Out of focus necklace

On a sunny afternoon I decided to do a little macro photography and, after experimenting with a few household articles to no good effect, I turned to my standby on such occasions - my wife's jewellery box. I knew there were a few new necklaces since I last looked so I took some shots of them. Once again to no good effect. Then I remembered that it was a long time since I'd taken any deliberately out of focus photographs. So that's what I did. The best of my efforts is above. The subject is, essentially, a coil of a string of graduated black ball bearings that are biggest at the centre of the necklace and getting smaller at each end.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10

Necklaces and bracelets

On a wet day I cast around looking for something in the house to photograph when my eye fell upon my wife's jewellery box. It contains very few jewels in the sense of precious stones since they don't really appeal to her. What it does have is a varied collection of mainly necklaces and ear-rings, with a few bracelets, the sum of several decades' purchases and gifts. The ear-rings are in pairs, out of shot, perhaps the subject for another day. However, the jumble of necklaces and bracelets made a for a colourful macro lens subject with its assortment of materials, shapes, colours and textures.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10