IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS

Here's a fun personal project that will help supercharge your creative side. The wide vistas of the American West provide an engaging photographic subject. However, the smallest of details can have at least as much, if not more, impact. Take the prickly pear cactus for instance. Tiny drops of dew on a cactus pad can reflect a world in miniature. Cactus needles, back lit by the sun, glisten like icicles. Try pointing your camera at a bee resting on an apple blossom or a slice of lemon lodged between cubes of ice in a glass of club soda. An unopened sunflower can provide a world of possibilities. Larry Elkins - elkinsphotos.com