A scrap of lost thought. A slipping away.
The thin gauze of light. A settling in.
A pending heartbeat, the rhythm grazed.
Goat’s-beard seed head
All images © Karen McRae
A scrap of lost thought. A slipping away.
The thin gauze of light. A settling in.
A pending heartbeat, the rhythm grazed.
Goat’s-beard seed head
All images © Karen McRae
draw and shoot 
And a very good morning to you too! I was hoping you’d post today….looking through your sets in the morning just freshens me up!
Thanks, Amrita! 🙂
really this work is tremendous, words and images
Thank you so much. A lovely comment.
Thank you, Karen! Wonderful awakening …even if the sun has set here!!!
Thanks, Marina! 🙂
Wonderful photos, Karen, really, really poetic beauty.
Bente, i appreciate your comments. You are always so supportive. Thank you.
These are so beautiful!
Hi Allen, thank you! 🙂
Extraordinary. The first three images and verse sweep me up and carry me to comfortably worn and welcomingly familiar edges.
Oh. I’m glad you get that sense, Elena! Thank you.
Absolutely fabulous Karen!
Thank you so much, Anette! 🙂
Beautiful. How do I achieve such dreamy effect?
Hi Lesya, thank you.
The soft focus comes from using a macro lens at a small aperture causing only a small area of focus. If you use the lens in manual mode you have complete control of what specific area you want to focus on and the rest of the image will be out of focus, causing the dreamy effect.
I see. Thank you very much. I don’t have macro lens, but I can play around with macro mode.
Thanks again!
Stunning.. embryonic somehow, skin and light..very moving..great work Karen.
Ooh, I like your reaction! Thanks, Cath.
Beautiful, delicate, & sublime.
Thank you.
Great shots Karen!!! Did you achieve the blur with post-processing?? or with a real low aperture?? Very curious to know how you created these shots…. They are fantastic!!! 🙂 **
Hi Xandre, thank you. 😀
These are indeed taken with a small aperture. The focus adjustments are made with the macro lens in manual made.
(The softness and blur are there because of the camera settings) I’m glad you like them!
What a wonderful thing to come back to 😉 I love these!!!!!!
Hi Juanita, thank you. I’m glad you like them! 🙂
Beautiful macro shots! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Mary Louise!
Similar to that Jeri-fish picture, you are the expert to show the world somewhere
between [exists or not exists] —– or beyond of what we can see.
Yoshizen, a much appreciated insight. 🙂
Thank you, you are very kind.
That’s beautiful. Dreamy indeed. I like your words too.
Thank you, Trish. 🙂
One of my favorites posts from you that I can remember. Almost too delicate to look at, looks like they’ll blow away or break.
James, I am sincerely touched by your response. Thank you!
So delicate, beautiful and fragile in appearance. Nicely done indeed!
Thank you, David. It’s amazing what you can find with a weed and a macro lens! 🙂
Your images are stunning, Karen. They have left me speechless. Well done!
Fred, thank you. Your words are very kind, and appreciated!
These are so exquisite! Delicate and strong in the same breath!
Thank you for your wonderful comment!
So beautiful. I love working with macro shots but I’ll have to experiment with my camera to figure out how you did this. Love it!
Thank you, macro is really fun isn’t it?
Experiment with using a small aperture, and playing with the focus manually to bring different planes into focus.
Soft, soft soft. Frayed cotton and soft words.
Jim
Karen, these are just so beautiful – gossamer thin and so delicate. They took my breath away.
Oh, a lovely response. Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful, Karen!
Thanks, Marija.
Strength in delicate fragileness…..absolutely wonderful!
Thanks very much. 🙂
That is exactly what it looks like…slowly waking…so beautiful, Karen…what fine detail…goodness….
I’m glad you relate, Scott.
Sincerely, thank you for your words.
Wonderful, wonderful. The third image, Weaving Light 13, just takes my breath away.
Hi Lemony, thanks so much for your nice comment!
Amazing, Karen! I love this set of images. Absolutely beautiful!
Erica, thank you!
So beautiful Karen. You manage to bring beauty into everything. I like this new perspective too 🙂
Marina, you are very kind! 🙂
I love the surprises you find when looking at things really close up. Macro lenses are a lot of fun!
Otherworldly. I feel inspired every time I visit your blog. 🙂
Seb, the same goes for me when I visit your blog. Your art is just gorgeous! Thank you. 🙂
Excellent and intriguing collection
Thank you!
Love how these tiptoe to the edge of the ethereal. Absolutely stunning.
Richard, your poetic response is lovely. Thank you!
Another beauty, Karen.
I appreciate that you think so, Millie. Thank you.
… some kind of mini Heaven? How (on earth) did you get such photos? 🙂
Thank you, Gigi! It’s really just a roadside “weed”, but if you look really close with a macro lens, you can find a bit of magic… 😉
extraordinary images of ordinary objects – that’s what artists bring to our world, they help us to see things in ways we would have never seen them before. And we thank you for this 🙂
Letizia, thank you! 🙂
Karen your use of soft focus is often breath-taking – fragile beauty – visual poetry.
Hi Louis, thank you. I’m glad you have that kind of response. 🙂
Delicate and powerful.
You capture beautiful details that deserve more attention.
Thank you Karen!
Thank you so much!
Exceptional images, drinking them in.
Thank you, Karl! 🙂
These images are really very beautiful. Very nice work.
Thanks, Michael.
Hello – I wanted to let you know that, because I am a fan of your work, I have nominated your blog for the Kreativ Blogger Award. You can read the particulars on the nomination here: http://melindagreenharvey.com/2012/08/14/one-day-one-image-nominated-for-an-award/.
Thanks for having the kind of blog that makes me want to nominate it for something!
Melinda Harvey
One Day | One Image
Much appreciated, Melinda! I’m glad you feel that way about my work.
Karen
I do like that many of your images are pale and minimalist, and these are superb!
Thanks so much, Mufidah.
As if they are from one of my forgotten dreams. Loved these, Karen. The softness and delicacy is all over! 🙂
Hi Nandini,
Thank you, I appreciate your words. 🙂
These are lovely, and so soft! Great photos!
Thank you, Fergimoto!
These are wonderful!
Thanks, Kevin. Much appreciated!
Quite cinematic. Absolutely gorgeous imagery.
Thank you for your great comment!
Lovely – the poem and the photos. Elegant and so restful to view.
Ethereal and painterly..
Thanks, Helen. 🙂
We pass by these little wonders every day , too used to our normal perspective. Thank you for diving in the world of details and for taking us there with you. I wonder how would it be to live in such world… Magnificent series!
Reblogged this on Gypsy Wall and commented:
continued amazing work
Thanks for the appreciation! 🙂
So delicate and soft. Lovely captures!
Lovely, subtle tones.
Thank you, Mike.
Beautiful images. That’s the light I’m trying to get in mypaintings.
Thank you, Maurice. Your light is always luminously beautiful!
I’ve fallen in love with these images. May I please use #6 for a haiku on my blog? Of course you will receive full credit for this breathtaking image.
Hi Mary, sure you can use an image. Thank you for asking!
Thanks so much.
Hi Karen, here is the link to my blog. Your beautiful pictures inspired four haiku. Many thanks for allowing me to share and use them. All good wishes, Mary
http://apoetintime.com/2014/10/27/four-late-october-haiku/