Prolific Art Concepts
by Jeffrey A. Nord, Sergeant First Class (Retired Reserves)
SD State Capitol Photos
June 5, 2015 - View of the Capitol from northeast side of Capitol Lake.
January 10, 2016 - The Capitol and partially frozen Capitol Lake viewed from the southeast.
January 10, 2016 - A wider view of the Capitol and Capitol Lake.
April 23, 2016 - Trees in bloom north of the Capitol.
May 26, 2016 - A view of the Capitol from the southwest corner of the Capitol grounds.
June 3, 2016 - The Capitol at sunset with Capitol Lake barely visible in the dark foreground.
September 15, 2016 - The Capitol rotunda on a sunny day. The sky looks the same color as South Dakota's State Flag.
October 4, 2016 - A few ducks enjoying the warm water coming from the flaming fountain at Capitol Lake.
November 12, 2016 - Geese enjoy a beautiful autumn sunset. In the background is the baseball stadium.
December 10, 2016 - Thousands of Canadian Geese make Capitol Lake home in the winter.
December 10, 2016 - Singers perform Christmas songs inside the Capitol.
December 14, 2016 - A super full moon behind the Capitol.
December 24, 2016 - Christmas Eve Day on Capitol Lake belongs to the geese.
December 31, 2016 - Capitol Lake on the last day of 2016.
January 6, 2017 - A lone Canadian goose takes off from a crowded Capitol Lake.
February 9, 2017 - This picture was taken from the east side of Capitol Lake.
October 24, 2017 - Just a gorgeous sunset behind the silhouette of the Capitol.
November 16, 2017 - I captured this pink sunset from the public park area north of the Governor's Mansion.
November 30, 2017 - This sunset had a strange swirl pattern. (Should have taken the pic without the light pole)
December 2, 2017 - Members of the 147th Army Band (SD Army National Guard) performing Christmas music.
December 19, 2017 - Capitol sunset viewed from the Pierre YMCA.
January 4, 2018 10:07 am - View from the southeast side of Capitol Lake.
January 4, 2018 5:32 pm - View from the southeast side of Capitol Lake.
January 4, 2018 5:14 pm - Another sunset viewed from the YMCA.
February 21, 2018 9:28 am - View from southeast side of frozen Capitol Lake. Temperature is -11 degrees farenheit.
February 21, 2018 9:34 am - WWII Memorial. Notice the ducks around the saluting statues. Temperature is -11.
February 21, 2018 9:35 am - Vietnam War Memorial. Wish I had taken one of the Korean War Memorial also (but didn't.)
February 21, 2018 9:38 am - View of the Capitol from near the island. Temperature is -11.
February 21, 2018 9:43 am - From the balcony on the NW corner of Capitol Lake. The balcony had 2 feet of snow.
February 21, 2018 9:39 am - East side of Capitol Lake has a thin layer of ice. Governor's Mansion is on the other side.
February 10, 2018 10:34 am - View from the southeast side of a partially frozen Capitol Lake.
February 10, 2018 5:06 pm - My son loves to feed the ducks and geese.
February 16, 2018 8:24 am - View from the southeast side of a foggy Capitol Lake.
February 28, 2018 9:42 am - The trees were covered with frost this morning.
March 8, 2018 8:12 am - In less than a half hour, most of the fog lifted to reveal the frosted trees around the Capitol.
March 8, 2018 7:45 am - Another foggy morning on Capitol Lake.
March 16, 2018 7:01 pm - The ducks thought I was going to feed them.
March 16, 2018 7:00 pm - On a snowy day, two geese fly past the rotunda while two ducks swim on the lake.
March 16, 2018 7:04 pm - Civil War Monument on the southeast corner of Capitol Lake.
March 16, 2018 7:01 pm - The east side of Capitol Lake on a snowy day.
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July 1, 2018 7:00 am - Barely a ripple in the still blue water of Capitol Lake this morning.
May 29, 2018 8:39 pm - Beautiful sunset over a calm Capitol Lake.
July 1, 2018 1:13 pm - View of Soldiers & Sailors Building from the Capitol with US and SD State Flag between.
July 1, 2018 1:12 pm - View of the Capitol from the Southwest.
July 1, 2018 1:14 pm - Took a few steps back to get more of the Capitol in the picture.
July 1, 2018 1:16 pm - Zoomed in on the Capitol from same vantage point as previous pic.
July 1, 2018 1:19 pm - View of the Capitol from the Northeast.
July 1, 2018 1:13 pm - SOVTH DAKOTA.
July 1, 2018 1:16 pm - Today was such a beautiful day, I took several pictures of the Capitol.
July 1, 2018 1:18 pm - Warm, sunny skies over Capitol Lake. This picture was taken from Broadway Street.
July 24, 2018 8:33 pm - View of the Capitol from the east. The moon can be seen to the left of the rotunda (tower).
July 1, 2018 1:24 pm - View of Capitol Lake from the East.
August 14, 2018 8:22 pm - Capitol sunset in late summer.
July 30, 2018 2:04 pm - View of east side of Capitol Lake from Capitol Avenue.
November 14, 2018 9:41 am - Canadian Geese returned to Capitol Lake about a week ago.
September 22, 2018 11:32 am - Garden Circle on the "island" (peninsula) of Capitol Lake.
November 14, 2018 9:43 am - The startled geese landed safely in the water and it was quite magnificent to see.
November 14, 2018 9:43 am - I startled some of the geese which flew to the safety of the lake.