Another panorama of hay

Consider the lilies o’ the goddamn field or… hell! Take Delmar here as your paradigm of hope. ~ Ulysses from O Brother Where Art Thou I know, big deal, another pano of a field of hay. But look at that the cute poofy clouds on the horizon! Come on, you know you wanted to say “awwww.”  …

Bringing in the hay

“There is no reason to fear the wind if your stack of hay is well tied” ~ Irish Saying These are actually huge bails of hay.  Just part of my daily commute. 

Poppy panorama

  “Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess” ~ Walter Savage Landor  A panorama of yesterday’s closeup.  Below are a couple more versions, including the original (last).  

My beautiful commute

“Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.” ~  George Washington Carver One thing that makes my commute home bearable is the scenery out here in the country. This is…

The clouds, the sky, the sun

“To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God” ~ Anonymous I know that the sun is blown out in these pano’s, but it’s still  a really nice view.  Here’s some other versions.

Vista Point

Take the back roads instead of the highways. ~ Minnie Pearl I stopped at this Vista Point on the way home, and took a picture of the placard describing its humble view.  This is a portion, showing the local aqueducts (shown here).  I just find these details interesting, kind of a forgotten, unremarkable stop on…

California’s aqueducts

“What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other…

Stormy skies over the fields

“When March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb” ~ English Proverb Well, I thought we were in the clear, but March’s ‘Lion’ stage is still here.  But the clouds make for nice panoramas.  Took this on my ride in near Westley, CA.

Pano of the field – now I am happy

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated. ~ Mary Todd Lincoln This morning it was sunny and clear with some nice clouds over the hills, so I decided to take one more panorama and stitch it together using…

More panorama experiments – still not good enough

“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” ~  Ernst Haas (1921 – 1986) Austrian photographer and artist This location is actually one that Larry suggested I photograph – it’s a strange assemblage of little hills that look a bit…

Mastering the art of the panorama

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” ~  Ansel Adams Larry took an awesome panorama a few weeks back, and I’ve been trying to master this art myself, with less than stellar success – sure the pic above looks nice, but it’s only three of the four pics I took…