Grumpy

Spring has finally arrived in the upper midwest of the USA and Elvis is out of his grumpy mood.  Wow!  That was a long winter.  Now Elvis can get to doing what Elvis loves doing - making photographs.

Warm temperatures, long days, colorful scenes everywhere...  Elvis is happy.  You should be happy too!

Not like the guy in the picture below.  Elvis saw him at a kiosk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  Grumpy was selling various patches from the military.  Or rather, he had stuff for sale but Elvis thinks that the guy's foul mood probably depressed sales a bit.  Made for a good portrait though.

Elvis asked to take his portrait.  The guy made no motion of approval or disapproval.  So Elvis took a quick snap and made for the hills.  It's never easy to take pictures of strangers but the effort often results in a good, or at least interesting portrait.

Made with a Nikon D2x.