Photo of the Week
We get so many great photos of South Dakota here at the magazine, we thought we'd share one every week with you. Enjoy!
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A summer storm over Fort Randall Dam, taken last summer by Sioux Falls photographer Erin McManus. To see more of Erin's work, visit www.erinmcmanusphotography.com. -
Photographer Lisa Duncan gets inspiration from early morning hikes. She captured this eerily beautiful image near Pactola Lake. See more of Lisa's photos on her website. -
Fort Sisseton was restored in the 1930s by local citizens and WPA laborers, and became a state park in 1960. Today visitors to Fort Sisseton can rent tipis for camping, fish in Lake Kettle, hike or attend one of the park's many festivals throughout the year. Photo by Dennis Price and Vonda Kusler. -
Ron Linton photographed this elegant mountain bluebird in the Black Hills this April. Bluebirds in Custer State Park are going to have a pleasant surprise tomorrow when volunteers gather there to build them bluebird boxes. Females alone are responsible for constructing nests — the males appear to help, but they either bring little nesting materials or clumsily lose it in flight. See more of Ron's work at www.thruoureyesphotos.com. -
Photographer Kadek Susanto keeps an eye on the skies, always looking for the perfect moment and lighting to best showcase South Dakota's amazing clouds. This weather in this photo, titled "Beauty Storm," rolled in near Box Elder in June 2011. -
Twin barns near Madison, as seen by Kevin Wright. -
Paul Schiller has been chasing prairie storms the past eight years with the KELO-TV weather team, photographing dramatic skies when most of us would choose to be huddled in our basements. See more of Paul's photography at www.actsofnature.com. -
"What does not fit into the smooth circle of our days, in the repeating cycle of the season, does not belong here," wrote Linda Hasselstrom in "Going Over East". Pasqueflowers are a welcome symbol of our changing seasons. Christian Begeman of Sioux Falls spotted the first we've seen; he photographed these blooms on March 20 in Hanson County, weeks earlier than normal. See more of Christian's photos at his blog. -
This image of frosty pasque and bearberry was shot by Erik Carlsgaard while on a spring turkey hunt in the Black Hills National Forest. Erik says, "Turkey hunting is a great way to be in the woods, watching spring struggle and overcome a hard winter." -
Robin Hao Gonzalez took this photo of the old Folsom church southeast of Rapid City. The first church at Folsom was struck by lightning and burned down in 1917. Parishioners helped haul rocks in a spring wagon from Railroad Buttes to make the foundation for this church. -
A "pygmy wolf" named Chet perches atop of this mighty snow buffalo sculpted by Tony Willman of Wessington Springs in the winter of 2011. This photo originally appeared in the Wessington Springs True Dakotan. -
The night sky spins past this abandoned house near Esmond, South Dakota. Thanks to Mark Gubbins of Iroquois for the photo! -
Jan Nickelson of Sturgis captured this scene of frosty trees as the fog lifted in the Black Hills. -
Cheers! Our photo of the week features brothel owner Bismarck Anne, right, having a beer with a woman nicknamed Crazy Horse. Bismarck Anne worked in brothels in Hill City and Custer before she earned enough to start her own house of ill repute. She opened "The Palace" around the year 1900 in Keystone. Photo courtesy of the Journey Museum in Rapid City. -
Winter brings a veil of tranquility to the sometimes cantankerous Big Sioux River. Photo by Dean Pearson. -
Snowy Moccasin Creek in Aberdeen. Photo by Dennis Price and Vonda Kusler. -
Pactola Lake on a cold winter morning. Photo by Lisa Duncan. -
Bird lovers Celeste and Josslyn Elwood of Yankton spotted this snowy owl resting at the edge of Lewis & Clark Lake on Friday, January 6. -
This final sunset of 2011 was captured in the backyard of photographer Shiloh Day's parents' house in Highmore, SD on New Year's Eve. The bare lilac bush has shed its leaves waiting for the snow to fall in central South Dakota. -
A new year's message written in timber along the Missouri River in Yankton. Happy New Year to our South Dakota Magazine readers! -
South Dakota's open spaces make it possible for the fading sun to brilliantly paint the prairie. Greg Latza recently captured this shot as ice was beginning to form on Clear Lake north of Humboldt. See more of Latza's photography at www.greglatza.com. -
December snow flurries give a dreamy quality to a photo of inquisitive deer. Christian Begeman captured this shot near Fort Pierre. See more of Christian's work at www.cbegeman.blogspot.com. -
West River photographer Mätt Lämb captured the serenity and spirituality of Bear Butte in this photograph taken on December 3, 2011. -
Snowy reflections on Rapid Creek. Photo by Lisa Duncan. To see more of Lisa's photos, visit www.lisaduncan.smugmug.com. -
Harlan Humphrey captured this 5 point whitetail buck on camera in Custer State Park. "It is very difficult to get a photo of a whitetail," he told us. "Especially highlighted on top of a ridge." To see more of Harlan's wildlife photos, visit his website at www.harlanhumphreyphotos.photoshelter.com. -
"We do not want riches, we want peace and love," Chief Red Cloud once said. This photo was taken in the cemetery he was buried in, Red Cloud Cemetery, on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Photo by Bernie Hunhoff, captured on November 11, 2011. -
Pine cones cover this patch of ground near Rapid Creek. The work of photographer Lori Kiehn was recently selected for publication in the book "Capture Dakota."
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