North Dakota Sunset

North Dakota at it's best. Tonights sunset was just so beautiful. This is pretty much straight out of the camera, no adjustments, except I cropped out the power line in the corner, cause I hate trying to photoshop them out.   Doesn't God do a great picture of painting a beautiful sunset? Awesome!

On the Way to Kulm

My new friend Laura, who's a great photographer, and I went to visit another young lady who's photographer in Kulm today. On the way, we just had to stop and take some pictures. What else do photographers do, but take pictures, talk about cameras, and laugh at our photography stories. Felt so good to laugh today!!  Laura kept me laughing most of the way there and back.

Here's a few of my shots.

 Laura especially found this sign funny. Only in North Dakota would you see a sign telling you to politely take turns and people will.   We saw this several times, as many spots in the road had been under water and they had been trying to build them up higher, but the roads were then narrower, but eroding away. Oh, by the way, I'm hanging out the window, and the wind was blowing like crazy too.  

 This old barn and windmill, seem to be sinking.  I have a feeling this is not a normal area of water, as people don't usually put a barn in water.  

 An all to familiar sign this spring and summer.

 Some how this struck us funny. Did they take them off and go for a swim? 

One of the many spots along the way under water. 

More River pictures from June 13, 2011

Here's a few more river/flood pictures from Monday. These first few are looking over the bank at Mom and Dad's. 

 Same shot as last week, but as you can see, there is no more brick to be seen around the mail box. Water is rising.

 Looking towards Morks 

 Saw this man, heading towards his house with a couple of tanks of gas. All the power has been turned off on these houses. I believe he has a generator running, I'm thinking it's for his sub pumps.

 If you look closely, you can see him entering his garage with the boat.

(above) This was shot from the Mandan Indian Village on the Bismarck Side. Looking to the north

 It's kind of dark, as a cloud passed over, but you can see the MANDAN crying hill.

 Looking down on Pioneer park under water

 Pioneer Park

 Pioneer Park

 Looking towards the Interstate Bridge

Pano of the Big Muddy Missouri

During my class at BSC last night we went up to the Mandan Indian Village (on the Bismarck side of the River) and shot pictures to do a Panorama. Here's what I shot. This was shot hand held, as I forgot my tripod in my car back at the college. It turned out pretty good for hand held I think.

The flooding is amazing and oh so sad.  That river is cruzin' too. I believe it's something like flowing at 12 miles an hour!!! Whew!