Blue Shadows and Purple Clouds, February 28, 2011

 

Crow Butte at sunset, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Saddle Rock at sunset, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Geese at Hastings, Nebraska, February 27, 2011

Canada geese at Lake Hastings in Hastings, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

In late February, the geese were present in droves around Lake Hastings, and all I had to do was shoot from my car window as I drove around the lake. The difficulty is in finding order amid the chaos. I was drawn here to the strong shapes created by the geese’s necks. The shapes in the background are a few hundred more birds on the ice. I softened the photo in post, which further separates the sharp foreground geese from the background.

Birds in Hastings, Roadsides in Keith County, February 27, 2011

 

Mallard at Lake Hastings in Hastings, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Canada geese at Lake Hastings in Hastings, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

A house overlooks Kelly Canyon and Lake McConaughy in Keith County, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Highway 26 in Keith County, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Geese and Ducks in Hastings, February 26, 2011

 

Canada geese and mallards at Lake Hastings in Hastings, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Canada geese at Lake Hastings in Hastings, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Canada geese and mallards at Lake Hastings in Hastings, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Canada geese at Lake Hastings in Hastings, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

On the Road in Morrill County, February 24, 2011

 

View toward Courthouse and Jail Rocks from Highway 385 in Morrill County, Nebraska, February 2011. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)