Might As Well Stop

It's a good thing that I like to know more about my subject (and where it's located) before I photograph it. My first solo assignment is tomorrow-trap shooting. I've never been out to where it's being held or even seen trap shooting, so I thought I would just drive out and look around. Eh-it's my day off, and I wanted to get some more practice with the new equipment (new to me, anyway).

First, I stopped and checked out some flowers in a flower garden, then I was on my way. I consider myself to be somewhat "geographically" or "directionally" challenged, so I'm glad I went today. It seems that I get a little anxious sometimes and turn to soon. Before I knew it, I was being herded into a parking lot around a large track...this certainly didn't look like trap shooting. It turns out that I was at drag racing instead. Fans were tail-gating, and the parking lot was filling fast. I stepped out, since I was there, and made a couple pictures, then I hopped back in and made my way through the maze of cars to the gate. Eventually--about a mile and a half down the road I, I found my destination. I'll just chalk it up to experience and exploration. :-)

A bee descends on a cone flower in a garden on Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

©Dawn J. Sagert

A drag racing fan sit's comfortably in a truck bed, beneath a canopy as she waits for the drag races to begin on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at the Cedar Falls Raceway in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

©Dawn J. Sagert

A blue tractor makes it's way down the track at the Cedar Falls Raceway's, Red Cross Night of Fire, in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Saturday, July 26, 2008.

©Dawn J. Sagert