by Dave | Apr 18, 2009 | Architecture, Small Towns, Soft Lights
Elmo, Kansas – I’ve passed by this area for decades without knowing that the remains of a small town is hidden behind some trees. There are some homes and a nice church, though most signs of industry – the mill, garage, scale house – look long...
by Dave | Apr 17, 2009 | Wildflowers
Close-up view of a common dandelion, conveniently found in my front yard. It’s a safe haven for lots of wildflowers :-)Photo notes: It took several excursions, laying among the weeds of our front yard before I found a composition that seemed worthwhile. This...
by Dave | Apr 16, 2009 | Black and White
Morris County, Kansas
by Dave | Apr 16, 2009 | Equivalence, Landscape
Flint Hills, Chase County, Kansas
by Dave | Apr 15, 2009 | Black and White, Flint Hills
Chase County, Kansas
by Dave | Apr 12, 2009 | Flint Hills, Landscape, Prairie Burn, Spring
Chase County, Kansas
by Dave | Apr 12, 2009 | Flint Hills, Landscape, Prairie Burn, Soft Lights, Spring
Chase County, Kansas – Smoke from a prairie-burn eclipses the sun and shrouds the landscape in soot, abstracting our view of the Flint Hills. Though it’s mid-afternoon on very bright day, it looks more like dusk.
by Dave | Apr 11, 2009 | Flint Hills, Human, Landscape, Prairie Burn, Spring
Chase County, Kansas – Dan Bacon is setting flame to tallgrass along the roadside. He moves quickly. The wind is at his back, the fire chasing him as it spreads rapidly in the dry cover. The torch he pulls is fueled with a mixture of gasoline and diesel. He father,...
by Dave | Apr 11, 2009 | Prairie Burn
Photographed near Lake Kahola, in Lyon County, Kansas
by Dave | Apr 11, 2009 | Human, Landscape, Prairie Burn, Spring
North of Kahola Reservoir, Chase County, Kansas – Dan Bacon seeds a controlled burn of prairie grass as a water truck, off camera to the left (image below), prevents it from spreading into populated areas. The seasonal burns are an important part of maintaining...
