outside Camp Grove, IL
In the last few weeks I've done some fall photography at a local wind farm in rural-Stark County, IL near Camp Grove, IL. This wind farm was established in 2007 and is a frequent destination for myself as of late for photography purposes. It's nice to check this location out in the fall and winter as it usually provides some beautiful landscape photography here in west-central Illinois. One of these days I need to get a good shelf cloud passing over this wind farm. Guess, I'll have to wait till next spring for that opportunity though. Anyway, I've added a large collection of photos I've taken in recent weeks at this local wind farm below:
interesting photography on 09/23/11...
important on a bright sunny day!
One of my favorites in this bunch...
The sun peaks in behind some clouds here...
Harvested farm field with the wind
farm in the background...
farm in the background...
Gravel road and one of the wind turbines...
A barn in the the middle of the yellow landscape
as the beans begin to dry out...
as the beans begin to dry out...
Now looking north...(wide-angle)
My 2011 Ford Escape looks so small now eh?
This was a fun morning for photography!
Another favorite...this area will be quite photogenic
in the winter after a snowfall...
in the winter after a snowfall...
Harvested Illinois farm field!
Looking west!
High-level cirrus clouds moving east after a rainy day...
Another shot of the wind farm...
Another pretty cool shot!
The wind turbines are moving bringing
in the winds of change...
in the winds of change...
Abrupt contrast from beautiful pale blue
skies to a sharp cloud deck...
skies to a sharp cloud deck...
I shot this on a different day here as you can
tell by the deep blue skies...
tell by the deep blue skies...
Most of these photos were shot between
7:00am-8:00am on this morning...
7:00am-8:00am on this morning...
An evening shot at the "bridge" adjacent to the wind farm
Looking west...pretty cool to see how each day these things
change direction based on the wind direction...
change direction based on the wind direction...
Yellow landscape and another wind
turbine in the background...
turbine in the background...
I'll go where the wind blows...
One last photo to end on as a cold front
pushes east of the wind farm...
pushes east of the wind farm...
Stay tuned for a fall post in the coming weeks as the leaves are starting to change color in Peoria, IL. Lets chase some fall foliage eh?
