The Woodbury Elevator

Many of the local grain elevators have closed down in the past few years. To all appearances my neighbor farmers have moved their business to this operation, or to ADM's north of Grand Ledge.

By prairie standards the Woodbury elevator's not a large operation. Around here it's pretty impressive.

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Had a couple specific photographs in mind for last Halloween's 366 Snaps pic, one of which was this one. But there was a larger purpose, too. This was a scouting trip, looking for photographs "beyond Sebewa." I took lots of photographs on this drive, of buildings and farmland and details and landscapes. Many are oddly composed, but most are interesting regardless.

In the end, I posted a Halloween pic to 366 Snaps. It was taken very near where I took this photo.

A fun photo excursion, all in all.

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Obviously I'm discussing personal preferences in this section. Reasonable people certainly disagree with me about this. So be it. More tomorrow, I expect.

When I bought the Sigma lens I had a notion that I'd convert to the "ideal" of carrying a collection of fixed-focus lenses with my D70. When I bought the D300 I gave away the D70 and my only remaining zoom, which left me with this lens and the 300 mm. That's not a good set. But I figured I'd fix it eventually.

As things worked out my next purchase was the 80-200, then about a year later I added the 16-85. Those two convinced me not to pursue the set-of-primes solution; they meet most of my needs.

But gosh these pix show why you'd want to shoot exclusively with prime lenses. This is a terrific piece of glass.

As I've noted, on November 1 of last year I listed the Sigma 50 mm for sale on Amazon. It sold almost immediately, and I recovered most of the purchase price. Mostly I don't miss it.

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This photograph is an outtake--well, an alternate crop--from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

Number of project photos taken: 65
Title of "roll:" Sebewa Loop
Other photos taken on 10/31/2012: none.