there goes a granny
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
taking pitures of an obvious photogenic subject (or object), such as spring flowers, gives you a chance of extra communication.
during shooting this morning, I was spoken to by two strangers, one older than my father, the other as old as he is.
it's all small talks we had, like "the spring has come, at last!" or "beautiful flowers, aren't they?"
one recited his own haiku to me. he said he got a prize for the haiku recently. that was about spring flowers, though i cannot put it into english...
the other man smiled at me when i was looking at this big cherry tree, saying "they are coming out!"
"it's warm, isn't it? I think that's why" i replied with a friendly smile.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah" said the man, "tomorrow there will be more flowers." then he went.
i think i still had a smile on my face when i took this position and held my camera. then, here comes this granny. i pressed the shutter botton.
when i saw this picture full-size, on my computer, i was a bit disappointed to find out she was looking at me as if at a spy or something.
that's partly why i made this black and white.
taken on 03 April 2005.
