
Abandoned Window View
Kansas Photo Blog of landscapes and nature, farm scenes, cities and towns, rustic, rural, urban, people, animals and wildlife by Anna and Preston Surface.

Abandoned Milkcan Mailbox A really nice abandoned farmstead with many outbuildings and near a creek had this unusual milkcan mailbox. The farmstead appears to have been abandoned around 30-40 years. I’ve taken a number of photos of the property throughout the seasons. This last photo shoot was for photographing in portrait style and things or...

Old Truck and Tires Still searching for something different in my photography. This is a crop from a large portrait style taken from a much further distance away. The original photo I found very un-interesting and was not sure what I would do with it. First I worked on detail and softening. I tried digital...

Volland, Kansas on the Prairie Across the prairie and mooing cows, the sun briefly broke through the cold winter clouds to illuminate the abandoned brick general store in Volland, Kansas. A bygone town from yesteryear built along the railroad. A few occupied houses are left along with the memories. Sometimes one can hear the lone...

Abandoned Prairie Stone House I had photographed this abandoned prairie stone house with bracketed exposures. Well, I didn’t like the HDR or the color version. One exposure that was over-exposed appealed to me. With the over-exposed photo, I used a color infrared effect. Then I digitally painted in wet ink on black canvas in which...

Solitary Man We were on our way to the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge for a photo shoot when we decide to stop at McDonalds for a sausage biscuit and cup of coffee. Sitting outside the main entrance to the restaurant resting on his backpack, was this fellow I assume to be homeless. He appeared to...