Love my small town Texas life, but....


I wish there was something more exciting to shoot! A person can only photograph so many cows and mesquite trees! :) It's "landscape" week in the POTD challenge, and what I wouldn't give for a beach or a hill! It's pretty flat around here, and this time of year the grass is starting to die, so it's not the most scenic place. Mike and I went for a drive last weekend waaaayyyy north in the county, about 2 miles from Oklahoma. It was a nice afternoon, and I found a couple of places to shoot. Oh well, even though it's flat and hot here, and the mosquitos are as big as sparrows, I wouldn't live anywhere else! God Bless Texas!

Also, I'd like to clarify the Scenes from the Lake post from last week. Some folks made comments about my 'underwater' pic of Becca - sorry - but she's not underwater! She had just jumped off the dock, so the splash kind of looked like bubbles coming out of her mouth, and she landed on a blue floatie, so it just looks like it's underwater! Just wanted to clear that up! Thanks for looking!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh I hear you on not having anything interesting to shoot where you live. I think I have exhusted all my options too...I LOVE this photo. It is perfect!
Cari

emilyc said...

Nothing to shoot here either. It looks like you found a very nice area for a landscape. The windmill really draws my attention and the warm colors are perfect.

pat said...

Lori, what a GREAT shot! I love it--well done!

Kristen Wagner Penn said...

I really like that photo! I love the colors and the clouds are great!

Anonymous said...

The processing on this is so beautiful and amazing. The sky, the sharp yellow colors...so beautiful.

Jess said...

This is wonderful... a pure slice of Americana!

Liz said...

I really like this shot. I like the color, very warm and the way the sunlight is hitting the windmill. Great job!!

Mom2Drew said...

What a great shot of where you are! The composition really makes this stand out.

Michelle said...

and here i was wishing to be in an area like that! doesn't that grass just always look greener? ;) what a beautiful picture and composition. and i really like your new blog header.

Tori said...

ooh... I really like this! I really like the processing and that moody looking sky!

Becky said...

I think we all get sick of our own surroundings sometimes. Hard to imagine we'd feel that way in say, Hawaii, though huh? I think this photo is pretty--I love the yellow tones and the processing you did.

Amy said...

I get tired of shooting the same thing all the time too! But I love this shot.

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