Tag: South Dakota

Six-Years Ago (13-August-2010) — South Dakota

Gone to See America August 2010 Road Trip. Day 13: Bismark, North Dakota to Waterloo, Iowa.

Somewhere on Interstate 29. The image was not taken or posted from a cell phone while driving :-). Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 50 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 100, 50 mm, f/2.8, 1/4000 sec).

Somewhere on Interstate 29. The image was not taken or posted from a cell phone while driving :-). Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 50 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 100, 50 mm, f/2.8, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Somewhere on Interstate 29. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 50 mm f/1.4 lens. (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (23-May-2009) — South Dakota

Gone to See America 2009 Road Trip. Day 16: Badlands National Park.

Western Meadowlark, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/11, 1/640 sec).

Western Meadowlark, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/11, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)
Western Meadowlark, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/11, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (23-May-2009) — South Dakota

Gone to See America 2009 Road Trip. Day 16: Badlands National Park.

Western Meadowlark Singing. Late last night while not able to sleep after a loud spring thunderstorm, I started to read Moose Peterson’s book “CAPTURED — LESSONS from BEHIND the LENS of  a LEGENDARY WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER“. In the book I saw an image of  a Western Meadowlark. This morning while driving to work I was listening to a chapter of the book “The Last Stand” on Sirrius/XM radio and heard that “Sitting Bull heard from a Meadowlark that he would be killed by a Lakota”. With two references to a Meadowlark,  I remembered that I had taken an image of a similar bird while on my “Gone to See America 2009” road trip while in Badlands National Park in South Dakota. When I took the image, I didn’t know what type of bird it was, but was enchanted by its singing.

Western Meadowlark, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/11, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)
Western Meadowlark, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/11, 1/640 sec).