I am in the process of editing, cropping and spotting images. It is a never ending battle to get new work out into the world and yet live a family life. This close up image of a maple leaf reminds me of why I love macro photography. Macro photography is analogous to an inner dialogue physically manifested. When I saw the Japanese Maple tree I new their was an image present. I took some images further back but something wasn't clicking. I moved closer to the subject and began to see details lining up. As I moved tighter and closer to my photo goal this image presented itself. My inner dialogue didn't allow me to just shoot an over all scene and move on. I was mentally present and listened to my inner voice and created this image.
This was a very difficult image to take. When you are shooting close to your subject any wind or breeze plays havoc with your focus. In this image I needed both the dew drop and leaf to be sharp. I had to twist and turn my body to get in a position so that the upper leaf and the dew drop was on a parallel plane for focusing. And I had to make sure that the background enhanced the main subject. Many, many frames later I hit the jack pot so to speak. I think my sore back was worth it.
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