Upde Designs

Nice to see the sun shine for a change.  I had to visit one of our banks today for a meeting so I took my camera with me in hopes of finding something worth shooting.  I didn’t see a thing on the way over that caught my eye.  On the way back I could tell the light was better as it was about 4:15 pm.  The lighting did get more favorable with every mile I drove.

I came across this pile of trees and they caught my eye.  Sitting all alone in the middle of a field with no hint of where they came from.  I thought they looked interesting so I made this image of them.  Now that I see them I’m not sure if my rational was sound.  🙂

A little further down the road was this wonderful old barn.  It was in a pretty run down state of repair but appeared to still be in use.  I saw several barns this day in the same condition but something about this one caught my eye.  Maybe it was because it was sitting away from any other buildings out in the snow and I just liked the way it looked.

Finally I turned on to another road heading back to Maquoketa and went over a small bridge.  I noticed the water was not frozen so I did a turn around.   I like the way the water picks up the color of the sky as contrasted with the snow on the ground.

I have several images of streams over the years but I really like the way the snow accentuates the outline of the stream.  After several days of gray featureless skies it was just wonderful to see the sun and blue sky.  It does wonders for a person’s mood.

Anyway I took a total of about 10 minutes out of my day for these images but they did a lot more than that for my outlook on the day.  🙂

Thanks for stopping by.  enjoy your hump day and be careful.