The scarecrow behind the fire station. Hog Jowl Road, Walker County, Georgia.
No one is going to choose this photograph as a contest winner, nor is it likely to ever hang in an art museum. In fact, I've never even sold a print of it, although I did include it in one of my books. It's just an ordinary photograph of an ordinary country scene.
But I like it. There's a certain satisfaction in the play of the early morning light across the corn leaves and the scarecrow's just-right costume. The old gate in the background encloses this little rural vignette.
Not all of our photographs have to be blockbusters. There's a place for the ordinary, the commonplace. Sometimes these little glimpses of life can be very satisfying. So when you look at a scene and think there's not much photographic possibility there, shoot it anyway. You may surprise yourself.
The photo: Probably a Canon EOS A2 with the EF 28-105mm lens, Fujichrome 100 film.
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Photography and text copyright 2025 David B.Jenkins.
I post Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless life gets in the way.
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