Field

Field, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

I took this on Christmas Day, somewhere out in the countryside west of town. We'd had some snow the previous days, and a cold snap had finally caused the trees to shed the last of their leaves. The skies were a solid overcast, almost exactly the same shade of white as the snow that covered the now bare fields. It was stark, almost monochromatic, a typical Midwestern winter scene.

Tree

Tree, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

Water Tower

Water Tower, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

This old fashioned water tower is almost literally in the middle of nowhere. It's in a field, surrounded on three sides by unpaved roads. There are a few buildings around-a couple of factories, a junkyard, and, like, half a dozen houses. But I don't think this area has any name, and I don't know what township it's aligned with.

It's fairly tall, too. You can see it from miles around as you drive along US 30.

Autumn

Untitled, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

Open Road

Open Road, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

Old interesting car? Check. Sunset? Check. Clouds? Check. Grassy field? Check. Country road? Check. It's almost like a recipe for a cool photo, or just a really awesome moment.

Sunset

Sunset, originally uploaded by William 74.

Fun with silhouettes! I guess that's one nice thing about winter and spring-the trees are still bare and stand out really well against the sky. Particularly a sunset like this one.

Excellent cloud day too.

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.