16 Jan 14. Going way out on a tiny limb today and sharing an image I'm wagering less than 5% of you will appreciate. Still, it is worth sharing if only as a lead in to both a type of photography and a photographer. The photographer's name is Kathleen Clemons and you can see some of her work by clicking her name and an excellent video she has provided here. She is a photographer whose work I would like to emulate and it is something at which I'll be exploring as the year progresses. She uses a soft focus lens known as a LensBaby which is basically a lens that provides for very soft focus for all but a small portion of the shot. Used correctly, these lens can produce some very lovely images, as the link for her name amply illustrates. They can also make some really ugly images in the hands of the inexperienced. A few days back I was taking some macro shots of an African Violet in Jan's collection sitting in the sun room when I accidentally tripped the camera's shutter when changing my position. As I was sorting through the shoot I noticed that frame and was going to just toss it out as it really wasn't anything usable for my typical work. But as I looked at it I suddenly remembered the work of Ms Clemons and decided I could use it to introduce her to you. Now this image is, as I said, the result of just a mistaken push on the shutter release, but it turned out as a very creative high key image that just might capture your imagination; but only for a very few of you likely. But consider it a teaser to get you to look at Kathleen's work. The shot also reminded me of the often stated comment of just take the shot, you can always fix it in Photoshop, or whatever piece of digital editing software you employ. Not true of course for garbage in equals garbage out, although, some of the plug-ins are making it easier and easier to fix relatively small issues. So here is the shot just as it came out of the camera except for the fact that I did very slightly decrease the exposure as the original was just a bit too high key. Nikon D300s; Aperture Priority; ISO 200; 2 sec @ f /16 with the 105 mm macro.