by Dave | Sep 29, 2008 | The Natural World
This is what you find if you look closely at the surface of limestone on Herington Reservoir Dam. Scale: This is a couple square inches of rock surface.Below: An overview of the dam rocks
by Dave | Sep 28, 2008 | Landscape
Herington Reservoir There is a gorgeous view of fields and tree-lined streams from the top of the Herington Reservoir dam. The wind sweeping through the tallgrass and September wildflowers was especially nice during my walk.
by Dave | Sep 28, 2008 | Landscape
Autumn fog on the wetlands, at the Flint Hills Wildlife Preserve near Hartford, Kansas
by Dave | Sep 27, 2008 | Black and White, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns
Although there is a newer, substantial looking elevator area just north of this, I’m always drawn to the character and textures of the old stuff. I’m sure that really thrills people in the towns when I show the oldest, most run-down parts of their cities...
by Dave | Sep 25, 2008 | Landscape
The combination of lichen covered stone and rose hips is really striking in the afternoon sun, glowing now along the roadsides of Wabaunsee County.
by Dave | Sep 24, 2008 | Black and White, Equivalence, Still Life
Found art: driftwood and stone create random patterns on the Herington Reservoir dam. p.s. A sampling of my monochrome photos is available at Midwest Monochromes, in the Flyover People galleries collection. I feel pretty humble about offering it, when I see some of...
by Dave | Sep 23, 2008 | Landscape, Soft Lights
This is somewhere out in the backroads of Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The colors and tones will seem very soft, but they capture the quiet presence of the place.
by Dave | Sep 22, 2008 | Soft Lights, Still Life
Dexter, Kansas Every now and then Kansas comes wrapped in an Andrew Wyeth tonality. Decades of sun-bleached prairie dust soften its simple forms with strokes of muted color, under a tobacco-tinted glaze.
by Dave | Sep 21, 2008 | Artifacts, Black and White, Dissolving, Small Towns
This is found on the intersection of highway 4 and highway 15, on the edge of Elmo in Dickinson County.
by Dave | Sep 20, 2008 | Flint Hills, Landscape, Wildflowers
Photographed in a roadside ditch along highway 56, east of Council Grove, Kansas.Now available as a wallpaper.
