by Dave | Jul 21, 2008 | Fauna
I like the tones of this image, the structure of the wings, and the way the pollen flakes catch the light. It’s a large bumble bee in the golden light of a back-lit crop sunflower. Learn more about bees at Bees on Wikipedia.
by Dave | Jul 20, 2008 | Human
Girls’ softball tournament, Emporia, Kansas — The hometown team, Emporia Energy, took both of the games I attended today. As you can tell from this photo, the girls put a lot into it. The games are part of the Kansas Amateur Softball Association Girls’ 12C-Gold...
by Dave | Jul 19, 2008 | Architecture, Black and White, Cityscapes
Kansas City, MO
by Dave | Jul 18, 2008 | Architecture, Black and White, Cityscapes
Kansas City, Missouri
by Dave | Jul 17, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape, Soft Lights
I wanted a darker mood on this with a more classical feel.
by Dave | Jul 15, 2008 | Kansas, Small Towns
Beverly, Kansas – this ferocious looking dragon guards its nest beside highway 18, on the north edge of Beverly, Kansas. A part of the Open Range Zoo, this is one of thirty or so creatures placed along the roadsides. The artist, J. R. Dickerman, also has more...
by Dave | Jul 14, 2008 | Black and White
Woods along the Neosho River, given a high contrast treatment.
by Dave | Jul 13, 2008 | Flint Hills
In a roadside ditch along a country road north of Reading, Kansas, a cluster of butterfly milkweed blossoms begins to open. Cheryl and I enjoyed a wonderful back-road wildflower tour with Cheryl Patton and friends a few weeks ago. This was one of the photos taken...
by Dave | Jul 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
Stones and water in a study from a recent Arkansas trip. The image has grown on me over the past few days, so I’ll add it to the mix here. For those of you who enjoy using PicLens, I’ve re-enabled Media RSS support on Prairie Dust. Although I’d...
by Dave | Jul 12, 2008 | Kansas
On the edge of a public park in Lincoln, Kansas we found this towering cottonwood tree. (The cottonwood is the state tree of Kansas.) The photo just doesn’t capture how big this thing really is. What’s the biggest tree in Kansas? The Kansas Forest Service...
