PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Potter’s Barber Shop

Potter’s Barber Shop

Osage CityNo, we aren't having a surge of summer. If you look around you'll see leafy green trees and some potted plants down the streets. I took this photo about 6 months ago and am just getting around to posting it. This shop is just south of the train depot on main...

Kansas Industry – Bunge Corporation

Kansas Industry – Bunge Corporation

For Kansas Day we're tipping our hat (not that I actually wear one) to the industries that sustain the economic life of our state. I believe the Emporia site is the only Bunge Corporation plant in Kansas, though they employ around 22,000 people in 30 countries.

Emporia Alleyway – Nightime

Emporia Alleyway – Nightime

Emporia, Kansas on 5th StreetThe colors and painting of this area is really pretty, so I used it to do some experiments with light this evening. This image uses a standard HDR (high dynamic range) technique. Three exposures of the scene are made to capture light and...

Retired Tractor 2

Retired Tractor 2

Morris County pastureI suppose it's kind of a guy thing.... old metal, machinery... I've always like to see what's under the veneer. And time has a way of stripping that away, from both people and the material things that surround us. Tractors are usually good...

Old Home at Dover

Old Home at Dover

Dover, KansasThis photo was taken a couple weeks ago on the outskirts of Dover. There was a "no trespassing" sign on the tree near the driveway, so I had to be content with photographing from a distance. Overall, the site wasn't that interesting, but the branches...

S&S Cafe – Winter Night

S&S Cafe – Winter Night

Emporia, KansasIt seems like the S&S Cafe has been around forever. The neon glow and illumination through the windows always attracts my eye as I drive by at night. Here, photographed on a wet winter evening, the lights are reflecting on the glazed driveway.