Tried to take some Christmas card idea shots last night with the boys. My wife came up with the idea of wrapping the boys in a strand of lights and it sounded like a neat idea to me. So we gave it a shot. Here is what we came away with.
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Ripple in Time – II
Time of the year again when football season begins to come to a close. I’ll be heading back up to Manhattan for the last KSU game of the year. Big game for us cats, but hopefully we can pull it off. I’m planning on trying to get out and shoot atleast once while I’m back. This Tuttle Creek shoot was the last time I’ve been able to get out and take some landscape shots so I’m definitely getting some cabin fever. Hope everyone has a safe weekend with some amazing light. EMAW!
Sprinkler Sunrise
A couple of early morning shots before the sun crossed the horizon. There is no shortage of these irrigation sprinklers around Garden. The irrigation engine that is at the center of the sprinkler pivot has a light on top of it that blinks periodically at night. When driving down the country roads at night, it’s cool to look around and see just how many irrigated circles there are around.
‘Tis the Season’
Another year has flown by and once again it is time to untangle the huge knot of christmas lights and throw them up on the roof. Decorating for the holidays is always something I’ve enjoyed doing. I try to set out a big display for halloween as well as for ol’ Saint Nick. This year I added the candy cane appearance to the poles on the porch and my wife added a strand of multicolored lights to the front bush….what’s that, you don’t see the multi-color strand. Well, they were “accidentally” unplugged for the picture… 
Hope everyone is having a great holiday season!
Water Strider
Hope eveyone had a great Thanksgiving. I had lots to be thankful for this year, and I was able to spend this past week with those people that I am thankful to have in my life.
Today’s shot is another from, you guessed it, the River Pond on the south side of Tuttle Creek Damn. Now back to the grind…
Foggy Convergence
Today’s shot takes us back to the iron railway bridge that crosses the Big Blue in Manhattan, KS. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this location was a complete accident and the fog was just complete luck. This was my “backup” location due to the fact that there wasn’t any water flowing over Pillsbury Crossing. I really wanted to get back to the bridge with the fall colors setting in, but I just didn’t have the time while up visiting in the little apple.
Once again, I am torn between the color version of this shot and the B&W. I still think I like the purple hues of the foggy morning enough that it puts the color version up top for me, but I still like the classic look of the B&W as well. Opinions?
Autumn Shore
Back to the third location on River Pond. I have a seven shot panoramic to stitch at some point involving this area of the pond, but I’ve yet to get around to it. You never see days like this in Kansas with no wind and a lake surface like glass. Was really a pretty fortunate morning.
Serenity at Sunrise
Found a nice little relaxing spot at the end of a dock on Tuttle Creek Lake to sit back and enjoy the sunrise.
Hidden in the Mist
Another shot from the first location the morning of the Tuttle Creek Lake shoot. More of a telephoto landscape shot. This one shot at 85mm. Love the mood the fog and reflection create in this shot.
Tree & Trees
I found this awesome tree extending out into the lake from the banks of the south side of Tuttle Creek Lake that I really wanted to incorporate into a bunch of different pictures. This tree looked like it was an arm with a hand at the end grasping into the water. Really cool looking. However, the angle that which it was facing the trees across the pond made it very tricky to compose in a pleasing manner. Ultimately I only took two or three sets of brackets with it because I just couldn’t find a comp that didn’t have the tree blocking the background or just look out of place. Here is one of the sets that I took.
