I returned to the Goshen Dam Pond today in search of new photos in a very familiar place. This area offers lots of opportunities for photographers including beautiful lighting, changing natural scenes, a variety of birds and the occasional interesting human. Taking photos again and again at the same site is a challenge, “Been there, done that.” This is exactly why I go back. Continually shooting in the same place forces me to search for new ideas and perspectives. This was today’s self-imposed photo assignment. Sometimes I will limit my focal length to 50, 35 or even 16mm. Today, I gave myself permission to shoot with my 70-300 zoom lens. Perhaps I was hoping to sneak photos of someone doing morning yoga. Instead, my lens settled on the common Canadian Goose and another photographer.

