I did take a number of photos in the UP from Sault Ste. Marie to Copper
Harbor but from there all the way through Wisconsin and much of Iowa it
rained... including the drenching rain at dinner time in Grinnell which
I'm sure you and Joel well remember. :-) But on the way out of
Grinnell towards Omaha I did manage to catch some nice snaps on some
side roads including what I hope will be a couple of nice farm land
panos. But this is the only shot I've processed so far
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Iowa%20Corn%20%26%20Soybeans/img_7581e%20blend.htm>
The UP pictures (and a couple of thousand more) await some processing.
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
>> Apparently you did then stop to see something worth seeing in one of
>> your many trips that made you an expert on Iowa. I'm curious what it
>> was.
>>
>
> Oh, he was just giving a firm tug on our chains. I couldn't imagine him
> being that blind. We might not have mountains, we might not have oceans, we
> might not even have exotic cooking...
>
> OK, would somebody remind me what we DO have?
>
> Seriously, now, let's place this in a little perspective. I have identified
> multiple places to escape off of Interstate 80 for those passing through to
> point your cameras at. Have any of you actually done it? Even in the Upper
> Peninsula of Michigan I identified multiple places to photograph. Did one of
> our listees actually stop and get the pictures at those locations?
>
> The point is, if your mindset is totally focused on getting a picture like
> "Yosemite Valley - Clearing Storm" you will be severely disappointed with
> anything that "flyover country" has to offer. But if you open your eyes and
> your minds to the possibilities that exist smack dab in front of you then
> you just might find satisfaction.
>
> The worse possible thing for me are "scenic overlooks". These rank down
> there with the Kodak "Photo Spots". Frankly, I'd rather just buy a set of
> postcards. I'm not one to do what everybody else does.
>
> I think a case in point is this summer when my family vacationed in
> Colorado. We travelled through Rocky Mountain National Park. At the pass,
> the crowds were massive and the traffic jam took about a half hour to
> negotiate. Meanwhile my bladder was screaming... Well, at the overlook I
> saw a "pretty picture", but so did everybody else. I realized that I've seen
> this picture so many times that it's silly. Did I take a picture? Sure,
> absolutely. Yawn. But, then I walked across the road and photographed the
> fence and the west approach valley. Anybody else over there? Not a soul.
> Then we travelled down to the first hairpin on the west side and I
> photographed clouds and the valley to the north. Anybody else there? Not a
> soul.
>
> AG
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