The Rock River surface as crumpled aluminum foil. 25 Sept. 2016
Ribbons remain lashed to the rails, though Homecoming was a week ago. View of south end of bridge, 25 Sept.
The hobos’ gallery: Under the south end of bridge over Rock River at Byron, 25 Sept. 2016
The cheeriest under-bridge art ever, possibly.
“signed gerald I’m sincere”
“Stay positive.”
Oak leaf bunch, south of bridge, 25 Sept.
My dog and “YOLO!”
under bridge.
Oak leaf, south of bridge. 25 Sept.
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Photos taken in or near Byron, Illinois, in recent days.
20 October 2015
20 October 2015
20 October 2015
20 October 2015, Sunshine Park
22 October 2015, Heritage Farm: Rusty Pipe Camoflage
30 October 2015, on driveway near Jarrett Prairie Nature Preserve
Sammy in the sun
The lower angle of the sun, and the bluer sky, of September in northern Illinois draws my attention to some of the colors and shapes of the plants that nobody planted.
I’ve been looking for new angles from which to photograph these fall flowers:
Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Back-lit goldenrod
Goldenrod & maize
I’ve also been interested lately in taking photos that leave out the horizon line and that flatten the scene so that the photos look almost like collages or abstract paintings:
Weed-texture path
Sumac, grasses, maize
Then, there are the close-ups:
Velvetleaf leaves
Velvetleaf seedpods
Giant ragweed leaf
OK, here were two I did actually plant:
Tomato
Dill seeds
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