How we tie it together

This week I played with small flowers and berries, as well as with varying color schemes (mostly fall related). I love close ups on these small berries simply because I think they're so pretty. Worcester isn't known to be the prettiest city, and Main South is definately not the cleanest neighborhood within the city, but I think these berries and flowers add such a different dimension to the neighborhood. Even on a rainy day they lift my spirits. I'm especially drawn to flowers/berries with the backdrop of a house. In this case, however, I wanted to bring together the colors of the berries with the color of the tree in the back. I also love the way the plants interact with the fences in Worcester. And in this picture in particular, I love how all the different elements are interacting- the berries, the stems, the fence, the plant on the right, and the tree in the back. I must have taken at least 50 of these shots. This one happened to be right in front of my house. I was surpised at how much you can shoot without having to look far. I guess that was my theme for the week. Everything I shot was a reflection of my immediate surroundings. And I didn't go farther than a block radius of my house for any of my shots. Well anyway, I guess my main point is that Worcester is not as ugly as it may seem when you're up close. Even houses in awful conditions have at least a few plants in the front yard that add so much life to the neighborhood. Close ups are fun because they provide us with that lens (for lack of a better word) that depicts things from a different angle.