A crisp, frosty day. I went out in the garden during my lunch break, hoping to find something interestingly frosty, but came back mostly disappointed.

The human eye can see the whole and the details at the same time, and not see distractions. I can see the frosty lawn and the little tips of moss with their spiky coverings of frost, and see their beauty – and not even notice the dead stalks of grass in the moss, for example.

But when I look at the same scene with the camera, I have to choose between the whole and the details. On its own, neither of them is captivating. And when the viewfinder focuses a small part of the lawn, it mercilessly also focuses on the distractions.