The Photo Bin - February 2012

The photo opportunities were few and far between this month so this trio of February images truly embodies what the Photo Bin is all about - misfit shots that fit nowhere, illustrate no particular post or story to be told, but do seem to manifest something worth sharing. At least to me.

The shot above is a stretch of feeder creek that trickles into my home waters, taken on one of my first warmwater fishing forays of the year. The roots that criss-cross this tiny waterway bring to mind an earthy ladder by which I descend the eco-structure from woodland to wetland to river. A delightful descent it is.

This second odd little shot shows the morning sun streaming through our deck railings, splashing tiger stripes against the Old Town stored underneath. I've gone down those steps countless times for the dog's morning constitutional and have never noticed the phenomenon. But the sun's path creeps steadily northward each day and this particular morning held our first snow, perhaps intensifying the effect, so it may not have been as evident in the past. Whatever the explanation, that day it made a bold statement.

And finally, a self-portrait. Actually, this is a tight crop on an image used a couple of posts ago, in Bug Eyed, but I noticed in the reflective dumbbell eyes an image of the photographer in action, trusty Nikon to eye.

Misfits all - photographer included.