Real photos, as it were....

Wow, going thru the box of photos of earlier paintings has turned into a memory boost..  i painted the top one in 2000 in acrylic, the other one is earlier in watercolor.  i remember taking the photo, i used for reference, years ago.. the photo was mostly of the geese as they covered a harvested field near where i grew up (Dresden, ND )   seems like the grain elevators moved apart but Hiltner's big house and the stone church were important. ..and i'm sure the land was flat.