when i was maybe twelve years old, i got a birthday gift from a family friend. i still have it today, and it's provided me with years of weird, nerdy enjoyment.

the gift was a hand-held micronta microscope that magnifies 30 times. i'd run around the house and look at everything up close.



recently, i found a discussion on a photography website somewhere about taking pictures through the eyepiece of microscopes. i tried it, and came up with these photos. they aren't the best because, obviously it's not an easy task. i had to hold the lens of my camera up against the eyepiece and then just hope for the best lighting and focus. i could adjust the focus by moving the lens slighty away or closer to the eyepiece, but even then i was still winging it.


Yellow Thread


Skin from the inside. See the pores?


A mosquito larva I found in my pond.


A hair follicle and red thread.


My green AE shirt.


I found some eggs something had laid on a plant on my deck.


The eggs through the microscope.


This is what hatched out of the eggs. Hundreds of these tiny caterpillars.

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i like nicholas haggard's photos of quiet places, reflective moments and tranquil times.



they are moments in time captured forever. the lighting reminds me of the eighties and summers away with friends, when the sky was blue and the sun was low...scents of summer in the breeze...


floating in the water...staring at the sky...


a place i'd like to find.

Labels: art, photography

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