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Today’s Photo Friday was captured last fall when I went out to Toadstool Geologic Park in western Nebraska. Being as isolated as it is, it is a prime location for stargazing. Of course, a night without a moon helps!
Technical Details:
Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40 f/4l @ 17mm, f/4, 2 exposure blend (1 taken just after sunset, 1 taken about 45 minutes after)
Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska
The last in the Toadstool Geologic Park series, a view of some of the interesting patterns and shapes during the early dawn morning just before the sun crested the horizon.
Technical Details:
Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40 f/4l @ 17mm, f/8, 1/2 sec.
Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska
Wind and Rain has eroded many of the shapes and hills in Toadstool Geologic Park. The interesting lines here almost paralell the wispy clouds in the sky.
Technical Details:
Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40 f/4l @ 26mm, f/10, 1/160 sec.
Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska
For thousands of years Nebraska was located under a great inland sea. When the water drained many different mammals, reptiles, and birds migrated into the regain and roamed over the terrain. This great diversity of animals have been studied extensively via the many scientifically interesting fossil deposits throughout the park. Evidence of these fossils can be readily seen as “tracks” in the rocks and deposits that were formed by wind and water over millions of years.
Technical Details:
Canon 50D, 70-200 f/4l @ 73mm, f/7.1, 1/25 sec.
Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska
Toadstool Geologic Park is an area of interesting rock formations that come in all sorts of strange shapes. Here the sun is setting behind an example of one of the formations for which the park is named, a toadstool.
Technical Details
Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40 f/4l @ 17mm, f/18, 1/160 sec.
Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska
Leading up to my exhibition at the Governor’s Residence in Lincoln beginning on July 14th, beginning today I am presenting a 10 day, 10 image series of photographs exemplifying two diverse locations in the state of Nebraska. The first week will bring photos of Toadstool Geologic Park in the far Northwestern corner of Nebraska then followed by a week of photos of Ponca State Park in the far Northeastern corner of Nebraska. The images are far from the Interstate, this is “Wild” Nebraska.
Technical Details:
Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40 f/4l @ 27mm, f/11, 1/40 sec.
Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska