Renewal

This photo is a bit more abstract in nature, and thus somewhat of a departure for me, but that's kind of why I'm posting it as this week's featured picture. Unlike most of the images I have here on the blog, the subject and context is not (I'm guessing, anyway) immediately clear to the viewer. Instead of a flower, a museum, or even a tornado siren I've got...a floor and a door. What, then, is going on here? The tagline of this blog is "Exploring the wonders of creation through a 50mm lens," and that's exactly what led to this picture.

I was walking through a building on campus recently when I came across an old room that was being renovated and thought it might make for an interesting picture. So, like I often do, I just kept on walking with that same thought ringing in my ears that has haunted me for years: "What if someone sees you?" I know the obvious answer, for experienced photographers unlike myself is, "So what?" but I still have trouble getting to that point mentally. I contin