I Put Bishop In My Rearview Mirror And Rolled On, Baby

April 29, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

I left Bishop after lunch on Saturday.  My parents (as usual) were great and came up to help me load the truck.  Since I was sort of on a time crunch (needed to be in Minneapolis by Monday morning), I didn’t get to take as many pictures as I’d like.

Driving across the western high plains - you really get an idea of the scope and enormonity of this country.  Also makes you question whether this world is really getting overpopulated when you can drive a hour and not see a single sign of civilization.

Driving through Nevada, it really becomes apparent that most of this state is really just one big empty place with people stratching out an existence wherever they happened to land.  And then there’s a lot of evidence where people just gave up and left.  Abandoned houses probably outnumber habitated ones ten-to-one.

Shrine to the Tractor Wheel Gods?

Even the cemeteries are dry, dusty affairs.

Who lived here before? What did they do?  Why did they leave?  How long has all of this been sitting there?

Who knew Nebraska had such beautiful rolling hills?

For the first time in weeks, I took the 35mm off my camera to use my big-gun, the 70-200mm to take this amazing late-afternoon picture.

Comments

6 Responses to “I Put Bishop In My Rearview Mirror And Rolled On, Baby”

  1. deb ann on April 29th, 2008 9:01 pm

    I love your pictures! I’m wondering if you could take a picture of many hands waving? I’d love to have it to be on my blog.

    Your pictures are always so amazing, and I think your pictures are best!

  2. Candy on April 30th, 2008 6:58 am

    These are AWESOME, and I mean awesome! pictures. Loved the last one.

  3. cuong aka buzz on April 30th, 2008 9:41 am

    finally use big gun instead of your fish eyes. last photo, was it dawn or fog? because i like the dusk. i didn’t realize how 70-200 mm has that effect.

  4. m@Rty b on May 1st, 2008 10:38 am

    Absolutely LOVE the last picture. Phenomenal. I think you could take a picture of a brick and make it interesting, compelling, and dramatic.

  5. Karen Mayes on May 4th, 2008 9:37 am

    You are one classic black/white photographer :o)

    You should look for any gallery to show your work…

  6. Ali on May 6th, 2008 2:30 am

    love love the last picture, glad you used the 70-200mm, if I could, I would buy that photo.

    -Ali

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