It has been very busy all around me these last few days but I did manage to squeeze in a short burst of photography. I was working on a project for work. We are housed in two rental building managed by slumlords evidently. I had an amazing realization. It is much easier to take photos that are intentionally visually repellent than it is to take a shot meant to pull in the viewer. It was a fun project but needless to say I won't be posting those ugly photos here!

What I did do that was fun is take some macro shots of my co-workers violets. I am concerned that now that this amazing plant has received my attention it is not long for this world. I've killed a bunch of them. My Mom used to grow violets. She would break off a leaf and have a new plant in a few weeks, give it to me and it was dead almost before I got it home.

Up close and personal they are amazing blossoms well worth the closer look.

Match Point

I am a flickrite. Flickrian? What ever - I never know how that convention works. One of the groups that I participate in is Match Point. I am sure I have written about it before in some blog or another. We have just finished a match based on Favorite Images in which I made it to the final round. I am proud of my achievment and suspect that I might have won had I waited to post until after my opponent. There is a big strategy component to the game, and that is the part at which I am not very good. Anyway here is the shot that made it to the finals.

The next match will be Patterns in Nature and I spent some time this morning working on shots that I might use for this match. This agave is one that I think works well for theme.