Some of you may remember on numerous occasions I put a 'blurb' in an entry how my son calls me a freak because of the way I take pictures, what I take pictures of, how I will drive for hours (or use to before the price of gas went sky high) to get a picture. Well, today it was confirmed I AM A FREAK!
I was asked to bring my camera to work today to take a picture of a co-worker to be used in a presentation. Of course, I complied. I went in and got the picture. On my walk in I noticed a puddle that I've noticed a million times after it had rained. It was still raining so I walked right in but it gnawed at me. In the past when I passed that puddle I wondered what it would look like if I took a picture. Hmmmmmmm
By lunch time the rain had stopped. I grabbed my camera and went to the parking lot. There was the puddle looking at me. The reflection of trees and a partial building could be seen. The sky had started to turn blue in between the clouds. I took the camera out of the case and started snapping. Several co-workers were outside and wondered what the hell I was doing. One had the balls to ask 'are you taking a picture of that puddle? And why?' I turned, 'yeap I am, because I'm a freak' Everyone laughed and I turned and took a couple more. I previewed what I had and was happy with the results. I hoped I'd still like them when I downloaded on to the computer.
When I was walking back to my desk my boss looked at me quizzically because I had the camera in tow. He thought the picture of the co-worker didn't work. I let him know, 'No, I'm a freak' The eyebrow went up and explained about my son. I then turned the camera on to show him. He held the camera and looked. 'I see the obvious, a puddle.. a reflection.....' He had a little pause as he examined the picture more closely. I laughed, 'that's it. Nothing else. I'm a freak' He chuckled and disagreed and then said he liked it. He went to hand the camera back and then pulled it back. He flipped the camera over in his hand and looked at it upside down. 'I love it this way he said, almost looks as though you are looking out a misshapen window.' I examined it that way and thought maybe he was right. It was then another co-worker walked over to see what we were looking at. 'OMG, that is awesome it looks like you're in a cave looking out,' she said. We all agreed she was somewhat right.
Throughout the day several others came to my desk to see 'the picture.' They all had their own impression/perspective. So many asked what made me even think to take a picture of a puddle. I saw, I liked, I took a shot (pun intended)... besides I'm a freak. LOL
The picture is actually upside down. Not sure I feel the same way now regarding the cave, or the window, but for some reason I do like it. See, I told you... I'm a freak :)
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