How I Drive Myself Crazy

Ok, everyone it's been a while since I've talked about photography so here goes. What is it that brings me to a screeching halt and I back up or I slam on the brakes and turn around to take a photo. There is always a reason, a particular item that attracts my attention.

Last week was a brake screecher, no not really, Lauri and I passed the same field and barn every time we commute, but this time it had bales of hay lined up in rows leading or pointing towards the barn. I didn't have my camera nor the time so I made a mental note, to return, which I did.
Which do you like the best, shooting down the middle, barn on left or right.

This first example shoots straight down the middle




same pic cropped taking out foreground, fence



Barn on the right


with or without sprinkler wheel


Notice when I put the barn on the left With mountain on the right, the patterns in the bales of hay disappear, not as strong.




Noel likes this pic the best but the hay pattern is lost, which is why i stopped. I like how the pine trees on the left in above pictures balance out the barn to the far right.



Ok, one more example. I posted this pic on facbook the other night which shows three sun rays poking through the clouds

But if I broke it down into what I shot which do you like the best?



left sunray,





right sun rays




OK, now you see how I drive myself crazy, when I shoot a zillion pictures then try and decide which is best. Isn't this more fun that talking about recipes? Thank you for listening and tell which you like best and why

I should change my bumper sticker from "I Brake for Wal-mart to I brake for Beauty"

Whats New on Campus?

Last week one of the campus sidewalks was turned into a road. Fences were put up and sand was dumped on the sidewalk. Pedestrian warning signs erected. What is going on? I learned that the 4^th north, US Highway 89, Champ Drive. entrance to Old Main Parking lot was closed because of construction needs for the new College of Agriculture building.

Now pedestrians have to be careful

of on coming cars in the middle of campus

I’ve heard mumblings about this in the barber shop from campus employees. “Let the Old Main workers find parking around and off campus like the rest of us.”

Friday one of the provosts came in and I said,
“Hey, some people think you guys should find your own parking like the rest of us instead of having a special sidewalk turned into a road.” The provost joked around and said, “Every morning I drive up 4^th north then forget the parking lot is closed and have to turn around and backtrack to the new temporary road.” At least the Provost had a sense of humor.

The school paper reported, "Foot traffic in the area is high, and a five- mile-per-hour speed limit will be strictly enforced." I guess I better not drive on the new temp road.

July 5, 2011 I just learned today that his reconverted sidewalk originally was a road called Champ Road which led to Old Main.