PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Lighting the Fire #2

Lighting the Fire #2

The crew ATV moves eastward, seeding the fire as it passes. I was panning the camera to follow the ATV as it went by. This is what caused the background to have the strange patterns. Does the photo work? I dunno, but I think it’s interesting in its own weird...
Bedspring Fence

Bedspring Fence

West of Harveyville – Sometimes you just have to make do with what you have on hand. Among the remnants of an old farm is this livestock pen, incorporating several old bedsprings, and other odd parts to create the fence.
Stone Ruins

Stone Ruins

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...
Mountain Biking Kansas – Wabaunsee County

Mountain Biking Kansas – Wabaunsee County

After 4-wheeling some rough, rutted paths to the top of Bobcat Road, we stopped to take a few photos and eat sandwiches. Three mountain bikers, followed up the trail from the north. It’s a beautiful place for that kind of biking, if you’re tough enough....
Her Grandmother’s House

Her Grandmother’s House

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.