This is the set of images that set me off on Macro stuff. This is one of the photos I submitted along with my visual diary. I was sat with the camera outside and actually dropped it, and it landed by my feet. When I saw it pointed at my shoe I thought it'd be fun to take a photo from my shoe's point of view (I was running pretty stumped on ideas at this point) and it actually turned out to be a really interesting shot. Helped along by the flowery shoes in the middle of the grass.
What I really like about this is the single blade of grass that was captured perfectly pointing to the shoe, and the out of focus wilderness in the background. When I see it I always envisage these printed on large canvases and presented at head height, giving an eye view of the world from a perspective no one ever sees.
With photography I find it difficult to get excited about ordinary pictures, there are some that you look at and think "wow, that's brilliant" but it's only ever a fleeting moment for me unless there's something there to draw me in. A thing I'm big on is things from different perspectives. As an example, when I was in New York we were crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, something that has been photographed many a time. But the thing that caught my eye was when you glanced up the way the different cables intertwined and crossed over crating a really interesting pattern.
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