Ode to red wine...

... and an inexpensive flash diffuser. Tonight I am making Middle Eastern lentil soup, enjoying some red wine, and tooling around with my new flash diffuser. I hate the mug shot-esque result of the built-in flash, so I purchased a flash diffuser for my camera, not wanting to invest in a whole separate flash. It's not perfect, but it makes a difference! The first pic is with the regular flash, and the second one diffused. Much kinder and gentler. There's no room for harshness in the world, not even in pictures.