Behind the Digital LensMusings of an Amateur Photographer

18th Oct, 2014 Spooky Nature

Once again, it’s that time of year where pumpkins are carved up and placed on front stoops, hay bails and scarecrows decorate the lawns as well as spooky characters from witches, black cats to ghosts.  And, of course, the scariest of all: parents and adults dressed up!

Occasionally, however, Mother Nature surprises us with a “spooky” character of her own.  Such was the case for me last weekend as I was out visiting a “new to me” park near my apartment.  Since I am not much of a people or event photographer, I’m always looking for “different” things in nature to photograph.  I had just finished taking some photos of a bird when I turned around to leave and had a creepy feeling I was being watched from somewhere near to where I was standing.  Looking around I was alone; no other soul in the park that I could see.  And then, I looked up, and there it was.  No, not a squirrel, or possum, or bird or snake – nothing in the animal family.  No, it was like something from a children’s play had wandered in and settled down and it fixed on me.  And I just had to laugh.

You are being watched!