Seeing what’s right in front of me – literally!

Bubbles on a glass rim. Photo: Su Leslie, 2014. Shot with iPhone4, edited with Pixlr Express.

I’ve spent an awful lot of time at my desk recently and this week has been no exception. So it was a struggle thinking of an image for Sally’s Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Photo Challenge.

As is usual when I’m working silly hours, I’ve drunk a lot of coffee. I drink lattes and I’m quite fussy about them — particularly about the amount of froth I like on the milk (not much). After a particularly good cup, I noticed a little ring of milky bubbles around my glass. That’s what you see above and below — edited in various ways, because I’ve needed distraction.

Bubbles on a glass rim. Photo: Su Leslie, 2014. Shot with iPhone4, edited with Pixlr Express.

In just over a month the project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half will be over and my focus will turn outward again. Until that happens, I’m taking pleasure in the small, unexpected pleasures of seeing the minutiae of my world.

Looking more like germs under a microscope? Bubbles on a glass rim. Photo: Su Leslie, 2014. Shot with iPhone4, edited with Aviary photo editor.

Taking iced coffee to the extreme? Bubbles on a glass rim. Photo: Su Leslie, 2014. Shot with iPhone4, edited with Pho.to Lab Pro.

My favourite; a simple woodcut. Bubbles on a glass rim. Photo: Su Leslie, 2014. Shot with iPhone4, edited with Pho.to Lab Pro and Aviary photo editor.