Autumn

Untitled, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway, originally uploaded by William 74.

We've visited the Lincoln Highway before-in fact we've shown you this exact same road marker-but I think it bears revisiting. The Lincoln was a major east-west route for many years, winding through cities and towns, and spearing through the farmlands of the Midwest. It was important, and should be remembered.

I also just think this is a cool, old timey picture.

Wire

Wire, originally uploaded by William 74.

I don't know why, but I like shooting barbed wire fences out in the country. I have several pics of them, from various angles. Silhouettes against the sky. Close ups of the posts. Lines of rusty wire trailing off to the vanishing point. Weeds obscuring the ground. Holding in fields of corn, keeping out strangers.

I have a vague notion as to why I like them-I think it has something to do with the solitude they often evoke.