Evening View From The Scout - Penn Valley Park

 

Skyline On A Hot Summer Day

Putting a new lens through it's paces so I know how to use it.  Photos from Penn Valley Park and from Kaw Point Park.  The new lens is a Voigtlander 50mm APO manual focus.  It works well. 

 

Springtime In The City

                                                 

                                                  Photos taken Sunday, April 26th.

Summer City

 Went to Penn Valley Park for a shot of the skyline..above,  Below...behind me on the hill to The Scout...two young girls. 

Scouting The Scout

A few shots of the iconic Scout Statue in Penn Valley Park. 

The Scout, Or, I Can Take A Hint

Prior to last night I had never shot a picture of The Scout in Penn Valley Park.  Mostly because there are plenty of shots of it already.. But in recent weeks I had two requests for photographs of             The Scout. So, I can take a hint. These were taken at various stages of sunset. The shot above was taken last the one below was taken first. All shots taken with the Nikon D850 and 28-300mm lens, ASA 64 then 160.  

July First, Sunny And Warm Downtown

                           The skyline from the Scout.  Penn Valley Park in the foreground.

A June Night In Penn Valley Park

                                                              The skyline looking north.

City View

                           Kansas City skyline from the site of the Scout in Penn Valley Park.

Penn Valley View

Kansas City skyline looking north from Penn Valley Park...be fun to skate on the lake, but you first.

Still Images From The Eclipse

Taken in Penn Valley Park from 12:15pm to 1:25pm... images from a time lapse series, one photo every seven seconds.

           Above and below....a firetruck made a run through the image area at totality.

And The City Went Dark

Time-lapse taken in Penn Valley Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g2vIM1L1AQ

Visual Update - Penn Valley Park

 Penn Valley Park is undergoing a  $7 million renovation.  New roads, curbs, walkways, changes to the Lake area....  and that's what I visited today.   Above, looking south, shows the water level lowered to make working on the banks easier.  I'm standing at 27th Street.

 Above, looking north from just below 31st Street...  much of the drainage and roadbed work (on the far right) is complete.

 Above, flora and fauna still muddle through as if nothing was going on around them.  Below, with the drought, it's not hard to tell where the creek is.

 The path overgrowth has been cleared all the way to the lake.  Much easier walking these days.   Below, another look at the creek that feeds the lake.

 Originally called "Penn Street Ravine"  the area in the early to middle  part of the 1800s was used by wagon trains heading west.   In 1893 it was decided by the Parks Board to preserve the valley as a park.  134 acres were set aside for a Boulevard and Park.

 Above, one of the original walkway bridges is being retained and new walkways are leading up to and away from it.

 Above,  Washington Lake.   Note the WDAF (Fox 4) tower on the horizon.  Just to its left is the Scout Statue.

 Ran into a Blue Heron (thanks John Cooper for the ID) while I was there.   I was thrilled, he/she was not and left.

 Above and below, looking north toward the KC skyline.

 Above, another Heron picture, below, some ducklings...  Carl was line-leader.

One last shot of my Heron with the incongruity of the skyline in the background.    I visited just the lake area.  Penn Valley Park also has an off-leash dog park, skate park, exercise trail, four tennis courts, picnic shelter, playground, two lighted ball diamonds, Just Off Broadway Theatre, and the Liberty Memorial.    All shots Nikon D800.  Landscapes, ISO 100, F5.6-F8, 24-70mm lens.   Birds  ISO 400, F8, 70 - 200mm lens.