Of Orchids and Earrings.....

It may be a bit late, but here's wishing all the best to everyone in this New Year of 2024 that is upon us. Today, we had the first snowfall of the season here in Windsor, Ont., and my computer tells me that it is +3C outside right now, so most of it will likely be melted off before sunrise. The less I have to shovel the better. The snowblower hasn't been fired up for about 3 years now, and I am hoping to make it through another. When you retire, who wants to spend their time behind a snowblower anyway. However, this afternoon when we looked out the front window, and saw the trees and bushes covered with snow, it did bring back a slight tinge of fond memories of when we lived in Northern Ontario, and some of the very cold Winters we had up there. Anyway, since I am spending most of my time about the house these days, I get the itch to photograph something....anything to keep the old mind active. This little image is of an Orchid plant that someone gave to my wife, and I found an old pair of her earrings in a drawer, and decided to try something a bit different. It is fun to find something quite ordinary, and present it in an unusual fashion, which was my intent here. It helped pass the time for a few hours a couple of evenings ago. I was using my 90mm macro lens on my Sony a7ll body, and lit the whole thing up with my LED lights. Afterwards it was processed with Affinity 2, and Corel photo editing software to get it to this point. It isn't a wall hanger, but fun nonetheless. Hope you enjoy it.....Cheers!