
Fun With HDR 
May 28, 2013 by
Some photos I took, playing around with the HDR iPhoto app, TrueHDR, which takes three exposures of a scene, and combines them into one — each level with the best possible lighting and color. In an ordinary shot, you have to choose one level at the primary focus. So, you end up with some crazy […]
Frozen Picnic Tables, After Monet 
February 7, 2013 by
Some prankster moved two of the park picnic tables into the pond a few weeks ago. Then it got cold, fast, and the tables were frozen in place. I tried to get all Monet with them, and take pictures in different light… Notice the snow above was in tiny clumps – reminded me of popcorn. […]
Little Suburb on the Prairie 
August 8, 2012 by
Laura said to Mary, “This prairie is like an enormous meadow, stretching far away in every direction, to the very edge of the world.” The endless waves of flowery grasses under the cloudless sky gave her a queer feeling. She could not say how she felt. All of them in the wagon, and the wagon and […]
Bolingbrook Vista, No. 2 
May 4, 2012 by
Subdivision. Soccer field (to the right). Tree, probably from the farm that was on this site for 100+ years. Creek. Graffiti.
Bolingbrook vista, early spring 
March 7, 2012 by
Layered, exurban landscape: vacant lot, cornfield, warehouses, sky.