I was at this location on Owl Creek last December and captured a sunrise image I was fairly happy with. I returned a few day ago after our latest snow storm hoping to get another colorful sunrise, but the sky didn’t clear as it was supposed to so all I got was flat gray clouds, ergo the black and white processing.
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Another image from my little hike along Spring Creek in the Black Hills. I was particularly amazed at the clarity of the reflection in the flowing waters of the stream. I don’t think it would have been any better if a giant mirror had been placed there.
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I took a short hike along spring creek near Rapid City, South Dakota on a warm winter day and found these old pillars in the middle of the stream. They make an interesting subject, but I wonder what their purpose once was.
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This image was made at a spot on Little Spearfish Creek about 3/4 of the way down stream from Rough Lock Falls in Spearfish Canyon. The temperature was well below 0 deg/f and had been for several days but, except for some paper thin ice at the edges, the water never freezes. Its always baffled me because further down stream and at lower elevations the creek freezes solid. Comment by clicking on the title above if you know the answer.
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I hope so, because is sure was. -17 deg F to be exact, but it was an image I had imagined ever since I shot this same image last fall and hope to get another one this summer.
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On a cold January morning the sun just manages to peek between the clouds and the horizon bathing Bear Butte mountain and the low clouds in orange light. Ice and snow around the foreground rocks tell a cold story of winter’s arrival.
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At first glance it might be tough to figure out whats going on in this image. If you haven’t guessed, its my neighbor’s bottom deck after a heavy snow we had last week. The pattern was created by the fresh snow falling down between the deck boards and joists. I thought it looked kind of cool.
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It was really slippery getting to this shooting spot on Bear Butte Lake and like a dummy I left my crampons in the truck. I managed to stay on my feet (and knees) and captured a snow covered lake and Bear Butte Mountain a day after out first winter storm.
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Shot at dawn on the new winter solstice, the one thing conspicuously absent in this image is snow. Kind of unusual for us, but it is cold enough to freeze this river solid.
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One small sprig stands alone in the frozen waters of Iron Creek as another cold winter descends in the Black Hills.
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This image was made on perhaps the last warm, snow-less morning in Spearfish Canyon, especially since we’re into December.
This thick birch grove is really chaotic and it made hard to come up with a pleasing composition. In the end, I found a shooting spot on the edge of the grove, shot through the many branches and twigs with a small aperture and changed the image to black and white. Sort of looks like a snowy storm.
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We may not have the marsh or swamp, but we do have the moss covered trees.
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By the looks of this image, you’d think it was shot in the pacific northwest instead of semi-arid South Dakota.
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A couple of years ago we were at the arts festival in Custer State Park, SD and decided to go for a little hike after lunch. The light was pretty harsh but the calm winds made for some really nice reflections in this small pond. I guess there are some nice images to he had even in the afternoon sun.
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What I like about this image are the random tangle of twigs that seem to frame the patchy splashes of color in these aspens.
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On the trail to Devils Bathtub in Spearfish Canyon I was intrigued by the patterns and swirls in this old dead pine log. One problem with hiking with my camera is that I never seem to make it to my destination.
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Am I being too romantic to suggest these two birch trees are locked in a lover’s embrace?
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I shot a similar image at this location a year ago on the trail to devils bathtub in Spearfish Canyon, but there are a few differences this time. The circle of swirling leaves is tighter due to the fallen birch branch and the constraining effect it has on the whirlpool.
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Many places in Spearfish Canyon give me the impression that the fall colors are cascading down the canyon wall like a water fall. This would be the base of one of the falls.
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