On my regular long walks - or bicycle rides - in and around the small Oregon town (Talent) where I live - and which was partially burned in an apocalyptic wildfire more than 5 months ago, I frequently pass the remains of what used to be houses or businesses. Many of them are getting 'cleaned up' right now - part of the long process of a slow rebuild - but some sites seem unchanged.
On my bicycle ride this morning, something about this particular burned house caught my eye: I think it was the charred skeleton of what used to be a BBQ, rising up amidst the rubble. So I stopped and took a few pictures (I just happened to have my GRii in my waist-pack). My entry today is not one but two photos because... well, because they really 'go together', in a way.
The first is a wider angle of the burned house (with the BBQ clearly visible in the foreground)---
The second is a small detail from in front of it, literally invisible in the first photo, but which caught my eye - the burned metal pan which seems to have survived slightly better than the assorted charred and broken fragments of things that didn't---
I don't always use the Wide Conversion lens on my Ricoh - it turns a tiny pocketable camera into more of a 'handfull' - but most of the time that I do, I find myself enjoying the wider angles and field of view it makes possible.
