Posted by Anna Surface on November 9, 2009
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It is interesting how many of the older highways were designed to curve around hills, farmlands, and the structures of a town. From what I recall reading was that roads from long ago were set down to follow the trails of wildlife. In Silver Lake, Kansas, Highway 24 sharply curves into the small farm town. The heavily used highway is north of Interstate 70. I was taking photos of the downtown area when I turned and noticed the semi-trucks that were to pass each other and the house at the end. The house at the end of the curved highway had a bike propped under the lower window but cannot be clearly seen because of the shadows. On the other side of the road is an old blue Chevrolet parked and gathering dust. What interested me was the speed limit sign of 30 MPH. Now, if these two semi-trucks were actually going at that speed, I don’t see how they could navigate the curve and would careen into each other or off the road. And there is that house at the end. A very nice blue house; however, I would not be comfortable living there right on the curve of that busy highway.
The top photo is as it was taken in full wide view. I like it because of all the near and far variables and subjects. I cropped the photo, below, to bring in closer the trucks, albeit, the bike under the window still doesn’t show up in this version either. I like the cropped, almost square version just as well as the original.
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Posted in All Photos~Posts, Anna Photos, Highway Scenes, Kansas Cities & Towns, Places, Silver Lake, Kansas | Tagged: Autumn, Canon, highway, Kansas, photography, semi-trucks, signs, small town, speed limit, trees | 3 Comments »
Posted by Preston Surface on November 8, 2009
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I tried to make an interesting photo out of a simple grain elevator. All the towns in Kansas have one of these along with a COOP, pronounced (KO – OP).
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Posted by Anna Surface on November 7, 2009
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Perhaps there was a mission to find out the secrets of the dried soybean and corn fields in the autumn brown.
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Posted by Preston Surface on November 6, 2009
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We were driving by this school as a postal truck was pulling out. With a fast shutter speed I was able to capture the moment while both vehicles were moving.
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Posted by Preston Surface on November 5, 2009
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After seeing the following post, Road Signs in Staffon’s blog: Staffan’s English Blog Anna and I decided to take on the challenge of taking photos which included a sign of some sort. We certainly enjoy Staffan’s Blog and encourage others to check it out and maybe take the same challenge.
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Posted by Anna Surface on November 5, 2009
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Yesterday, Preston and I went on a photo shoot looking for signs after being inspired from Staffen’s Road Signs photos post at his blog, Staffan’s English Blog. We traveled around about three different highways through three different counties through various towns that dotted the highways looking for any kind of signs that caught our fancy with a subject. The photo above is the last photograph I had taken on our photo shoot. We were behind some type of moving-farm-equipment-tractor-something going at about 10MPH. I shot photos from inside our truck. The sign that goes with this is on the right side of the photo and states: “Kansas Farm Bureau Helping Feed the World Wabaunsee County.” Throughout the day, we noticed the farmers were busy with crops in the fields, soybeans and dried corn on the stalk.
Preston and I had an enjoyable time on our sign photo trip and we have many photos to share in/of our unique perspectives. We challenge you to go out and photograph signs in your neck of the woods and share them in your style and unique perspective at your photo blogs/websites.
“Signs, signs, everywhere signs…..”
Posted in All Photos~Posts, Anna Photos, Farm Equipment, Highway Scenes | Tagged: Autumn, Canon, country roads, Kansas, photography, signs, tractor, Wabaunsee County | 4 Comments »
Posted by Anna Surface on November 4, 2009
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I like photographing cattle and cows, and I will most likely keep doing so and as well showcasing cattle/cows photos processed in a variety of ways. Got Moo?
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