Notes from the field

A South Estonian Chanterelle Contemplation

A South Estonian Chanterelle Contemplation

Early September. 24 nautical miles south-east from home base. The objective was modest: find a few chanterelles for toast if nothing else. The forest appeared cooperative. At first, there was...

A South Estonian Chanterelle Contemplation

Early September. 24 nautical miles south-east from home base. The objective was modest: find a few chanterelles for toast if nothing else. The forest appeared cooperative. At first, there was...

Crane-Fly on a nettle, ricoh GR IIIx @ KINOTEHNIK backyard.

The Unexpected Behaviour of Focus

One thing that arrived to me after some time of using the OP7 lens. Focusing became easier. That seems backwards. After all, close-up photography is famous for its paper-thin depth...

The Unexpected Behaviour of Focus

One thing that arrived to me after some time of using the OP7 lens. Focusing became easier. That seems backwards. After all, close-up photography is famous for its paper-thin depth...

Zenaut OP7 ant on a stem

The Concentration Event

What following an ant through a close-looking lens taught me about attention. We often hear that the way to become present is to turn inward. Close your eyes. Notice your...

The Concentration Event

What following an ant through a close-looking lens taught me about attention. We often hear that the way to become present is to turn inward. Close your eyes. Notice your...

Infinite close-up observation possibilities in public spaces. Curated Biodiversity meadows in Tartu. Puccinia urticata (Nettle Clustercup Rust)

On curated biodiversity in Tartu, Estonia

There are places in Tartu that reveal themselves slowly. You can walk past them for months without really seeing them. Not because they are hidden. Because they ask for a...

On curated biodiversity in Tartu, Estonia

There are places in Tartu that reveal themselves slowly. You can walk past them for months without really seeing them. Not because they are hidden. Because they ask for a...

A Way of Coming Closer

A Way of Coming Closer

OP7 lens emerged for looking closely. Not to escape the world, but to meet it.  Raindrops. A flower. A leaf. At first, close-up photography seems to reveal hidden details. Over time, something...

A Way of Coming Closer

OP7 lens emerged for looking closely. Not to escape the world, but to meet it.  Raindrops. A flower. A leaf. At first, close-up photography seems to reveal hidden details. Over time, something...

Spatial rendering, Ricoh GR IIIx + OP7 lens

On Be(e)ing there

That subtle buzz resulted in this encounter with the first bee of this spring...... which reminds me again to listen and to smell. ^^^ Images taken with Ricoh GR IIIx...

On Be(e)ing there

That subtle buzz resulted in this encounter with the first bee of this spring...... which reminds me again to listen and to smell. ^^^ Images taken with Ricoh GR IIIx...