Rusty+Heckaman+-+A+Matter+of+Perspective

Camera
Kodak EasyShare CX7530

Subject
I chose to photograph the infamous walnut and its habitat, the walnut tree, or more specifically the black walnut tree. I thought this would be an interesting subject because of the variety of feelings and number of memories that the two inspire in me. For those of you not familiar with the walnut, outside of the small protein filled morsel you may enjoy occasionally, it has a very devious side. First it travels in massive groups that wreak havoc with your yard. The outer shell serves to stain the nuts attackers with both color and odor. While small the nut gives birth to a huge tree that spews forth even more of the never ending nuts. The tree becomes an obstacle to the pursuits of civil service and athleticism and general lawn care.

While numerous these negatives are balanced by the pair's capacity for good. As noted above the nut can be an excellent source of protein as well as a small source of income for anyone willing to exert the effort to harvest the huge collection of nuts. Shade is an obvious advantage that comes with having any tree, the walnut tree's size though also makes it an excellent candidate for the tree rope or swing. Finally and surprisingly enough it serves as a great subject for photographing.

Technique
I attempted to use a variety of close up shots as well as distance shots. There was an effort to include the nut's habitat and to represent some of the characteristics of the nut's nature as described above. Images were taken using flash in addition to not using flash.

Fun vs. Frustrating
For the most part taking the photos was fun. Choosing this subject allowed me to try and be creative and using a digital camera allowed me to continue to be creative without concern for the number of images my creativity was creating.

The Images

 * [[image:School_Work_025.jpg]]||**Left:** Travel in Groups
 * Right:** The nut in its natural habitat ||[[image:School_Work_032.jpg]]||
 * [[image:School_Work_037.jpg]]||**Left:** The shade tree or the producer of evil?
 * Right:** Also home to the swing ||[[image:School_Work_039.jpg]] ||
 * [[image:School_Work_042.jpg]]||**Left:** An obstacle to civil services
 * Right:** An obstacle to athleticism ||[[image:School_Work_043.jpg]] ||
 * [[image:School_Work_035.jpg]]|| The nut in question ||[[image:School_Work_031.jpg]] ||