" The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster." - 365 Project, Day 171

The problem with photography is that it can only photography something so small before it becomes a problem.  You can get pretty small before you need any special instruments.  Light bouncing off a bug into your camera lens is not a problem, but what happens when you want to see a human cell?  Or a molecule?  Or an atom?

When it becomes nearly impossible to photograph something, you have to get imaginative thinking of ways to render something.  I remember reading a book on elementary particles (yeah, I'm a geek) and seeing the very first picture taken of an atom.  The book described how it was done: basically taking a very, very sensitive sensor and very slowly, and very carefully bouncing a laser (or electrical current) off the group of atoms to reflect to the sensor (or something along those lines).

The point is you can get the picture you want, it just might take a little bit of ingenuity.

Here's what we did today.

Frank

His note: The perfect job, driving this truck in this summer's hot and very humid weather.

Shannon

Her note: Storm on its way out on the left and the sun returning.

Me

Another one of these fake macro shots, this time of grass.  The depth of field is insanely thin, but I like the look it gives you.  The vignetting created by the process is also pretty nice-looking.

I'm not sure what I'll end up doing tomorrow.  I'm sure I'll find an idea somewhere.