by Dave | Apr 11, 2008 | Flint Hills, HDR, Landscape, Soft Lights
This picturesque site is on private land, and was photographed over the top of a gate. But that worked out okay, I used the gate post to steady the camera, and it’s a good angle on the walls. Don Palmer said an old school is, or was, further back on the land. At...
by Dave | Apr 9, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape
Wabaunsee County back road.
by Dave | Apr 9, 2008 | Flint Hills, HDR, Kansas
I was given permission to climb the gate and photograph this house by a nice lady who said her parents and grandparents used to live here. Again, you can see smoke from local range fires coming over the hill on the left.
by Dave | Apr 9, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape
Very simple lines here, and I have to give credit to Don Palmer who drove me to the top of one of his favorite hills in Wabaunsee County, and pointed out this tree. Leaves should be popping out on the branches soon.
by Dave | Apr 8, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas
by Dave | Apr 8, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape, Still Life
A very busy post, this is. It holds a corner position, stabilizing the a join of three fences at the top of the hill on Bobcat Road.
by Dave | Apr 8, 2008 | Black and White, Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape
Wabaunsee County – The backroads of Kansas are the way to travel if you want to see the inner beauty of the state. Of course this assumes you’re not in a hurry, and have four-wheel-drive to get, or keep you out of trouble.
by Dave | Apr 7, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape
Looking down from one of the hilltop views in scenic Wabaunsee County, the land sections in the valley below are painted with spring colors. The view isn’t a clear and usual. Smoke from range burning throughout the area has filled the hills with a bluish...
by Dave | Apr 6, 2008 | Flint Hills, Human
Photographer Don Palmer carefully approaches a section of burning range grass on a Wabaunsee County side road. Ground cover is commonly burned in the Flint Hills every spring to help maintain the tall grass prairie ecosystem.Also check out my Flash slideshow from this...
by Dave | Apr 6, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape
Range burns are used, in the Kansas Flint Hills, to help maintain the tall grass prairie. An excellent source for more information is this article on the Emporia State University web site.Also check out my Flash slideshow from this years burn.
