Limbs – B/W version

Limbs – B/W version

Lyon County, Kansas – Winter cabin fever is setting in so, gray skies or not, I drove through country, breathing in the feel of open roads. I stopped beside the ruins of an old farmstead. Fallen limbs and barbed wire lay coiled like snakes in the grass. Beyond the...
Cow

Cow

Flint Hills, Lyon County, KansasThere isn’t much going on here, but I like the simplicity of the area, and all of the open quiet space. I visit this spot occasionally, along a country road not far from town. There’s something elegant about the sweep of...
Fish Feeder

Fish Feeder

Southeast area of Lyon County Fishing Lake, Kansas – The coloring was coming out by this time, though I filtered out the bluish cast in this image.
Winter Morning

Winter Morning

Reading Lake, Lyon County, Kansas – Taken before sunrise, that’s a camping area yard light reflecting across the ice.
Return of the Chicken Coop

Return of the Chicken Coop

Here’s a simple study that I find pretty satisfying.It’s more than the place, or the thing. It’s the way light spreads over a scene – especially, for me, when it’s slightly overcast – so that light wraps around things, adds a glow...
Winter Abstracts: Ice Patterns 1

Winter Abstracts: Ice Patterns 1

Also check out the Winter Abstracts collection.Kahola Reservoir Spillway, Chase County, Kansas – I spent some time on Sunday exploring ice formations in the river channel below Kahola reservoir. Great fun, juggling camera, camera case, and tripod while climbing over...
A Winter Star

A Winter Star

This is a Chrismas ornament behind a steamed-over front window of a local coffee shop, photographed from outside in the cold. These places look so inviting on a Winter evening.