Moon Over The Dunes (25 of 365)

The weather has become better and the skies have cleared. One way you can tell is in the mornings 435 highway headed East-bound is backed up because people cannot seem to remember that the sun rises from that direction and they do not bother to put their sun visor down or wear sun glasses so they drive really, REALLY slow. Sorry, I went off on a little rant about how bad the drivers are here, I digress.

Anyways, the weather clearing up has also brought clear, beautiful nights. This is a look over one of the buildings in my apartment complex with the full moon, also known as the Worm Moon or the Lenten Moon, hanging just above the city. This photograph was taken on my Nexus One looking East over my apartment complex and the city.

April showers are on their way! (19 of 365)

With this last snowfall the water levels have caused many bodies of water to rise like this one. This is Indian Creek near 103rd St. and State Line Road. Basically Jaspers, where you can find a great Italian meal.

In some areas this water was so deep that in spots where you can normally step across into the creek, was covered by a few inches of water! There were also a few other parts of the creek that had water rushing so fast that it would have been doubtful that anyone would not come out without a few scratches.

Believe it or not, this photograph was taken with my Nexus One. It has officially turned into my main point-n-shoot camera with the quality and abilities that it has and not to mention the fact that it is my phone, which is with me all the time!

Bridges of Johnson County (18 of 365)

Being that I was not feeling the best yesterday afternoon, and happened to pass out early, I did not get the chance to upload a picture of the day. I am making it up for all those who missed out.

This is the Prairie Star Parkway overpass which crosses over the bike trail I mentioned in my post from Sunday. This overpass is very well built and looks very pretty lit up at night. Another neat feature this bridge has is an anti-ice system. With a large creek, two railway tracks, and a bike path all going underneath it, one can imagine a bridge of its size would normally have quite a bit of ice.

This photograph was taken on 03.21.2010 with my XSi using my 18-55mm lens. Being that it had just snowed the anti-ice must have been on because we had to dodge showers of water drops to cross underneath the bridge!

"Walking in a winter, uh...spring wonderland..." (17 of 365)

Yes it is not an optical illusion, it is officially the second day of spring and there is snow on the ground. What a wild weekend huh?

After a bit of house hunting, Kali and I went on a nature walk in the snow. We stumbled upon these two sets of footprints. One of a jogger who had been and gone long before we showed up and the other of a little bird trying to find food in the snow. We eventually caught up with the bird to take a few pictures, but it was just really neat to see how the bird was zig-zagging between the footprints.

This photo was taken with my XSi and 18-55mm lens. Believe it or not, underneath all this snow lays part of a fifteen mile bike trail. I have only traversed about the middle three miles, but it is hard not to spend a lot of time checking out all the beautiful scenery in the middle of the city!

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow..." (16 of 365)

For the first day of spring it does not feel much like it. But in a way, it is kinda nice to still see the snow trying to stick around a bit longer. I have all kinds of fun stories about being out in the snow. Sledding, snowball fights, snowmen, slipping, and sliding. All good times.

This was taken shortly after midnight this morning when the snow was starting to fall faster and heavier. About an inch has stuck to the ground so far, but one would find about three inches on the side of an unmoved car about now.

This was taken using my XSi and 18-55mm lens with the flash. I also grabbed a few other snapshots without the flash and I was able to capture some neat shots where the street lamps gave a sepia effect to the pictures. I might have to post those up sometime or add them to Picasa sometime, hmm.

Day Lapse (07 of 365)

All in a days' work!

One of the views off of the patio on my apartment. Typical Kansas with the cloudy skies, especially this time of year, but I wanted to grab a progression through the day of the scenery. I would have added one from the middle of the day but that would have required me to make it home for lunch. It's not that far of a drive but one that you do not want to make more times than necessary, ha!

These were all taken with my XSi using my 18-55mm lens and the standard, on-board flash. The three views were taken at: 7:50am, 6:05pm, and 11:23pm.

November Moon (06 of 365)

Sooo... probably breaking the rules again, but its my photo challenge right? So I figure as long as I have taken the photo on either of the two cameras mentioned at the start of the challenge, it counts.

A cloudy November night last year inspired this photo. The clouds were moving by so fast I had to time this photo just right to find a break in the clouds to capture the moon barely peaking through.

This photo was taken on 11.03.2009 with my XSi. Isn't it so weird how our eye interprets the size of the moon so different than a camera? Just one of those thoughts that keep one awake all night huh?

Spring Snow (03 of 365)

Being that I never saw the official rule book for this 365 day challenge, I'm might be bending the rules for this one. This picture hit me as soon as I pulled into the parking lot of my apartment complex.

It was late at night, obviously, early February this year when one of the many snow storms were just starting up and we received a light dusting. It was just very neat how the headlights from my car cascaded across the rocks that line the parking lot.

This photo was taken 02.07.2010 on my N1 with the help of my car's headlights for that extra lighting. But it's not like the Nexus One needs much help with that blinding, yet effective flash that it comes with, haha!