From My Cyberjournal 3 May 2003

Dewdrops on a cobweb and on a tiny leaf seem like magical creations of nature and the cosmos. None of these photos, including the last, has been retouched by photoshop or whatever. They are straight digital camera shots. Hoo roo Ding

Raindrops and dewdrops. Looking closely at raindrops on a flower, I could see the reflection of a portion of my house and garden, upside down. Probably how the notion of a lens was developed. Next chance I get, I will have Irene pose in front and see if can catch her reflection. British painter David Hockney contends artists of the 17th century discovered that a mirror could reflect an image (upside down) into a darkened room and onto a canvas. This was followed by the use of the camera lucida, and then of course the camera. The paintings of Jan Vermeer certainly show similarities to peculiar effects created by a camera lens.