! :) This Picture I got my brand new Canon 5D Mk II only a couple of months before (November 2011) and with it, the same beloved 100mm 2.8L macro lens that I have glued to my current camera, the 5D Mk IV! This is a picture of the deer-proof net that we used to surround one of my garden areas. I was struck by the beauty of the frost that clings so beautifully to the plastic! My original text from 2012: Living on 26 acres means that there are endless possibilities for macro shots! I had such fun rooting around for interesting things covered in frost, and this really surprised me! I'd forgotten about the netting we used for our garden, so when I saw it, I was delighted and amazed at how cool it looked covered with frost! (you will see my old use of frame too!) Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :)