“Another year over and a new one just begun.”John Lennon Well, here it is December 31st, 2022 and I’m left wondering where on earth this whole year went. When I was young, I remember all […]
Author Archives: Chris
An Atmospheric Morning
AwakeningMorning sunlight streams through lifting fog on November 1st, 2022. Despite the rural feel, this photo was taken on the side of a six-lane county highway in Illinois’ second most populous county. As soon as […]
New Work – Grain Elevator Sunset – Meriden, IL
The unique grain elevator with the twin headhouses in Meriden, IL witnesses a nice sunset on the tail end of a low pressure system that moved through earlier in the day on September 11th, 2022. […]
2021 Reflections and 2022 Hopes
Flamestar – Mt. Emblem CemeteryOne of the last images I took in 2021 was this shot of a sculpture at Mt. Emblem Cemetery in Elmhurst, IL. It was mostly part of a shakedown cruise with […]
New Work: Autumn’s Exodus
It’s December 19th, 2021 and the winter solstice is two days away. The last remnants of autumn are still hanging on as some Staghorn Sumac frames a bit of remaining foliage.Nikon Z7, Nikon 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E, […]
One Image, One Story: Evening Autorack
A train of autorack cars is approaching the eponymous city of BNSF’s Pueblo Sub on the evening of March 12th, 2018.Nikon D600, Nikon AF Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8D One of the fun parts of accumulating a […]
New Work: Lichen on Gears
A lichen colony is forming on some old gears on an abandoned machine at the Fischer Farm in Bensenville, Illinois. Photo taken November 4th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Tamron SP 90mm f2.8 VC, 10 Image Focus Stack […]
A New Normal: The Z Nikkor 50mm f1.8S
Halcyon DaysEvoking a good bit of nostalgia, a 1958 Buick waits at the Wig Wag signal as the Nebraska Zephyr backs into Barn 9 at the Illinois Railway Museum on September 19th, 2021. The passenger […]
New Work: Autumn Splendor at Churchville
The maple tree next to the old Churchville Schoolhouse in Bensenville, IL is just about at its peak autumnal glory on October 26th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E, Singh-Ray Warming Polarizer I’ve been […]
Two Panoramas
I’ve been in a panorama kind of mood lately, so here are two recent efforts. One’s a little older from a 2016 trip up to Kebler Pass in Colorado and the other was taken recently […]