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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

We have really old, pretty trees. So, is it just me, or is it a bit creepy to have complete strangers taking pictures of my trees?

Rationally, I know I shouldn't care. But it freaks me out a bit more than I like.

So, how would you feel about random people taking pictures of your house?

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

I'd be enormously flattered.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Are they taking pictures of the trees or the house? Or do you live in a tree house?

I think is it OK to take pictures of the trees, not OK to peer through the windows and take pictures of the inside of your house (or you).

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

I was in church once, taking a picture of a stained glass window, and this one lady started screaming at me for taking a picture of her. That was creepy.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

Do people ask you if it's okay to take pictures of the trees or do you just see them out in front taking pictures?

--Enigmatic

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

We do have random people take pictures of our house once in a while, which is cool, my mom drew the pictures to design it, it's shaped like an old barn. Usually they get out of the car, ask, take the pictures, and talk for quite a while. Once someone even sent a picture of a house they built like ours, but several hours away.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Tante, they are taking pictures of the trees. (At least that's what I keep saying to myself.)

Enigmatic, nobody's asked. They usually stand across the street in the Methodist parking lot and take pictures from there. The only reason I even know about it is because I've been out on the back porch with my husband, (who, from his vantage point) can see the parking lot, and he's seen them and told me about it. I've peeked around the corner a couple of those times, and there are definitely people taking pictures of the trees. (The trees are very pretty this year. Last year, the leaves were all orange. This year, the ones in the front are mostly red, one on the side is orange and the other one is orange and yellow. And even though all four of them are identical trees, even in size, the side tree with the most yellow leaves has the most humongous leaves I've seen in a while.

(I'd really freak out if they actually came into the yard to take a picture of the oak tree. It's really cool from that angle, but it would really freak me to have strangers just wandering through the yard to get the picture.)

Here are some pictures I took a couple of weeks ago. I hate digital cameras. They really don't capture the beauty of the tree, plus, we have a crappy camera. The other one is better, but it needs new batteries every 12 pictures or so. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :

I think it's cool Kayla. They want to preserve a bit of the beauty your trees (and by extention you) provide in the world. Be happy that you're providing not just fleeting but more lasting beauty. [Smile]

If people were actually coming into your yard, that would be another matter entirely - they should certainly first ask your permission to be in your yard (and the experience would probably be weirder for you).

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Every weekend loads of people take pictures of my house. In fact people have even made movies near it.

Of course, it is a residence, but still. Having to barge past various wedding photographers on your way to the library is rather annoying.

The quad outside my door is very, very beautiful. [Smile]

Posted by aarand (Member # 8745) on :

Beautiful photos.

I think it's nice people take the pictures.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

I wouldn't really mind.

It would be kind of fun to set something up that would, when the pictures were developed, look as though there were something ghostly under the trees. Not sure off the top of my head how to do that in such a way that they wouldn't see it when taking the pictures, but would see it in the pictures themselves.

Of course, if you were able to pull that off chances are that there would be many more people coming by to try to take pictures of the ghost itself (and if somebody decides that it looks like the Virgin Mary rather than a ghost, god help you).

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

Lovely pictures Kayla. [Frown]

I miss fall in the midwest.

That's the only think I miss about the weather in the midwest though. You couldn't PAY me to live there again....well. I guess you could. But I wouldn't want to. [Smile]

Posted by Dreamsoldier (Member # 8796) on :

Personally I would not have trees in my front yard to begin with.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

You have absolutely beautiful trees in your yard, Kayla. They are like works of art. I have seen them, and I totally understand people taking pictures of them. I took a few myself!

Be proud of your trees!

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

My least favorite poem (by Joyce Kilmer 1886–1918):

quote:

Trees

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Ghastly, isn't it?

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Almost as ghastly as the leaf clean-up in November.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

And thanks Farmgirl. I kind of like them too, but I still find it creepy for strangers to be taking pictures.

McDreamy, those trees really, really cut down on our cooling costs in the summer.

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

I thought that was everyone's least favorite poem.

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

quote:
They usually stand across the street in the Methodist parking lot and take pictures from there.

Why do you keep your Methodists in parking lots? [Big Grin]

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

I was in Beira, Mozambique a few years back and stopped to take pictures of the wrecked shell of the "Grand Hotel" there. I heard people yelling from the building but couldn't figure out what they were saying--finally I realized it was "nao tira foto!" (or "don't take pictures!" in Portuguese.) Oops. My bad. They lived there. They clearly thought it was creepy to have gawking foreigners coming and taking pictures of their home.

Tangents aside, I can see why it would feel weird to have people taking pictures of your trees. But at least they are all nice people who can appreciate beauty in nature! ;-)