07 October 2018

Rainy Day at Fort Robinson, October 7, 2018

Rainy weather near Red Cloud Buttes in Fort Robinson State Park, October 2018. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)
Following some fun fall color shooting up in the Black Hills, the rain caught up with western Nebraska and flattened out the landscape. I wanted to get outside anyway, and drove out to Fort Robinson State Park. It was quickly apparent that this windy mist would just cover my lens in a fine spritz, so I took a handful of shots and called it a day (but not before getting a snack at the Staabs food stand, which is the rule). This is a shot that has plenty of detail in the power lines, and a car hiding in the mist. There's something about the subtle detail that fog allows, and I kick myself whenever we get fog out in western Nebraska and I don't try for some sort of photo. Even if it's a quick grab, it's satisfying to work with fog.