These pictures are all taken within 6 miles of my house (as the crow flies).
Others who live out here are surprised when they see some of these shots, being
unaware of what their own very local environment has to offer.
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Crooked Creek Waterfall, Oct. 18, '06 |
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Crooked Creek |
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The (very) little falls below the bigger falls. |
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Hank's Pond, misty sunrise, July 14, '07 |
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The dogs and I got out at 6:30 am to experiment taking RAW pictures in the mist. |
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Drover on the trail May 30 of 08 |
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Just off Scarce O'Fat |
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This and the next 2 shots are a continuing effort to capture the high-canopy woods dappled light effects. It gets very dark in places with little bits of bright light penetrating. |
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same spot, different day and time |
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at the top of Caldwell Hollow. Alfie thought he'd add to the shade effect. |
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'08 fall (10/17). Not much color but a good idea of our open, uncluttered woods. |
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Early morning sun shining under a huge pine canopy. 11/4/08 |
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (black female form) |
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a few years old, but still one of my sunrise favorites |
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Snow and Ice on warm ground |
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North Fork Marsh. |
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Drover is hoping Alfie will chase a deer his way. I'm just enjoying the effect of the late afternoon sun. |
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Evening sun on ice, the pond below our house. |
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1/17/08. |
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A rainy morning in the snow along Salt Creek. |
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another example of the incredible range of light to dark in the deep woods. |
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Hiking along a snowy Salt Creek |
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first good color, fall '08, a Yellowwood ridge |
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Columbus' Eclipse, 2/20/08 |
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Just for fun. |
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Crooked Creek in the Rain |
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Yellowwood Oct. 17 '06 |
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My Monet series. There were 2 days when the light, the leaves, and the water level were just right for this group of pics. |
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Salt Creek, 6:30am July 14, '07 |
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Another RAW pic. |
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Tree Swamp, northern edge of Lake Monroe |
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Northern Lake Monroe swamp again, with diagonal shadows |
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The dogs almost ran over him. That could have turned ugly. |
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The dogs decided that this one wasn't worth the hassle. |
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Yellowwood Jan. 10 '07. |
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A classic Yellowwood view, though by this time of year this puffy layer of leaves would normally have been plastered down by a snowfall. |
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The light was just right in the late afternoon. |
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TALL pine woods (note Drover the Dalmatian for scale) at the top of Yellowwood Lake. |
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Not the Okeefenokee. |
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The swamp on the north end of Yellowwood Lake. |
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A day to reflect, as it were. |
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Invasive species or not, purple loosestrife can brighten up a view. |
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Nature can sometimes place lily pads just as artfully as any human pond designer. |
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Monarchs on Butterfly Weed. |
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Luckily, the dogs narrowly avoided running over these guys at the start of our hike yesterday. |
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Running Deer 1
Running Deer 1 |
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Yellowwood Lake |
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A variety of spring greens. Totally unretouched, in case you were wondering. |
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The same spot in the winter |
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More sunrise geese, March 13, '07 |
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Caldwell Hollow |
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The mossy rocks at the head of the holler. More winter color variety. |
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The same spot in the summer. |
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Sunset on Lake Monroe taken from Dave and Susan's Boat.Calm |
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same spot, late October, morning light |
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The same spot in the snow. |
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Six Degrees of Sunrise (on a very cold morning in Jeff's yard) |
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Silver Hills, Brummett's Creek Rd. |
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Brummett's Creek, horses with silver hills |
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Crooked Creek Lake, misty sunrise |
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Crooked Creek Lake |
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Early morning mist. |
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Bluebell |
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From Salt Creek Valley. |
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Spiral Young Beech, Scarce o' Fat Trail |
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Wildfowl Resting Area, Lake Monroe |
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A 2 1/2 second exposure on a foggy evening. |
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Crooked Creek Lake on a Fall Evening |
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Crooked Creek Lake, Fall '05 |
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Leaves on the water at sunset |
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A frosty sunrise next to Salt Creek |
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Another cold Salt Creek Sunrise |
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More Burnished Beech Leaves |
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Mossop Ridge |
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It's always good to look up once in a while. |
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Wildfowl Resting Area again, Lake Monroe |
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From a ridge overlooking Lake Yellowwood |
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Salt Creek Sunrise, 10/30/05 |
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Spring Beauties |
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Noone ever gets close enough to appreciate some of these tiny wildflowers. |
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Surprise Snow, Yellowwood Lake |
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Trillium against fallen log |
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Wildflowers by Salt Creek |
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Salt Creek Valley behind our house |
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Where a little light penetrates. |
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Alfie the dog on a typical trail. |
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Salt Creek below our house |
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Another wonderfully peaceful moment. |
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Our woods are made a wintertime treat for me by the bronzed young beech leaves that last all winter. |
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Bronzed young beech leaves, blue water. |
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A nearly frozen Salt Creek. |
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Just a peaceful moment in time. |
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The Abandoned Farmstead |
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Someone used to live in a grove of huge oaks on the edge of Hank's field, close to Salt Creek. This was what they had to look at every day. |
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11/09/07, Yellowwood. |
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The leaves may not be as vivid this year, but they certainly are holding on a long time. |
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