I think the mules were a bit surprised as to how fast I tossed out hay into their feeder and trotted up to the shed to stash my hay 'sled'.
I grabbed the little red camera and took off.
The burdock sported little frosty crystals.
See the little hooks? And the crystals?
Pretty cool right?
Barbed wire fence:
Multi flora rose thorn in the woods above the creek:
I guess I am always pleasantly surprised every time I take a little walk through the woods and down around the creek.
I sat on a rock and listened to the sounds. There was a mossy rock at my feet. See that arrow?
Now look at the crystal!
As a side note:
Just so you know, this isn't always an easy feature to use but it sure beats trying to set up a DSLR camera. It took me about 4 or 5 shots to get one that I wanted.
When in Microscopic mode the camera takes fairly small photos. Something like 5MB. I wanted a larger print of one of the crystals and finally did work out a way to make it clear AND large enough.
Had I just tried to make an 8 by 10 print it would have turned out noisy and spotty.
I found a work around to that and printed out a nice photo of a snowflake.
The RAW files are much larger but I think Microscopic Mode defaults to a jpeg file.
All right, geek stuff aside, I did find it just perfect for FB, blogs, and other places on the internet.
My favorite of the day was the one below.
This was the middle portion of a twig that was laying across a small rock.
Here is how the twig looked when I pulled back a bit:
I was pretty amazed at how this turned out as I used the 'In focus stack' feature and this was hand held.
Yep, that is a tiny twig with frost growing on it.
The Tiny World is delightful and I am having a great time finding little things on some of these short winter days.
If you suddenly and unexpectdly feel joy, don't hesitate.
Give in to it.
~Mary Oliver