Your Photographs Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Wonderful
Sometimes, a photograph is improved through parts of it being out of focus.
For example, take a look at the Edgar Cayce 2009 Calendar again. For the month of May, you’ll see one of the cutest photographs in this calendar. I love it. The image shows a lightning bug (firefly) peaking over the edge of a magnolia flower petal.
The lightning bug and the leaf on which it sits are both beautifully in focus. However, all the petals behind the bug are out of focus. If they were in focus, the crisp lines and detail in the petal surfaces would detract from the lightning bug.
I love this picture. Paradoxically, it is made better by being less than perfect.
Here’s the inspirational quote from Edgar Cayce that goes with that month:
“For he that would be the greatest is the servant of the meekest, the lowliest of His children. Then the Knowledge of God constrain thee in that that the DOING, the being of a channel, is thy opportunity for the SHOWING of thy appreciation, of that love, for His blessings to thee.” Edgar Cayce Reading 262-98
Copyright (c) 2008 Carol Chapman All Rights Reserved
Quote: Edgar Cayce Readings (c) 1971, 1993-2008 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation
