Crystalline Macro II
Another set of photos of crystalline glaze on a pot made by Gordon Hutchens (see this link for his website), this time a side plate that belongs to my son.
I took these photos first and did not bracket the shots so they are processed differently from yesterday’s post. Also, the bellows unit was set up a bit differently (the lens was not reversed) and thus I think that the magnification is more like 4x for this series.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon FD 50mm f3.5 Macro Lens mounted on a Canon FL Bellows with a Canon Life Size Adapter. ISO100
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burnt embers 
Almost unearthly beauty in gold, here, it reminds me of dream imagery. Just beautiful!
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Thanks Lynn. It is an awesome (in the old sense of that word) plate. It was striking to us the way it captured our son’s visual senses (he is a musician and we are much more used to him listening extremely carefully) and realised it would make a wonderful present for him.
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Ephem, these are amazing! That first one is especially interesting. I have a set of bowls that are similarly glazed and they are gorgeous.
What a great macro subject!
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Thank you Karen! They are in many ways the perfect macro subject – so much to look at that you can’t really see with the naked eye, and so much beauty.
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You are rockin’ that macro lens! 🙂
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WOW… gorgeous!
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Thanks Helen. A few years ago, when my (teenage) son saw this plate he looked at if for a very long time and then came back to it later in the show and had another long look. It was an obvious choice to buy him as a Christmas present and has become one of his treasures.
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Compelling work.
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Thank you! I had terrific material to work with.
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That’s always a gift. And I didn’t notice any dust at all, for the record.
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I am glad people are seeing more/other than the dust, even though my eye is drawn to it immediately – little hairs for instance. I suppose I could clone them out, but…
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I guess you’re very close to the material and see any flaws – I do the same. The quality speaks volumes to the rest of us so I’d be content.
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Thanks – I tell myself that perfectionism will make me better, but in fact I have spent much of my adult life trying to overcome it as it can be a serious obstacle to getting something ‘finished’.
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I had another look and it adds to the texture. But the honeyed tones prevail. It’s lovely work.
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