Nearly fifteen years ago I held a camera lens backwards against my camera body, held it in place, and pointed it at a piece of bark. I didn't have a macro lens. I barely had a system. What I had was curiosity, a forum post explaining the reverse lens technique, and no real expectation of what might happen. What came back through the viewfinder stopped me completely. Detail I had never noticed — texture, colour, structure — sitting right there on a surface I had walked past a thousand times. I have been chasing that feeling ever since.