Monday, December 07, 2015

Monday macros

I thought this chestnut (I think) leaf looked like the blade of a table saw. In screaming yellow. We had a light frost on Saturday morning when I had the macro lens out. Frost changes everything.

Frosted leaf in the grass, 100mm (macro), f/2.8, 1/160s, ISO 640.

On Sunday we visited our closest wine cooperative which was hosting what they call a marché de Noël (Christmas market). It's a special event where local (and some not so local) artisans gather to sell their products. I saw a goose farmer, a goat cheese producer, a man who sold hazelnuts and walnuts and assorted products made from them, honey makers, and a baker. We bought some snails from a snail farmer from up near Blois and a bottle of calvados (apple brandy) from a distiller in Normandy (not local). Then we spent some time tasting wine -- it was a winery after all -- and brought home a few bottles. The event wasn't very big and it wasn't too crowded, and everyone was friendly and happy. All in all, a very nice time.

8 comments:

  1. Stonkin' bit of observation....
    makes a superb macro!
    Love it!!

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  2. Wine tasting - nice! - one of our favourite things to do in France. Were there any good local reds?

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  3. Amazing how different the world looks up close.

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  4. Well, now, that's certainly not who you'd run into at a local winery around here :)

    Ditto what Mitchell said :)

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  5. Snails -- if I remember correctly, you bought snail plates in Paris a few years ago.

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  6. tim, thanks!

    susan, LOL! Good one!

    suecee, I'm sure there were, but I didn't get to those. I tasted four whites.

    mitch, true. Sometimes it's scary...

    judy, lol.

    ellen, I did, indeed, and we used them yesterday. :)

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