POTD: Elevations #60
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Badlands Sunset
Badlands National Park
2016
There is a trade-off between shooting a scene and actually experiencing it–it’s hard to do both. A lot of photographers (even this one at times) fall into the trap of recognizing and quickly shooting an interesting composition, then moving on without having truly absorbing the experience.
Having seen many beautiful sunsets in my 64 years, I rarely photograph them anymore. It was not a conscious decision; I guess I just decided that this was one sight it’s better to enjoy them than to document. This shot managed to slip by the “enjoy, don’t shoot” axiom, but I do believe that in this case I did also sit there a while and enjoy the coming of the night.
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Badlands View
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
2016
I got the idea that this shot of the Badlands might look with a pen and ink drawing or etching look to it. This is the result of fooling around with it to that end.
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Spent Beauty #14
Wichita, Kansas
2016
The filtered light through the vegetation gave this leaf a glow like that of polished metal.
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Lectio #64
Wichita, Kansas
2016
I could have just as well called this “Reading About Gordon #2” because here my brother-in-law is perusing a book about Gordon Parks.
Reading About Gordon
Wichita, Kansas
2016
A woman pauses to read the description accompanying the photos by a rather famous native Kansan, Gordon Parks, in a gallery at the Wichita Art Museum. By the way, this is the size of crowd I like to see when viewing exhibits at museums.
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Free Autos
Wichita, Kansas
2016
Another case (see yesterday’s post) where by chance a yellow accessory to a mural really adds balance to the composition. Also similar to yesterday’s photo, this one is auto related as well.