Rural Illinois

It is now week 2 of my last semester.  I have two classes in session A.  One is a communications class and the other is a Web application class (ASP.NET).  Both seem to have a high volume of homework. No surprise there.  I will be developing a web application during the next 7 weeks.  It will have to be something relatively simple.  What I want to do, and what I can accomplish in such a short time are two different things.

Anyway, recently I took a trip down to Urbana Illinois on business.  It's only about a 3 hour drive south of home, but I decided to take the rural route instead of the highways.  I should have taken a decent camera with me.  But I didn't, so I was stuck taking pictures with my cell phone camera.  It takes very poor quality pictures and I was surprised that a few pictures turned out interesting.  Mostly, I just enjoyed the process.

I took about 20 or so different shots during the round trip.  I made the mistake of driving past a few great views on the way down thinking I would stop and take them on the way back.  I did stop, but the change in the position of the sun changed the whole picture.  They didnt turn out nearly as cool as they would have earlier in the day.

            RURAL ILLINOIS

What I found most interesting about the pictures, particularly the poor quality, is that they almost look like paintings.  I'm going to print them in larger versions just to see what they look like.  I thought I'd share a few here.

I've decided to take a photography trip in the spring.  Just a weekend drive out to the middle of nowhere.  I'm thinking Galena, IL.  Though, I cant go alone because honestly taking pics while driving is not an easy thing to do.  Good views do not always come with a place to park.