Every picture tells a story, don't it?

Well, maybe not. I tend to take close-up of plants and stuff. I am not sure I could make a story out of that. What I really want to try but I am having trouble with is taking abstract pictures from concrete objects. I have been going so close that you don't know what the picture is about but that is reltively easy (if your camera can do it and if you can keep your hands still).

My model is to make a picture from parts of disparate objects so that together they make an esthetically-pleasing tableau yet remain oddly foreign. It is this strangeness which appeals to me. Things are not what theu appear to be. There is something whimsical about those pictures sometimes. My problem is, my brain is not attuned that way and I don't see objects that way so I can't take pictures of them. I tend to think man-made objects would lend themselves to that more readily... but I live in the woods. So life is tough. I am thinking I could try something with the mailbox maybe. The garbage can? My choices are limited. I will add a flickr link here if I manage to take a few decent pictures to show you what I mean.

Till then, don't forget that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!