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Welcome to 52Photos, a year in images 2011. 52Photos started in January of 2010 as an effort to capture 2010, one week at a time, through the eye of a camera lens. I've enjoyed the process immensely, and have been thankful for all the amazing feedback I've gotten as a response to my images, stories, and thoughts throughout the year. I'll be continuing with the blog through 2011 with a slightly new look, but still providing 52 images and some thoughts to go along with them. Technical to abstract, social commentary and just plain fun, you'll find a mix of topics, variety of images, and hopefully, something you will enjoy following along. I've had a number of people ask "where can I buy a print??". The answer is an easy one... select images are available by clicking here. Of course you can just send me a message too, I'd love to hear from ya!

-daniel gaines

Sunday, April 25, 2010

A Rose

Week 16!


Rose
April 25th, 2010

I got to thinking that it would be nice to have some macro images in along with the others of 52Photos, and thought I'd start out with what has to be the most common macro image... the flower. As I started taking shots, I began to think about how interesting a rose is... beautiful parts, complex and intricate parts, painful and defensive parts, then how it has hidden parts you don't see unless you look closely. It then occurred to me how not unlike a person a rose is.

Now don't get me wrong, clearly I'm not the first person to draw comparisons between a flower, a rose in particular, and a person. It did occur to me now why it's not such an original train of thought. Like flowers, we people are capable of bringing joy and inspiring an appreciation of beauty. We have defenses, that without caution can injure a person, even if they are trying just to get close to us. And like the rose, there are interesting, unique, and complex parts of us that you can only see if you look carefully, spending some time to appreciate them.

I won't take the time to draw more of a comparison, I think a sketch will do... but I do think I'll be spending a little more time with the macro-lens. What an amazing world out there; gigantic and grandeur, yes. But also tiny and complex, and so incredibly, inexorably, intricately tied together.

Spring is here, go out and enjoy it!

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1 comment:

  1. ChristinaApril 26, 2010 at 7:46 PM

    As you have a way with your photos, so do you with your words. Nice overview dg.

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