Let the Rain Fall

Today started out beautiful with a lot of sun and a mild temperature. Coming into the newsroom at noon this morning riding my bike felt like a typical nice day. About 3 hours later the clouds moved in and rain ensued. On most normal days I would have begun to become depressed as a photograher because my beautiful light had been stolen from me. Feeling even lazier than I did before I decided to sit in the newsroom for a good portion of the afternoon to finish up some long needed website maintenance. Later in the evening as the sun began to fade and the lights around campus turned on a photographer on our staff came in with a few pictures from pepper plants outside Lumpkin Hall. The plants were lit be the lights lining the sidewalk creating a very neat look especially with the droplets of water on them. Naturally this peeked my interest in shooting some macro art. Lately I've become obsessed with closeups of naturally found scenes. The rain water is what really make these closeups look more beautiful. I think macro art is really making me appreciate the things that are always there but you never really notice. The images should be available late tonight/early tomorrow after I get done working out and cleaned up.