Yah Gotta Stop And Smell The Roses

One of my rules is to stop and take some pictures whenever I run accross anything interesting. I think we all have that rule and we all break it more than follow it.
On my drive from Las Vegas to Pahrump I was enjoying a beautiful desert view of Yucca, Joshua trees, and the far off snow capped peaks.

So, I stopped the truck, took the Nikons (D90 and D500) with me in order to get a few beautiful desert images. I noticed right away that a huge power line was going to ruin any picture I snapped. I  decided to walk past the power line in order to get much better pictures. In so doing, I spotted two Red-tail hawks sitting on one of the power line poles. I immediately regretted not taking along the Sony with the 200-500mm tele. I crept up on the hawks the best I could, knowing they would take off any second and did get lucky with this shot using the Nikon D5000 with the 18-200mm lens set on 200mm.

I did not see these birds when I started out and had no real reason to take along the tele but this kind of surprise happens often enough where I should know better.

In just wanting to get rid of the power lines I ended up with some pretty good pictures of Red-tail hawks and then finally, I also got my landscape free of the ugly power lines.

I eliminate power lines whenever possible from my photos because I consider them eyesores. If I can't drive past them, I will walk past them. I think the last image illustrates my point.

Taking care to frame your shot the best way possible costs nothing but a little time and effort but can go a long way to better pictures. I should have taken along my tele, I can carry three cameras with no trouble, so this is a reminder to self.

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