{"id":28452,"date":"2016-01-18T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T05:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=28452"},"modified":"2016-01-18T07:45:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T12:45:19","slug":"macro-monday-the-lightbulb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2016\/01\/18\/macro-monday-the-lightbulb\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro Monday: The Lightbulb"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day on Twitter I went on a bit of a tear about how I’d gotten away from photography over the last few years. Since the TINY HUMAN was born and with deadlines out the no-no-hole, it’s been tough securing say, an hour or two just to wander in the woods and take random-ass photos. I’m not a professional photog (though I do have a few lucky pro credits to my name, surprisingly), but I find there is intrinsic value in having creative outlets that\u00a0aren’t<\/em> writing. Not only does it clear my head from writing and give me a low-pressure mode of expression, but for me photography triggers the visual side of the creative spectrum, which can only (I hope) accentuate the written one.\u00a0Macro<\/em> photography in particular is a passion: itty-bitty worlds writ large! A simple waterdrop on top of a shampoo cap can look like a whole other world<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

As such, I thought, well, fuck it. I’m gonna get back into it. I’ll make the time. I’ll\u00a0take<\/em> the time, rather — I cannot excrete hours from my pores. ONLY THE DREADED CHRONOVORE CAN DO THAT. Plus, I’m upgrading my camera game a little bit. New camera, new photos, a new year.<\/p>\n

Every Monday for the foreseeable future, I’ll pop in here and post a macro photo.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’ll add commentary sometimes.<\/p>\n

Some weeks I probably\u00a0won’t.<\/p>\n

If you want to use the photo for story inspiration, go for it.<\/p>\n

If you want to ignore it entirely, I dig that.<\/p>\n

But this will be here, I think, as a fixture this year of reminding me to get off my ass and go wander the world a little bit with a camera in my hand. Sometimes I’ll post new photos. Sometimes I’ll dig back through the archives to find some cool ones. You’ll see a lot of macros, I think: waterdrops<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, fungi<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, flowers<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, random shit<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, foodie shit<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and most definitely, bugs<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I won’t post any spider ones directly for you arachnophobes.<\/p>\n

But I may offer links to them, like to this little lady\u00a0right here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I own all photos. I took them all. Copyright me, goddamnit.<\/p>\n

Today’s photo:<\/p>\n

The Lightbulb.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Really, just a waterdrop hanging from a withered nubbin\u00a0of poison ivy vine.<\/p>\n

But to me, it looks like a goddamn lightbulb.<\/p>\n

It’s not the greatest photo. Clarity could be tighter. But I like it just the same.<\/p>\n

Please to enjoy.<\/p>\n

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The other day on Twitter I went on a bit of a tear about how I’d gotten away from photography over the last few years. Since the TINY HUMAN was born and with deadlines out the no-no-hole, it’s been tough securing say, an hour or two just to wander in the woods and take random-ass […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-theramble","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pv7MR-7oU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28455,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28452\/revisions\/28455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}