I’m not sure what, exactly, it is about this image that I like so much. Is it the placement of the leaves behind the intersection points in the fence? Is it the two different layers of fence…where the plant has beaten one and will be advancing on the second? Is it the last of the green leaves against the white of the wood in this rapidly closing fall season? I’m just not sure. I just know that I do like this image.
Category: Nature
signs
Fall making inroads in Chicago’s West Loop.
lost
The head of a dandelion sitting on a utility box in Chicago’s West Loop.
(untitled)
A photo from World Toy Camera Day 2007. Holga with Polaroid Back and Type 87 film.
escape
This hawk was sitting so patiently as I moved around, but was still obscured by the tree branches above. Just when I moved a little more into the open, the hawk took off like a shot. I only clicked off one frame.
For a failed shot of a bird, I was rather surprised how much I like it. Something about the moment of the flight…when the hawk is leaving what we would think of as the relative stability of the tree to the unknown of the air. But in reality, the hawk would feel most at home soaring the skys.
Anyway…yes, it would have been nice to be quicker on the draw and to have the whole bird in the frame. But I think I prefer this for the simple fact that it provides a bit of mystery.