Recently I went ahead and used a lens that I had to my disposal that has been sitting around for some time now.  The lens is an attachment that I can put on to my AE-1 Canon 50mm lens.  It is an ultrasonic super wide macro lens. When I chose to use it, Oct 15, 2009, the weather decided to act up.  There were leaves on trees still and the temperature was not too low.  Surprisingly snow fell.  It seemed like we were in a cartoon or on some special Hollywood set.  The way that the snow was only on the grass and the leaves was odd /surreal.  Night came really fast as well.  I took this opportunity to do some night photography.  There is something about the night and needing a long exposure that I enjoy because the outcomes become unpredictable.  That night that I was shooting I noticed that the snow was landing on the lens which led me to hope that it led to something good.  Standing around for one exposure that is more than thirty seconds allows me to make thoughtful decisions about the shots and then appreciate the space as I stand there. My results were rather nice.  The water molecules allowed for the light to reflect on to.  The image became mystified.  As cars would come towards me I would cover the lens so the image wouldn’t be blown out by the headlights.  Allowing for the lights to be shown of cars going away from the camera and me gives the sense of time spent there.  Yet the images are not long enough to be able to see that which is in the far distance.  We only get a hint/peek of what the space is like.

I also decided to use the wide angle to take some photos of an area that walk everyday and shoot it at different times of the day.  The interest came in with wanting to show more of the area with the camera than I was first showing with the 50mm lens.  Sure I could very easily have used a different lens instead using an attachment but why not use the attachment since I have it.  This specific lens also allows for a distortion but it is not directly recognizable unless one knows what to look for.