Since my father gave me his old D-SLR camera last summer, I've taken thousands of pictures. I can spend hours outside, just walking around and looking for beauty. I've found it too, every single time that I've gone outside, and I'd like to think I've managed to capture some of it as well. I've photographed breathtaking sunsets, droplets on red flowers, and reflections on water. I've taken some pictures that I love, some that I hate, but never one that I regretted taking.
Until today.
The picture above was taken at 3:18 this afternoon. If you look closely, there are two people standing underneath it. They're kinda hard to spot, and they're clearly not the focus of the picture. I didn't notice them at all. In fact, in the picture I took just a few seconds prior to this one, they're nowhere to be seen. I did, however, both see and hear the woman who rushed over to me and started yelling at me about taking her picture. She was quite obviously a druggie. I don't know if I unwittingly photographed a drug deal, or if she just objected to having her picture taken, but either way, she was not pleased. I honestly thought she might punch me in the face or smash my camera. I was in tears. Luckily, her friend told her to stop scaring me, and she eventually got out of my face, without breaking it or my camera.
I'm thankful for that, I guess. But I'm not thankful for this ugly piece of the world that I was shown today.
4 comments:
Come on girl it is not that bad
Well, excuse me for having a sheltered childhood that didn't teach me how to deal with drug addicts yelling at me. Clearly, I should not have posted about this upsetting experience of mine, because there are worse things happening in the world and this makes my silly little feelings invalid.
don't listen to anonymous....feelings aren't facts.....your feelings are valid......it is an awesome tree that you photographed......this is just another one of life's little test.........keep posting
that is kinda an amazing and old looking tree though.
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