Winter Grass Rhythms
Winter Textures #0141
Flint Hills Wildlife Refuge, near Hartford, Kansas
B & B Railroad
2010 Christmas parade – Emporia, Kansas
Saxophones
2010 Christmas parade, Emporia, Kansas – A slow shutter speed helps capture the play of lights and motion in the evening parade.
Cowboy Portraits – Calf Roping
2010 Kansas High School Rodeo Association – Emporia, Kansas
Cowboy Portraits – In the Dirt
This morning at the KHSRA rodeo in Emporia, Kansas – This is a gutsy pursuit. It seemed like they almost always ended up underneath a ton of airborne bull power.
Horsethief Canyon Nature Trail – Evening Colors
Ellsworth County, Kansas
Konza Prairie Stag
Konza Prairie – We are traveling the trail in parallel. I stay on the rocky path while he takes a course along the edge of the woods, watching over his family and keeping them a safe distance from me. I saw them first a few moments ago, just silhouettes at the top of…
Milkweed Bugs – Moment of Togetherness
Konza Prairie nature trail – Milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) taste lousy, part of their defense against predators. Instead of attempting to blend in with their environment they advertise their nastiness with a bright orange warning coloration. Massing together…
Konza Prairie Morning
Sunrise on the Konza Prairie, southwest of Manhattan, Kansas
Joggers
Air is getting thin as I scale the high trails above the Konza Prairie. I have labored now to a platform hundreds of feet above the Kansas plains below, and plod step by slow step, as I catch my breath and congratulate myself on accomplishing such a feat. But now the…
Cowgirls on Parade
Americus Days 2010 – Americus, Kansas
Autumn – Chase County – #3
West of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
Ann’s Prairie
Flying Candy
Hartford, Kansas – Grabbing candy tossed from passing floats and tractors is a BIG DEAL if you’re a kid at the Hartford Days parade.