Cloudy Sky

Clouds
(Canon 1D mark III, 70-200mm lens)

It's been storming on and off for several days now and is expected to continue through the end of the weekend.

With all the moisture in the ground we should see skies like this most of July.

Boxley Valley

Shack in Boxley Valley
(Canon 1D Mark III, 300mm lens)

I went on a scouting drive through Harrison, south on 43, east on 16, then north on scenic highway 7 back to Harrison. The weather was rainy but the drive was still incredible. Several times along the route the views were as if I was flying by in an airplane.

Highway 43 just south of Ponca enters Boxley Valley. The valley contains several nineteenth century buildings and is included in the National Historic Register.

The valley is also home to a herd of about 500 elk that graze along the Buffalo National River. To my knowledge it is the only elk herd in Arkansas. At the elk information station the ranger told me they were looking into the possibility of splitting the herd with some going to the Ouachita mountains.

Hyundai Sunset Final Image

Hyundai Sunset HDR
(Canon 5d, 24-105mm lens, Photomatiks HDR)

After playing with the Photomatix demo on a few of my HDR photos I purchased the bundled version from HDRSoft.

I also reprocessed a print-ready version of the Hyundai Sunset photograph taken several nights ago. I feel it more closely matches what I saw that evening. If you compare it to the previous post I think you will appreciate the difference.

Dixie the Doxy!

Delightful doxy shots of daffy Dixie that adoring Debbie desires from down under!

Enjoy - or should I say G-Day!

Rabbit Hunting

Well the Canon 1D Mark III arrived today. Thank you Faith for an awesome Fathers Day gift!

We took the dogs out to do a little rabbit hunting. Needless to say, the rabbit is doing fine but the dogs are tired.

Lake Superior Rocks!

Lake Superior Rocks
(Canon 5d, 24mm lens)

Here is a landscape crop of the "Lake Superior Rocks!" photograph with enough resolution to make it suitable for desktop wallpaper.

Enjoy!

Post a comment if you use it.

Bunchberry Ground Cover

Bunchberry Detail
(Canon 5d, 24-105mm lens)

These bunchberry flowers covered large areas of underbrush almost everywhere I went along the north coast of Lake Superior. At first glance they reminded me of dogwood blossoms. In fact, they are in the dogwood family and produce a bright red, edible berry later in the summer.

I thought the broken light in this patch of blooms made them especially artistic.