Not a very auspicious beginning — I don’t know what got into the fork. I thought perhaps he was peeved that we were going to do the rest of the week in black-and-white, even though I assured him he would look splendid in black-and-white.
He hid from me!
I finally found him in the tool/junk drawer in the kitchen, trying to blend in with the rest of what’s in there. But honestly he’s so obviously fork shaped and didn’t even try to crawl in underneath any of the rest of the stuff.
“Aha!” I said, “Gotcha now” and snapped a quick pic with the phone. “This will convert to B&W just fine and BTW thanks for crawling off into someplace you’re not usually found. Fits the challenge nicely!”
We had a good conversation after he climbed out of the drawer. Turns out it was not so much that it would be black-and-white, but that he really wanted a fancy set up with studio lighting (which
I don’t have) — the whole nine yards. Aw, c’mon, how long has he known me?! How often has he EVER seen me setting up an elaborate photo shoot? A very few times over the eight plus years I’ve been on 365.
We came to an agreement that I would post something every day (fingers crossed!) and not wait until Sunday evening to frantically take and post some half-baked interpretation of my challenge. I would take at least one or two with the DSLR camera, instead of the phone, and he could come up with the idea for one of the shots. For his part, he would cooperate with what I come up with, without complaining, as long as it was not dangerous. And he would NOT hide from me again. I don’t have time for that nonsense.
So, here you have Day Two. Stay tuned for the further adventures of...etc.etc...whatever!
The narrative is more entertaining than the photo! Don’t get me wrong it’s a spectacular photo and I love the fact that the fork is trying to hide out from you!
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Well, names are a sensitive subject here. The dinosaurs and Nenderthals have been just going by “Dimetrodon” and “Allosaurus” and “Apatosaurus youngsters” etc. Now with the Neanderthals, the one we have had all along just goes by “Neanderthal Man” and then the other fellow came along and goes by “New Neanderthal Man” to distinguish between them. We call the two women “Neanderthal Woman “ and “Lady Neanderthal.” There are a lot of forks in the house, so I hate to dig too deeply into names on this one. But family history is another story. I love genealogical research and may look into the pattern of this fork.
@randystreat Thanks, Kathy. @grammyn I’m glad you like the shot but the word spectacular is a little over-the-top. The fact is I didn’t put much thought into it. By the time I found him I was no longer in the mood to carefully compose my shot. If I had taken the time, I would have kicked that hammer out of there. Even just partially in frame, it totally dominates the shot and is rather distracting , IMO.
August 19th, 2021
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So looking forward to The Next Installment