Found this crop duster sitting at an airstrip while making my way through North Dakota this summer.

Exposure: 1/200 sec, Aperture: f/11.0, Focal Length: 135 mm, ISO 200

I don’t know why but the first thought that came into my head with this image was “the clouds look angry.” This was after a decent storm had rolled through the eastern suburbs of the Twin Cities.

Exposure: 1/160 sec, Aperture: f/8.0, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 800

Chalk this image up to seeing something that looked potentially like an interesting image but ended up being rather ordinary. I saw these bales while driving through North Dakota and at one particular angle from the road, they looked like an advancing army over the field. For whatever reason, I couldn’t replicate that angle for the shot. A bit disappointing to say the least.

Exposure: 1/80 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 200

I work in the insurance field (safety & risk management) and sometimes I see things that make me shake my head. FWIW, this picture has zero photographic value other than using it in a training presentation (in a nice, mocking way of course) and I needed a filler for today’s image.

Exposure: 1/2000 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 200

The city of Devils Lake, ND had hanging baskets of flowers on every light post throughout town. All of them were taller then me so it was a nice break to take pictures of flowers looking at or up at them rather than the usual down shot.

Exposure: 1/250 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 135 mm, ISO 200

Found this truck sitting in a field while in North Dakota this summer. The sky was pretty boring so I changed the Luminance a bit using Lightroom.

Exposure: 1/125 sec, Aperture: f/11, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 200

Cruising through North Dakota this summer and shot some random clouds. I ramped up the Blue saturation of the sky in Lightroom.

Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperture: f/11, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 200

Same rail cars as yesterday except in black and white.

Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 200

I was passing through Fairfax, MN for work and drove around the small town looking for something to photograph. The rail cars at the local co-op were up to the challenge.

Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 28 mm, ISO 200

I took about a dozen pictures of our neighbor’s flag on a particularly windy March day. For some reason, this one stood out the most. Perhaps it was because it was an instant in which the wind died down very briefly.

Exposure: 1/4000 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 300 mm, ISO 400