Imperfect Light

It’s a happy Thanksgiving…

For some.

Woodstock, Connecticut

Today’s guest lens is the new Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Lens. This lively Lilliput is a fun walk-around lens, but matched with the Canon 12mm Extension Tube II, they make a killer macro.

And speaking of killers, this robber fly didn’t seem to mind me spying on him while he dined on his own fresh kill, a shiny, green, house fly.

Cranston, Rhode Island

This mystical lens…

…is my third eye.

Varanasi, India

A butterfly waited patiently for me to attach the Canon EF 12 II Extension Tube to Fat Boy.

Thanks, little guy!

South Deerfield, Massachusetts

Oh Iggy, you beautiful creature!

The 85mm is perfect for bringing out that winning smile in the dim light.

Providence, Rhode Island

A swarm of students on a field trip.

This has become one of my favorite images over the past few months since it was shot. The blurred faces in various planes bring your own focus back to the girl who is clearly somewhere else.

I think we’ve all been there.

Varanasi, India

Raptors are intense.

I would not want to be a mouse anywhere within a half-mile of that gaze.

Capilano Park, Vancouver, British Columbia

With a giant aperture, the depth of field is unforgivably small, but the the reward is razor sharpness when focus is achieved.

Every thread, every whisker, every wrinkle captured in grand detail.

Varanasi, India

I would carry this lens to the ends of the world with me.

And I have.

Varanasi, India

I take an awful lot of pictures of my cats. This is Henry:

It gets tricky when all you have to work with is some light streaming in the windows from behind him.

But with my favorite fat little lens in hand Henry floats effortlessly in a dreamlike pool of illumination.

Cranston, Rhode Island