Somewhere Along Route 96

Overcast, rain and a general blah start to the day but I chose an adventure. A friend had told me about the Museum of Aviation next to Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, GA (south of Macon). I enjoyed the museum in Connecticut last fall and I knew I needed to check this one out. There was a chance the day would improve but the museum has four buildings full of aircraft, so weather wasn’t going to be problem. Anyway, more on the museum later…

On my way back home I had to stop along the road to capture this scene when the sun broke through the clouds. My issue is deciding if I like the landscape or portrait view better. Any thoughts?

These are the same image. The portrait version is a different crop from the same file as the landscape version. I’m generally a fan of my landscape images being in landscape orientation but the vertical lines of the trees have me thinking the portrait “feels” better. And that is the thing… each has a different feel.

The more I look at the second image I’m wishing I had put the 70-300mm lens on the camera and really zoomed in on the center opening to see how it looked. The zoom would have brought the background closer but I’m thinking I would have lost too much of the clouds, which would make the image a little boring. Oh well…