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Title: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Anirban Halder on July 24, 2017, 04:41:05: Earlier this month I was on a short vacation in South Dakota - fifth least populous state of the 50 United States.
In short, South Dakota = Vast Emptiness, Open Prairie, Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, some native American history and lots of Harley Davidson.

#1. Some say the drive to South Dakota (from Minneapolis) is very boring. Didn’t seem that way to me.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4295/35873196011_30c19a6372_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WDZvnv)

#2. And we drove past quilt shop
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4295/36006238635_4147621e9e_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WRKoiR)

#3. And yes, vast emptiness…
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4298/35873188781_bf4fec79f9_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WDZtdR)

#4. That small diner in a lonely town called Chamberlin by Missouri river
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4301/35617136150_5a5f86bffa_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Wgn8Gj)

#5. "Please close door please"/ 50¢ wings
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/35964630256_c13ec5f48c_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WN58A1)

#6. Bed and breakfast
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4319/36006231385_1edac64116_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WRKm9R)

#7. More emptiness.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4329/36006181935_06a56ae4f4_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WRK6sg)

#8. Prairie grassland
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4317/35835494032_eceff78f5a_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WAEgTo)
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Anirban Halder on July 24, 2017, 05:20:58: #9. Badlands National Park
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/35873183761_90a433b45e_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WDZrJi)

#10. Dramatic landscapes, layered rock formations, steep canyons
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/35195332453_ca59856ecf_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VC6h9M)

#11.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4302/35835481832_ba8c731912_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WAEdg3)

#12.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4304/35835477112_31620fc05e_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WAEbRE)

#13. Bison, Prairie dogs and Bighorn sheep (below) are natural inhabitants of Badlands.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4324/36006214145_0d1c21eb8e_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WRKg2B)
** I missed a long lens.
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Fons Baerken on July 24, 2017, 07:19:06: Anirban, nice work
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Bill Mellen on July 24, 2017, 07:36:17: Very nice set Anirban!
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Jakov Minić on July 24, 2017, 10:39:01: Anirban, I am amazed by the landscapes and your photos!
Akira, would have loved to shoot those clouds, while I would have approached those daises :)
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: golunvolo on July 24, 2017, 13:03:53: I will had happily cruise those lands with my bike too.
Very american: "smoke free.." and the flag. Nice seem and presented
There is something extra to that shot with the umbrella. People lost in an alien landscape with a colorful cover. The contrast is striking.
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: John Geerts on July 24, 2017, 13:11:40: Great skies and light, Anirban. Impressive series. I like especially the three people with Umbrella in the Badlands ;)
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Anthony on July 24, 2017, 13:34:38: Interesting series, some with lovely light as well.
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Akira on July 24, 2017, 15:49:40: I second John. You captured varieties of beautiful light here.

Quote from: Jakov Minić on July 24, 2017, 10:39:01
Akira, would have loved to shoot those clouds, while I would have approached those daises :)

LOL! Sure enough!
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: CS on July 24, 2017, 16:16:00: I must say, Anirban, lovely work.
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Anirban Halder on July 25, 2017, 01:44:43: Quote from: Jakov Minić on July 24, 2017, 10:39:01
Anirban, I am amazed by the landscapes and your photos!
Akira, would have loved to shoot those clouds, while I would have approached those daises :)
Thank you Jakov. You could spend days in those prairie. :)
#14.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4306/35964640146_6a8f05b96c_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WN5bww)

Quote from: Anthony on July 24, 2017, 13:34:38
Interesting series, some with lovely light as well.
Quote from: Akira on July 24, 2017, 15:49:40
I second John. You captured varieties of beautiful light here.
Thank you Akira and John. I mostly took photos by the highways late afternoon. :)
#15.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4323/35873191721_4ac958fb07_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WDZu6x)

#16. Ok, last one for the sake of cloud.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/35873186291_9691b50aee_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WDZstV)
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Anirban Halder on July 25, 2017, 01:51:06: Quote from: Anthony on July 24, 2017, 13:34:38
Interesting series, some with lovely light as well.
Quote from: Bill Mellen on July 24, 2017, 07:36:17
Very nice set Anirban!
Thank you Anthony and Bill.

Quote from: golunvolo on July 24, 2017, 13:03:53
I will had happily cruise those lands with my bike too.
Very american: "smoke free.." and the flag. Nice seem and presented
There is something extra to that shot with the umbrella. People lost in an alien landscape with a colorful cover. The contrast is striking.

Paco - Glad you liked them.

Quote from: golunvolo on July 24, 2017, 13:03:53
I will had happily cruise those lands with my bike too.
You mean this? :)
#17.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/35964637356_30ee0c164f_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WN5aGq)

Or may be this..
#18. (at Deadwood, South Dakota).
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4329/35335671943_5be118c6e9_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VQuyca)

Quote from: CS on July 24, 2017, 16:16:00
I must say, Anirban, lovely work.
Thank you Carl for kind words.
#19.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4313/36006208865_ce273b6cbb_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WRKesz)
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: armando_m on July 25, 2017, 03:15:46: Wonderful series Anirban it brings me nice memories as I once did that drive
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Anirban Halder on July 26, 2017, 04:29:14: Quote from: armando_m on July 25, 2017, 03:15:46
Wonderful series Anirban it brings me nice memories as I once did that drive
Thanks Armando. Glad to hear that
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: MFloyd on July 26, 2017, 09:54:45: .... and its remains of the Cold War with its numerous Minutemen Nuclear Missile shelters ....

Lovely pictures 👍🏻 Please, go on 😉
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Anirban Halder on July 28, 2017, 01:32:32: Quote from: MFloyd on July 26, 2017, 09:54:45
.... and its remains of the Cold War with its numerous Minutemen Nuclear Missile shelters ....

Lovely pictures 👍🏻 Please, go on 😉
Thanks MFloyd

#20. More badlands
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4325/35730399390_2b089dcf8c_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WrnCUN)

#21. Needle highway/Black hills
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4327/35617122480_e76e3858e7_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Wgn4CC)

#22. It was around 4th July after all
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4301/36006213365_30e433c5d5_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WRKfNa)

#23.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4307/35964641866_8bfe696a5d_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WN5c3b)

#24. "The" Mount Rushmore.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/35303244334_886e43c0de_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VMCmAs)
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: David H. Hartman on July 28, 2017, 11:12:51: Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the jackelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

This is what I hear in my ears each time I look at these photographs.

Thanks for posting!

Dave
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Hugh_3170 on July 28, 2017, 17:49:05: Lovely set of images Anirban, and David's poetic response seems entirely consistent with your interpretations of this state.

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Looking at the Mt Rushmore image (#24) reminds me that on our TV this evening was a news clip reporting that some of the current US President's supporters want to see his his image up there with the first four............
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: David Paterson on August 02, 2017, 01:49:52: Excellent work throughout; beautiful images and beautiful clean processing.
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Anirban Halder on August 02, 2017, 03:00:08: Quote from: David Paterson on August 02, 2017, 01:49:52
Excellent work throughout; beautiful images and beautiful clean processing.
Thank you David. Glad you like them.

Dave H - that poem is very appropriate. Thank you.

Hugh - it was eve of July 4th and I came across many supporters of current US president on the streets of South Dakota. ::)

#25. Ethanol plants. Common sight along the highways. South Dakota is the sixth leading ethanol-producing state in the nation.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/35964644766_a94d997b0f_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WN5cUb)

#26.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4425/35927372240_99ca88dacd_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WJMb5q)
Title: Re: South Dakota 2017
Post by: Jakov Minić on August 02, 2017, 12:17:14: Anirban, thank you for taking me to South Dakota.