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This week's Superhero Photo Challenge: Abstract

Shutter Sisters want us dedicated readers to "capture an abstract image, either by photographing something extremely closeup or simply by seeing color and form in a new way."

Now, I've had my macro lens (a Canon EF-S 60mm) for almost a year now and still I find it a contrary little beast, by far the most difficult to master out of the three lenses I own. It's not one for the automatic focus, like the others, and is at its best supported by a tripod, which can be awkward when you've got your lens, your camera and most of your head and shoulders emerged in a flowering shrub trying to capture that ultimate shot of a stamen in the sharpest focus possible, with squadrons of pissed-off bees taking kamikaze dives at you.

Fortunately I found the ideal subject for this shot in a far safer place, and it was delicious too.