Our church is still empty (due to the pandemic) so I took the chance to photograph it in peace and quiet. As an experiment, I took the 200-500mm lens. I never took it off the tripod until the very last shot.

Here, a commemorative plaque and the reflection on the pews caught my eye.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 200-500 F5.6 ED VR
200mm
F8@1/4th
ISO 400

(ROD_0178)
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It’s just me, making a visual point. We are slowly but surely blinding ourselves by cluttering the world with things designed to get our attention but which we train ourselves to ignore.

From the Georgia High School Rodeo Association event at the Union County Saddle Club in Blairsville, Georgia.

Nikon D7000 -- Nikon 80-200mm F2.8
200mm
F4@1/800th
ISO 4,000
Cropped

(DSC_5131 -2)
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I had to take a walk towards sunset just to see how the ice storm is progressing. We’ve dodged the bullet in my county so far but it isn’t over yet. As a matter of fact, the lights are flickering again as I type this. I’ll talk later.

For those that "ain't from around here" and might not get the cultural reference...

See Rock City

Nikon D80 -- Nikon 80-200mm F2.8
145mm
F8@1/10th

(DSC_0531)
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It was a most interesting morning. There were a lot of pictures to choose from. A friend mentioned having to get up at the “crack of dawn” — about 2 hours after this picture was made. So, this is the picture I picked for today.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
F8@1/13th

(DOL_2866)
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I love the ones I don’t have to crop. I almost said “fix” but seeing as I don’t process images….

For those new to my photography -- unless I tell you -- I don’t retouch (or otherwise process) images. It’s sort of strange in the world of digital photography but…there you have it. It’s not better or worse. It just is. I shoot JPEGs and email them to Flickr. That’s it.

From the Georgia High School Rodeo Association event at the Union County Saddle Club in Blairsville, Georgia.

Nikon D7000 -- Nikon 80-200mm F2.8
200mm
F4@1/800th
ISO 4,000

(DSC_5039)
©Don Brown 2017

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