Desire and Reality

A better camera: I think about my desire every day, every time I take another photograph.

If only I had a stronger macro lens, I could sharpen that spider eye, reveal the wrinkle in a beetle's leg, catch the reflection in a drop of dew.

If only I had a stronger telephoto, I could stop the flight of a butterfly, shoot the moon in a black sky, see what's beyond and beautiful.

But the reality is that I cannot afford a new better camera, so I make do.

And sometimes strike it lucky.