30 Jan 13.  I was mortified this evening when a good friend commented on the tire tracks in yesterday's image that I had totally missed, not only when I shot the image, but while I was processing it and during my sending it out, so we'll shift gears and go somewhere else while I review all those images taken on that trip to make certain I didn't overlook even more. Just down the road in front of our property about 3/4 of a mile is a small farm, The Broken Earth Farm, that grows organic farm crops ( as opposed to synthetic ones I guess ) and has a few old farm implements either "decorating" the area or simply left there when they were no longer of use. Among them is an old stove, or at least portions of an old stove. It is in very bad shape, what there is of it, but beautifully rusted; it was the rust that initially caught my eye. I tried several different approaches to capturing it but only one angle worked, and that is what I'm sharing here. I've shot it very tight, and were it not for a couple of handles lying at the bottom corner, it is unlikely that it could be identified as a stove. I've exaggerated the texture of the rust to bring out its beautiful colors, and cropped out some distractions at the top, but other than that it is straight out of the camera. Nikon D300s; 18 - 200; Aperture Priority; ISO 200; 1/60 sec @ f / 7.1 with fill flash.
Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus - Nesting
Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus - Nest
Common Ground Fair musicians 2
Common Ground Fair sights 5
See photo in original gallery.