Getting out there before the maelstrom of panic

[langier]

Just as the clamp-down was getting a foothold, I took a drive with my friends in tow, one a photographer, the other an older man who just wanted to get out. We took the "scenic route" to a show two of us had work within and made it a day out in the countryside which for me was a lot of "macaroni-and-cheese" comforting landscapes that I've returned to lots of times through the decades.

It just so happened the clouds were in our favor to add interest to the subjects that a clear sky just won't do.

Here's four from many from that day:

1. Field gate, Salt Spring Valley, 2. Salt Spring school, 3. Felix School and former PO, 4. 28 Mile Rd.

[RSL]

Good shooting, Larry. Perhaps it's strange, but my favorite is the last one. It's a standard. Dorothea Lang did it. Walker Evans did it. I've done it. It always grabs me no matter who does it.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Good series. Big sky and solitude.

[Rajan Parrikar]

The second and third images for me.

[langier]

Thanks for the kind comments! Here's four more from the following weekend when things were getting a little more cinched down, even out in the sticks.

1. Sierra Nevada foothills. 2 & 3.  St. Catherine Catholic Church in Hornitos (made famous by Ansel & Ed years ago...), 4. Further down the Sierra Nevada foothills.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I'd love to have an outing like that one just about now.

[maddogmurph]

The black and white make these photos feel more powerful. Good choice.