Shallow Depth of Field Round 1

I need your help!  Everyone, please! Even those of you who check my blog anonymously!  I am taking my first photography class.  Even if it is just a local community course, I am excited to learn new things.   Our first assignment is to practice taking pictures with a shallow depth of field.  I do plan on taking some new photos this week, but until then, I rounded up some I have taken in the past and I need your opinion. Everybody!  Really!  PLEASE HELP!  You are free to comment anonymously, but please comment!  Just type in the number below the photo of the ones that really get your attention, the ones that are most visually appealing.  Ask your friends and family or random people off the street to add their choices.  Is that enough pleading to get you to help?  Good!  Here they are.

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Little Red Tool Shed

 Boyd suggested I take a picture of this little red shed.

 Turns out, I took a bunch of pictures of the little red tool shed from many angles.

 Well, at least I found a few other scenes to snap.

Where the Buffalo Roam

And the deer and the antelope play.

Well, we didn't see any deer, but we did see one antelope, plenty of buffalo and other random animals.

 Boyd really wanted to take this calm looking guy home.

 Horse back rides for $50 an hour.  At the price of hay these days, I don't blame them for charging rates like that.

 And, some random purple streaked hair girl holding a snake.  I don't know why, I didn't ask.

 Yes, that is what you think it is, covered with oddly golden colored flies.

Fielding Garr Ranch House

 Today is Boyd's birthday. I would tell you how old he is, but he has been giving away years to  unsuspecting friends and family all day.  I think he is down to age 40 by now.

 To celebrate we ended up at one of his favorite hangouts.

 The Fielding Garr Ranch House at Antelope Island.

 It has an old farmhouse.  You can see how creatively they hung their curtains, another room used spoons.

 It is a gorgeous and peaceful place to hang out.

 Boyd says he wants to move here.

 This is inside the bunk house.

 The spring house still has a flowing, working spring.

 He loves it here, because they don't care if you touch the displays.  Touch isn't even accurate with Boyd.  More like tinker, spin, crank, push, turn, anything he can.

 You can easily see Salt Lake City from the island.

 A view of the ranch house.

 Plenty of Case equipment.

 Brand new Michelin tires on what seemed to be a non-functioning tractor.  Pricey!  Trust me, I know!

 Boyd was fascinated by the many different kinds of materials that made up the back wall of the very long shed.

 They even had homemade adobe brick.