Haiku

This is a topic I keep bringing up through my many blogs. I capture the world I see before me with long lenses. I do on occasion shoot pictures with wide angle lenses; but it's just not what I like. And as a photographer I'm not very good.

I'd rather take a photo of a hand with a flyer or an interesting pair of boots (you know who you are) than the whole picture. Because in my eye and in my mind that makes it more interesting.

Haiku is a beautiful form of expression. And for me extreme telephoto photography makes the image that little bit interesting.

Wide angle - Wordsworth.
Telephoto - Basho

Not everyone sees the beauty in Haiku; just as not everyone sees the beauty in my photography.
But as I've always said. Photography is (was) my passion. Images captured were always just for me. I'm not a mass market photographer. I don't sell stuff it just gets stolen by some, used and occasionally credited by others.

From through the crowd,
A smile,
brightens my day.

Atop a pole,
A hat,
Waiting it's moment of fame.

A Whip crack
Fluff in the sun,
Joyful laughter.

Beautiful girl,
How sad,
Your painted face.

Wet flyers,
Never read,
protection from August rain.

An angry scowl,
Someone from Edinburgh,
who doesn't want a flyer.

Who was my show?
Great.
The wrong answer given.

It's short life,
Printed, folded, discarded,
A flyer.

Pigeons flock,
To the sound of whip cracks,
Spaghetti, how strange.