Seussland

It's probably an old refrain at this point, but here's another photo I got rather unintentionally while I was simply out for a short walk. As I often do, I brought my camera with me in case something caught my eye and ended up taking a few shots of trees, some native grasses...you know how it goes. It was spring break when I shot this, which meant campus was quiet and calm--a stark contrast to the vibrant effervescence that pervades the school this time of year. I saw these things in one of the well-manicured gardens and thought they looked like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, but the only problem was how to get that across in a photograph with only a 50mm lens at my disposal.

A couple problems presented themselves here: First, almost every angle from which I shot these ended up having some kind of man-made features in the background like windows or a staircase which sort of detracted from the whimsical sense of fantasy I was hoping to capture. I solved this by using a giant flower