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...
by Dave | Apr 10, 2009 | Fauna, The Natural World, Wildflowers
Kansas country roadside – It isn’t all smoke and fire in the countryside.Sandhill plums blossoms are beginning to open and the bees are ready for it.
by Dave | Apr 6, 2009 | Flint Hills, Landscape, Soft Lights
Flint Hills, Chase County, Kansasfor Deb* * * ‘I will not be clapped in a hood, Nor a cage, nor alight upon wrist, Now I have learnt to be proud Hovering over the wood In the broken mist Or tumbling cloud.’ William Butler Yeats – The Hawk* *...
by Dave | Apr 5, 2009 | Black and White, Equivalence
by Dave | Apr 4, 2009 | Fauna, Spring
No matter what the calendar says, I didn’t feel like it was really spring until I saw Milo basking in the sunshine, surrounded by greens and grape hyacinth. Photographed with a new Sigma 70mm f2.8 macro lens. I bought it for close-up photography, but it’s...
by Dave | Apr 4, 2009 | Landscape
Sunrise – Lyon County, Kansas
by Dave | Mar 31, 2009 | Equivalence, Landscape
Emporia, Kansas – From my driveway I watch clouds roll over the city again. The darkening sky is pierced with lightning. A neighbor family returns home as it begins to sprinkle. The mother watches with me for a moment. There was, she says, a great view of the sky as...
by Dave | Mar 30, 2009 | Artifacts, Black and White, Dissolving, Flint Hills
Morris County, Kansas
by Dave | Mar 29, 2009 | Artifacts, Landscape
Along 280 Road, Chase County, Kansas
by Dave | Mar 28, 2009 | Winter
