Up Close

my new 50mm f1.8 lens' paperwork say it sees the world the way my eye does. it doesn't zoom in to pick up far away details. it doesn't shoot wide angle to gain a fuller perspective. it just looks where i look, and focuses where i focus.

perhaps that's why i love the whole depth of field thing i get in this shot. the distance is still out there, and i'll eventually get there. but if i've focused on it, i miss the up close. i'd miss this...these leaves and branches that show a beautiful gold in the setting sunlight ("beautiful light", one of my photography informational sources, Nancy Merkling, calls it).

i like this lens a lot and i'm a long way from really pulling out it's potential. hopefully a long spring and summer's worth of shooting will acquaint me with it, up close and personally.