I am not totally in love with this image, but I do love how it got made. As in, I was driving home, hustling to get there and start work work working, and saw this cheery yellow shopping cart in the middle of a vast swath of lawn adjoining an apartment complex. Someone had apparently just rolled it down this hill to come to rest in the middle of this wide field. Unexpected Objects misplaced in the landscape have long been a photographic fascination of mine, and I stopped immediately. And really tried to get a good shot, despite the terrible flat midday light. After one round of pictures I was hiking back to my car, feeling like I just had not at all gotten an image that captured the absurdity of this shopping cart. And I made myself turn around and try again. Still never really got the photo I feel is there to be made, but I'm happy that I saw this, stopped, tried. Happy that I remembered at all to make a photo today. Will try again tomorrow.
I do sort of like this one. A feeling almost of the shopping cart setting off resolutely to seek its fortune in the great big world. Good luck, plucky little shopping cart!
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