I see me

I went out again with a purpose today, as was yesterday's hope, to take some photos of the children's park near our house.   The city recently cleaned it up after the hard, summer playtime and mulched the ground as well as made some minor repairs.   It's sponsored by Colony Brands here in Monroe and modeled after a mouse and its play area.   The defining features are a few triangular spires topping off different elevated areas for the kids to look out on.   While they make a pretty good subject themselves, there was a brief detour I took on a whim.   On my way to the park, I stopped at a water fountain to snap a few pictures of it because of its proximity to a lake and a very colorful tree losing its leaves.   I envisioned a stark black and white photo of the different pieces of the fountain because I saw a lot in all of the components in it.   Interestingly enough, the water had been shut off probably due to the freezing temps happening at night now.   As I was taking the pictures, I notices that my reflection was very clear in the back of the fountain head so I stopped to take some self-reflection photos.   What I saw was pretty neat, as whenever I've attempted them, they have been out of focus or just not good.   With the sun behind me, it made the metal fountain gleam like a mirror, framing me in the shot.   I took several, but this one is my favorite, even though it's only in half the frame.   The park shots will have to come later along with all those other pictures I've said are coming later too.