Chris – I have admired your close-up photography since way-back-when, and still do. You just get better and better, and you obviously have mastered the technical aspects of it, but as much as that what I admire is that you remain fascinated with the natural world around you, no matter how small, no matter how insignificant and overlooked it is by most people. Children, the good ones anyway, perhaps because they live closer to the ground, seem to have eyes for, and a curiosity about, everything. They do not think it is a waste of time to sit in the grass and watch a bug do whatever it is doing. Unfortunately, that curiosity and patience seems to slip away as we grow older. Obviously the kid in you is alive and well. Keep it feeding it.
Chris – I have admired your close-up photography since way-back-when, and still do. You just get better and better, and you obviously have mastered the technical aspects of it, but as much as that what I admire is that you remain fascinated with the natural world around you, no matter how small, no matter how insignificant and overlooked it is by most people. Children, the good ones anyway, perhaps because they live closer to the ground, seem to have eyes for, and a curiosity about, everything. They do not think it is a waste of time to sit in the grass and watch a bug do whatever it is doing. Unfortunately, that curiosity and patience seems to slip away as we grow older. Obviously the kid in you is alive and well. Keep it feeding it.
Nothing I can say to that except THANK YOU.