A Broken Watch and a Pair of Glasses

Yesterday morning, as I was getting ready, I went to put my watch on and found it tangled with my necklace. As I began to untangle the two I somehow or another managed to drop it. The watch fell and hit a small candle I had sitting on the bathroom counter. I picked it up and found to my dismay that it was shattered.

As I began studying the shattered watch, I began to be very fascinated by it. It was shattered, but there was no sharp edge or glass on the counter. It appeared to be shattered from the inside. I don't know much about the glass in watches but this seemed pretty amazing to me.

My photographic mind instantly began thinking of what an interesting picture it would make...I began to plan out the photo...looking at the broken watch I held in my hand caused me to think of a time to come when time itself will pass away. I then took this thought to another level and thought of putting the broken watch across my Bible, specifically Revelation chp 21 and 22. The focus being on the shattered portion of the watch, but still be able to recognize the portion of scripture. I then began to get really creative, trying all different angles, using a flashlight, a flower, and a pair of glasses.

I enjoyed photographing the broken watch, but found that my camera didn't focus very well on the shattered glass but rather the numerals behind it. I couldn't think of a solution so I continued trying different angles hoping that would resolve the problem.

As I was photographing I was reminded of an article I read the other day talking about outdoor photography. It recommended that you put your sunglasses over your lens in place of a filter to help with having washed out outdoor pictures.

I wasn't wearing sunglasses, but I was wearing glasses. I'm nearsighted, so you would think that my glasses wouldn't benefit macro photography. But I was in an experimenting mood and decided to try it. I took off my glasses, "my every thing's blurry" :) and centered them over my camera's lens. I took the picture, then put my glasses back on to the view the picture. I was surprised when I found that the shattered glass was perfectly focused and the numerals behind the glass were blurred-just how I wanted it.

I was amazed and tried it again, same result. Who would have thought? I wonder what difference a different strength of glasses would make. What about reading glasses? I encourage you to try it, and share with me the results.

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