Surreal Experiments

I tend to have a camera with me whenever my wife and I watch television together. My wife refers to it as my ‘comfort camera’, and I guess it is in some sense. Like Linus and his blanket. The other night, the little digicam I was experimenting with was having difficulty acquiring focus in the dark. I just decided to go with the flow and capture what images I could. The resulting composition has a somewhat surreal feel to it that I like. Just goes to show how important it is to experiment and lose control of the situation a little.

Tasting notes: Pentax Q10, telephoto zoom lens.

Ripe When Soft

I tried to pick some close-to-ripe avocados for guacamole this weekend, but they were all basically as hard as river stones. At this point, we just hope for the best. I was going to take off the stickers, but then thought, why? This is what food looks like these days.

Enjoy!

Tasting notes: Pentax Q10, Standard Zoom lens.

Early Spring Colors, Morning Light and the Pentax Q10

It is fixing to be Spring here in the Southeast, so I had no problem parting with a little of my hard earned cash this morning for these wonderful potted tulips. Although I'm not sure how to describe the color, it was the most appealing on offer. We will enjoy these in the house for a while, before transplanting them outdoors to enjoy for years to come. These blooms were illuminated by a shaft of harsh morning light. I underexposed just a bit to preserve the highlights. The files from this decade old little digicam were plenty malleable and held up just fine.

Tasting notes: Pentax Q10, Standard Zoom lens.