PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Siren Button

Siren Button

Miller, Kansas – This siren button must have set the entire community into motion, and is still mounted on a stone wall on the remnants of an old fire station. Not to worry, the town has a new station now – the Louis & Florence Rathke Firehouse (shown below…

Buckets

Buckets

Looks like I need to clean some dust off the front of my lens. I suspect it’s the cause of these little light flares, though I do kinda like them on this image.

Hole

Hole

Light spills through a hole at the bottom of a rusted metal trough.

Under the Night Lights

Under the Night Lights

Emporia, Kansas – Near Lake Mergendahl on the former College of Emporia campus, this nest of trees takes on a Maxfield Parrish mix of colors from lamp posts on the grounds. There are no PhotoShop tricks involved in getting this, it’s just the way artificial…