{"id":29169,"date":"2016-05-02T08:51:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T12:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=29169"},"modified":"2016-05-02T08:51:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T12:51:32","slug":"macro-monday-gets-moist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2016\/05\/02\/macro-monday-gets-moist\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro Monday Gets Moist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I issued a photo challenge last week to <a href=\"http:\/\/skyseastone.net\/jvstin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Paul Weimer<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookwormblues.net\/2016\/05\/02\/macro-monday-erm-montage-monday\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sarah Chorn<\/strong><\/span><\/a> last week about capturing a dandelion macro &#8212; a dandelion gone to seed with waterdrops. I&#8217;ve seen such beautiful photos and I&#8217;d never been able to capture one myself that I was really happy with. And then lo and behold, we had one of those rains that was less a rain and more a\u00a0<em>persistent mist<\/em>, and whenever\u00a0that happens, I tend to get very interesting waterdrop shots.<\/p>\n<p>And so, I hunted up a dandelion and finally got a couple photos I like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/terribleminds\/26419938800\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1603\/26419938800_1de216e9b2_h.jpg?resize=700%2C1247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/terribleminds\/26069143914\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1466\/26069143914_7ca74c8b46_h.jpg?resize=700%2C1247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1247\" \/><\/a>So, yeah. There you go.<\/p>\n<p>What else is going on?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/an-evening-with-chuck-wendig-tickets-21831075334\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Reminder that I&#8217;ll be in Cherry Hill, NJ this week talking STAR WARS<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Sarah Chorn, she did a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookwormblues.net\/2016\/04\/19\/zeroes-chuck-wendig\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>fabulously nice review of Zer0es at her blog<\/strong><\/span><\/a> &#8212; &#8220;This book is full of ideas, and complex insights into our global economy and many situations that have faced societies around the world, and plenty of science woven in to keep you happy. In some ways this is a David and Goliath story, and it is so very well done. The giant and the little guy, in conflict, as told only the way Chuck Wendig can tell it.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2086454-revealed-google-ai-has-access-to-huge-haul-of-nhs-patient-data\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>And given recent news<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the book becomes all the more relevant, ahem. If you&#8217;re now frothing and flailing and wondering how you get the book, well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780062351555\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>behold your local bookstore<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1rN2hRL\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>hey what about here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/ChKE4reW4AAt7ya.jpg:large\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>looks like Invasive ARCS are starting to make their way into the world<\/strong><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Did you see that I&#8217;ll be at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.placestogoinorlandofl.com\/events\/2272023-Orlando-Book-Festival\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Orlando Book Festival on June 18th<\/strong><\/span><\/a>? COME SAY HI.<\/p>\n<p>And I think that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>TAKE NO SHIT FROM MONDAY, Y&#8217;ALL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I issued a photo challenge last week to Paul Weimer and Sarah Chorn last week about capturing a dandelion macro &#8212; a dandelion gone to seed with waterdrops. I&#8217;ve seen such beautiful photos and I&#8217;d never been able to capture one myself that I was really happy with. 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