Mississippi River Sunset
The sun sets through a few late evening clouds over the calm waters of the Mississippi River. This view, from high on the observation deck at Lookout Point in the Mississippi Palisades State Park near Savanna, is one of the finest views in Illinois. As always, join me on Facebook : Twitter : Flickr
Train Under a Starry Sky
Midnight on a warm summer evening finds a Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad ethanol train tied down in the siding at Genoa, IL, waiting for a new crew to forward it on to eastern connections in Chicago. This warm night was also completely cloudless, and here at the east end of the siding, away from [...]
Waking Hampshire
I’ve had the lid on this photo for quite some time, and I’m not sure why. To be honest, I guess I forgot about it. It’s easy to forget a time when you stood in the middle of a towns main street on a ladder for over an hour, apparently. Anyway, this is what downtown [...]
Sunset Proviso
It’s that time of year again, the time when the sun begins to swing farther south in the sky, putting the sunset back into alignment with a lot of our major east-west transportation arteries, such as the Union Pacific mainline, the Eisenhower Expressway (watch out for those sun glare delays!), etc…. I noticed the other [...]
It’s in the Details
Sometimes, even in a big scene, it’s the tiny details that can make all the difference in a photo. And sometimes, it’s hard to even notice those details when you’re taking the photo. For instance….the photo below was made on Monday night, just before sunset as the storm clouds rolled in over the Illinois prairie [...]
A Summer Evening in Rockdale
Friday night, Nate B. and I headed out to the suburbs to attempt to find a few late night trains. I had a particular shot in mind that I’d wanted to try on a long summer evening involving one of my favorite suburbs, Rockdale, IL. It’s one of those river bottom towns, with lots of [...]
Where the Red Corn Grows
It’s hard to appreciate just how big the Byron Nuclear Power Plant is until you drive right by it. It usually just off in the distance as I’m driving through North-Central Illinois, dotting the horizon with its twin columns of steam. It’s also hard to understand how imposing and spooky this thing looks until you’re [...]
A Late Night in the Country
I’ve been preparing photos for the website presentation of the Late Night in the Small Town series I’ve been working on, and figured I’d put one up big that probably works better here than it did in the small version on Flickr….It’s been busy around here this week, I’ll get back to more normal posting [...]
The End of Summer
Since we are at the unofficial end of the summer, I figured I’d post something to keep the warm weather going a little longer. This is a warm summer evening at one of my favorite spots in Chicago-land, the Monee Reservoir in south-suburban Monee, IL. While it’s open year round, fisherman populate the banks of [...]
Two Hours on the Racetrack: Now With Photos!
I’ve been messing around this morning with an attempt to imbed Flickr slideshows into the blog. I think I’ve got it figured out, and to test it, let’s go ahead and view the set from early July, Two Hours on the Racetrack: I think the slideshow goes in reverse order of how they should be [...]
