A Corny Sunset

[JimFox]

This is in Nebraska, the land of cornfields it seems. I am coming back with the grandkids from camping at Windmill State Recreation Area, and decided after 4 days of camping that a hotel would be nice. I dropped everyone off at the hotel, and my 14 year old grandson wanted to go with me to go explore a windmill we had seen just before the town. After we were done photographing the windmill and barn, a little bit of sunset colors were making their way through the stormy sunset. It wasn't a lot of color, but it was enough to focus on the cornfield and the one cloud area that had some bit of color on it.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

No shortage of places to see fields of corn in Nebraska Nice hints of sunset colors over the tassels.

 

[Joe Colozzo]

very nice shot! Build it and they will come!

 

[JimFox]

No shortage of places to see fields of corn in Nebraska Nice hints of sunset colors over the tassels.

Thanks Alan. Yeah, it's amazing how you can drive for hours upon hours and see corn field after corn field.

 

[JimFox]

very nice shot! Build it and they will come!

Ha ha, so true! Love the reference Joe.

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks Alan. Yeah, it's amazing how you can drive for hours upon hours and see corn field after corn field.

I remember the scenery driving I-80 well. When I attended Utah State I had a roommate from Omaha and drove him home and back once in my '64 VW bus. I was almost cheering when I could finally see the eastern edge of the Rockies on the horizon instead of more corn on the way back. I had never been to a place where you couldn't see a mountain somewhere on the horizon before.

 

[JimFox]

I remember the scenery driving I-80 well. When I attended Utah State I had a roommate from Omaha and drove him home and back once in my '64 VW bus. I was almost cheering when I could finally see the eastern edge of the Rockies on the horizon instead of more corn on the way back. I had never been to a place where you couldn't see a mountain somewhere on the horizon before.

Maybe because I was born and grew up in Minnesota, the endless cornfields are semi normal. My Dad's side of the family were all farmers, and some of my relatives still own farms. So I actually enjoy the endless hours of cornfields. It gives me a challenge as I am driving to find something worth photographing. With mountains, sometimes it's not a challenge, but as you noted with the endless fields, a photographer in the midwest has to work a bit harder I think.

 

[John Holbrook]

Nice image and love your title!

 

[JimFox]

Nice image and love your title!

Thanks John! I really appreciate that.