Smith Creek

I got a chance last weekend to hike into the Smith Creek Scenic area and catch it with water in the creek. If you have not made it there yet, it is a great place for photos. Here is one I got. Thanks for looking.


Tom Kennon

From this, and other pictures I've seen of this area, it seems a must-visit place (I must visit it sometime!). Is that snow on the leaves in the background? Or just glare? Just curious. Thanks for posting!

Tim, It is snow, there was still some left from the storm.

Tom

I like it Tom, especially the copper-colored beech leaves in the BG and how their color really compliments the green moss. This is a beautiful area that I must get out and see!

Just a small nit, but I probably would have removed some of the small twigs and other debris in the FG that are just a tad distracting.

Thanks for sharing!

Tom,

Great photo of a great place.

Those of you who haven't been there really should go. It is a truly special place that I used to visit a lot and still do when I get a chance. The property is very near and dear to me, I was hired several years ago to photograph it for the lady who owned it and was looking to sell it. I then became the caretaker for the place when she owned it and after the Roenigk's bought it. The Roenigk's are the ones who later sold it to The Nature Conservancy at a price WAY below value so that all could enjoy it. It's now open for the public to hike into and the Conservancy folks are doing a great job with it. It couldn't be in better hands......

It's great year round, but not to be missed in the spring.

Glenn Wheeler

Bill, thanks for the comments about th FG, you are correct they are a little distracting. I will work on removing them from the photo. Glen, I am looking forward to spring to check it out, but in the meantime, I have to get back and explore downstream from the wooden bridge.

Tom Kennon

Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but you can find a map and directions to the new Smith Creek Preserve in the just-published ARKANSAS NATURE LOVER'S GUIDEBOOK. There is also a map and directions to one of the better waterfalls in this place in the newest printing of the ARKANSAS WATERFALLS GUIDEBOOK. There is now an official Nature Conservancy sign posted along the highway, but since the highway department would not allow it anyplace else, the sign is not where the access point is - you have to go north on the highway (downhill) for a half mile or so to get to the turnoff and parking area, but there is no sign at this turnoff (directions are in the guidebooks to the parking area).

Hey Glenn - did you know that they still have your name and phone number listed on the gate - FOR A GOOD TIME CALL GLENN WHEELER...

I saw that old sign was still up the last time I was there. I figured they would have taken it down by now. I thought they would think that sign would keep the good folk ran off.....

Tom, this looks like one of those places I've heard Tim mention before with house sized boulders. I really like the light you've captured, and the lichen and moss detail here add some nice elements.

Was there room to position the camera to capture the stream as a continous flow? It kind of feels "pinched" in the middle. A little more to the right would have strengthened an already good shot. Thanks for posting!

Wayne, you point is will taken, but moving much closer to the right would have most likely put me and the camera in the water. I can stand going in, but not my camera!!!