What mere mortals may assume as chaos, these red-winged blackbirds actually have organized flight patterns, despite how this slow exposure photograph represents these winged creatures in flight.
Red-winged Blackbirds.
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.
Photo # KSA_6162.
(c) Kelly Shipp
This is another from my series of Paul V. from Madison County.
In this photograph, Paul V. is holding a hand-made Mandolin that he is making from a turtle shell. He has a number of these hand-made instrument projects around his shop. I really like the natural light that's coming from his shop windows.
Paul V.
Madison County, Arkansas.
Photo # K03_3435cbw_sq.
"Nowata Church of God in Christ"
As most of you know, I have a passion for photographing old homesteads, places, churches, schools, etc. I hope to photograph them before they fall victim to the weather or other reasons.
This church was built around 1915 and abandoned around 1999. It was constructed as the Second Missionary Baptist Church for the growing African American community in Nowata. Over the years, the church has changed names.
I was able to speak with those who went to church there as kids and also own adjacent property. They had hoped to have saved the church once it was abandoned, but it's too far gone now.
Nowata, Oklahoma.
Photo # IM7_4248-56bw.
(c) Kelly Shipp.
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