Flat Land
This is the geography that I am used to. Some people think there’s nothing to see out here. Some people are wrong*.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 5.24.2015
*I once had a conversation, via letters, with writer William Least Heat Moon. He’s one of my favorite authors, but I took exception to something disparaging that he’d written about driving across the Texas Pandhandle, where he claimed the drive was boring and there was nothing to see. We finally agreed to disagree. He’s still wrong, of course.
Posted on June 2, 2015, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, High Plains, landscape, lubbock county, melinda green harvey, monochrome, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 11 Comments.
Next time I’m headed out that way I need to know what you see that I’m missing.
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Certainly – just let me know when you’re coming up and I’ll prepare a list!! (I can probably just use the same list I sent to Heat Moon.)
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Nice photo. When we moved to Las Vegas from Michigan, we chose the southern route here. Via Kansas, it was so flat we thought it would never end. It’s an ancient sea bed.
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The Plains are an acquired taste, I think. I was well into my adult years before I realized how much they were a part of my personal geography.
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Tell him it’s about as interesting as the land he walked across in his book Prairie Erth.
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Yes! Excellent point!
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It’s all about the sky. Flat lands perhaps but they are the table on which the sky sits and plays out it’s drama. Great shot, Melinda
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Thanks, Andy. “The table on which the sky sits” is a lovely phrase!
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I love the little details in your photos. The way the crop lines (I’m guessing) line up with the mast on the horizon. The clouds speak are just superb.
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Thanks, Rob. I appreciate it that you notice the little details! I’ve been working on being more mindful of them when I am composing my shots.
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