Photos of Autumn Park Benches
I wanted to slip a few more autumn photos in while it’s still November. The other day I went to a school campus to take pictures of the ginkgo trees, and then stopped by a city park where the cherry trees were just shedding their leaves. I ended up with several shots of park benches. None of them were super clear, as I just used my pocket camera, and had no tripod, but I came to the conclusion that park benches are a great theme.
I loved the contrast in colors in this photo. The park bench is simply an added element in the background, but the pink in the jungle gym seems to clash with the orange red of the cherry leaves, causing just enough tension to make this seemingly tranquil scene interesting.
The long diagonal shadows in this photo caught my attention. This little girl was just about as full of energy as they come, and I spent some time chasing her around the park trying get a shot. I was focusing on color contrasts, and her red clothes were the perfect accent to the leaves. Alas, she never did hold still long enough to get a good portrait, but this was the next best thing.
I thought this might be just too out of focus until I realized the park bench was quite clear. The blur of running girl and fleeing pigeons is rendered a frantic, but not quite real flurry of activity around the unmoving and empty bench. The more I looked at it, the more I wanted to include it.
I had a very hard time choosing my favorites for this final set of autumn park bench photos. I know none of them would win a contest, but maybe, just maybe one of them would be worth a jigsaw puzzle?