I was on a walk through the grounds at work, I turned a corner and stopped in my tracks. The perfect moment presented itself reminding me to always be ready, as you never know what might happen next or what might be round the corner.
Expect the unexpected and find joy in the perfect moment.
Sometimes I come across a site where I think my photography could be so much better, sometimes I come across a site and think wow I'm never going to be this good. On very rare occasions I come across a site which makes me want to cry and throw away my camera because any photograph I ever take will only be one millionth as good as this.
Of course the rarest gem of all is a photo site with good picture descriptions. Yes, there are sites with good technical or factual descriptions. Yes, there are sites with OK poetic descriptions which complement the picture nicely but none where the link is seemless or where you cant separate the text from the picture.
A picture says a thousand words but a picture with a thousand words says a million words.
'Stray matter' is a photoblog that does all the above and more, it blows my mind far out the other side, how can a photoblog be this good.
Evocative is one word I could use, often haunting, combining the photo with the text puts you right into the picture making it a living breathing landscape.
Utter genius.
Thank you to Scotty for permission to use a thumbnail image.
Click on the link above to navigate through to the Eyescape gallery or read about it in a NewScientist article.
Rankin, a london based photographer has taken macro pictures of eye irises.
The variety of colours and patterns are truly amazing. Sadly you have to go to his website for a picture as there is not a sample I can put up for your viewing pleasure. Well worth a look though.
Looking into eyes is sometimes thought of as looking into the very being and existence of a person. Eyes themselves can be very expressive displaying the full range of emotions. All this makes them intrinsically interesting and this macro view of different irises by Rankin is truly fascinating.
You could almost loose yourself in the photographs just as you can sometimes loose yourself in someone's eyes. No longer will it be possible to categorise someone as having just brown eyes.
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