Bricks, Poppies And Optical Illusion

Today I wanted to clear my head and thought it would be nice to take a walk, enjoy nature and take some photos as well. This is the case when we say to associate pleasant with useful in Hungarian. So I headed to the fortress as that's like a magnet to me. It serves as a place to relax, think, recharge my battery and also a very nice place to take photos.

The weather was nice, a bit cold and windy, but the sky was blue, the sun was shining, which is the prefect ingredient for a good photo shoot. Not the wind though.

You probably know by now that I'm a huge brick and architecture fan. In this place you can find both and nature too. With this occasion I thought it would be nice to practice alignment.

What you see above is an unedited photo. To my surprise, this nice brick wall was decorated with some poppies, which I've never seen here before. I could not be happier as it looks great.

I'm not sure if these poppies were planted or it's mother nature's creating, but I tend to believe it's the first one as this area is highly cared for, the grass is watered regularly, nothing is left unattended. In any case, it was a good idea.

Then I took this photo. Don't ask me how as I have no idea. When I got home saw on my laptop that it's not exactly what I was gunning for. It's true that the wind was blowing, but only the poppy was affected by the wind as birds are not blown by the wind. It's not photo manipulation either as I'm illiterate in that area.

My knowledge about poppies is limited, but I've heard poppies are hard to get rid of. Once the seeds are spread, they grow everywhere. If that is true, I'm going to find poppies here each year.

I could not leave without taking some photos of bricks. These are rough ones as most of the bricks are already broken. Time has an effect on everything.

I suppose these are poppy buds.

Flowers and other plants don't care, they grow on the top of the wall, wherever they get a bit of soil to go roots. I'm always amazed how they can grow in the weirdest places, without any care.

These flowers are always a source of inspiration. Imagine the fight they have to put up to stay alive in an environment that is anything but friendly. No fertile soil, no regular watering and so on.

And I could not leave without taking a photo of my favorite place.

I stood in this place, trying to align things and look at it. The photo is not straightened. It's not easy to hold the phone steady, but not impossible either. I need more practice though.

Here's a black and white version as well. I'm not sure which one is better. Most likely it depends on who you are asking.

So this is my weird photo shoot of the day. Take your pick.

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