Upde Designs

This is one of my favorite old barns.  It sits on Highway 64 West of Maquoketa and on my way back from Cedar Rapids yesterday I decided to photograph it again.  The sky was nice and I enjoy taking pictures of old barns.

I only made a few images as I had a meeting to get back for.  I haven’t shot this barn in the Winter and I think I will do that this Winter if possible.  I think this barn would look great in a Winter setting.

I started to get back in the car noticed this small tree still have some of its Fall colors on it.  It has pretty much taken over this small shed but I liked the looks of this in my view finder so thought I would show it to you.

I always enjoy going to Cedar Rapids.  We have some wonderful individuals that work there and I enjoy spending some time with them.  My favorite camera store is also in Cedar Rapids and I always try to stop by and just say hi to the owner.  He is a great guy and very caring individual.  His name is Dave Johnson and he owns and runs Pro Photo on Collins Road.  I highly recommend him for all your photography needs.

Finally I’ll leave you with this image.   I was headed out of Cedar Rapids and went by the Culver Outdoor Center.  There were at least 200 geese sitting around this small pond.  Most of them are out of the image (you can seen another shot on my 365 project.)

Funny thing is I couldn’t tell if all of them were real.  By that I mean I watched this scene for several minutes and although there was some movement there were some geese that were in a strange configuration which they held the entire time I was there.

I was too far away to see for sure.  Like I said some of them moved but a lot of them didn’t I got to thinking that perhaps the store had some “decoys” or “yard ornaments” sitting out and the geese thought it looked like a good place to stop over for awhile.  I just don’t know. 🙂

That’s it for today.  Enjoy your Thursday and make it a great one.  Thanks for stopping by and be careful.