It’s a rare day that I set out looking for images; most mornings, merely walking the dog is the prime priority. Today was typical in that I wasn’t consciously looking to take pictures while I walked Reggie around the square…and today was typical in that I barely got downtown before I’d fished my digicam from my bag, fixated on some silly something that had never caught my interest before.
Mind you, I’ve been walking the dog this same route almost everyday for some three years now: you’d think I’d have seen–and shot–everything. But no. This morning I was struck by the painstaking pattern–so like chain mail!–of a snow-plow’s tire tracks in street-dirtied snow. Have I seen this sight before during three years of dog-walking? Probably. Have I ever shot it before? Presumably not. And so here you have it: one shot that says “This Morning,” a silly something that struck me today in a way it hadn’t ever done before.
Feb 21, 2007 at 6:14 pm
How strangely lovely.
I love the way a good photograph can make me look at something mundane in a new light.
Feb 21, 2007 at 7:32 pm
That’s a terrific shot, Lorianne.
Feb 21, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Yes, I loved this shot the second I thought to take it. It was one of those visual serendipities that happen if you occasionally stop & look down, which dog-walking is particularly conducive to.
Feb 22, 2007 at 9:54 am
Good shot. Good eye.
Feb 22, 2007 at 12:27 pm
the light is perfect…love it!
Feb 23, 2007 at 6:30 am
Great shot. I know the feeling of “just noticing” something that should have caught my eye at some point. Entire new buildings have appeared without me noticing. Our brains have an amazing selectivity that I do not understand.