I was sitting with Mrs. Cloudy and my lovely daughter after dinner the other night, and picked up the wifey’s little digital camera (it’s a Samsung… I’m a Nikon guy, but the big SLR doesn’t really fit in a shirt pocket like the Samsung does). I got that camera for her as a Christmas gift, and chose it because it had full manual controls and good reviews. Anyway, I started fiddling with close-up photos of plates, candlelight, and the textures of our table (the top of which is a big sheet of carbon steel, which I etched with acid and sealed years ago - now it’s got a lot of “textural” battle scars).