It's no secret that I like the look of bare trees. . .
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Landscape
04-19-14 Out In the Middle of Somewhere
in Blog, Landscape, South Dakota
When you stand in the vast, open landscapes of western South Dakota, you are never in the "middle of nowhere. . . . "
Read More04-01-14 The Golden Hour (HDR)
The so-called "golden hour" is the perfect time to capture a portrait of a venerable oak . . . .
Read More03-25-14 Weathered (HDR)
in Black Hills, Blog, HDR, Landscape, Nature, Seasons, South Dakota
Another weathered and somewhat broken down oak tree waits for the resurrection that comes every spring. . . .
Read More03-24-14 Waiting for the Sun
in Black Hills, Blog, Landscape, Nature, Seasons, South Dakota
Two bare oak trees at Lakota Lake in the Black Hills of South Dakota endure a March snow storm and wait patiently for spring.
Read More03-19-14 Prairie Skyscraper (HDR)
in Blog, Architecture, HDR, Landscape, South Dakota
The stark, white Farmer's Elevator Company grain elevator in Miranda, SD, can be for miles in every direction.
Read More03-18-14 The Great Wide Open (HDR)
in Blog, HDR, Landscape, Nature, South Dakota
There is something about blue skies, puffy clouds and a cluster of distant trees that makes me pull over and get my camera and tripod out.
Read More03-16-14 Bucolic
in HDR, Landscape, South Dakota
Tiny cattle inhabit a bucolic western South Dakota river valley.
Read More2014 03-15 Ankle Deep by Watertown, South Dakota, photographer Scott Shephard
03-15-14 Knee Deep
in Blog, Landscape, Seasons, South Dakota
Withered sunflowers wait for the winter ice to melt.
Read More03-14-14 Beyond Wasta, SD
in Blog, HDR, Landscape, South Dakota
What do you find when you turn north off of the interstate at Wasta, SD?
Read More03-09-14 A Return To the Beginning (HDR)
in Black Hills, Blog, HDR, Landscape
As with so much I photography, I have been here before. But I'm seeing a slightly different world. . .
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2013 12-13 I've Been Here Before by Watertown, SD, photographer Scott Shephard
12-13-13 I've Been Here Before
in Blog, Landscape, South Dakota
This is a place I've photographed four or five times, but always in different light. Yesterday morning I had only a few minutes to get this scene before the beautiful pink hues were washed out by the rising sun. One of the features of this scene that I like is that the snow cover is light enough that the brown grass underneath allows for contrast and texture.
I will admit that I was a little lazy in that I shot this through the open passenger window of my vehicle. I am a bit of a perfectionist and yet I use imperfect practices from time to time. Why is that? Well, yesterday morning it was -3 fahrenheit. But that's a poor excuse. . . .
Here are two previous posts. The framing is a bit different in today's post and, interestingly, where there used to be two trees in the foreground there is now only one.
Missouri River Bluffs Side by Side