Beech Creek

Saturday morning on Beech Creek in the Buffalo National River.

Randy, sweet shot, the rays of light at the end are special.

Hey Randy, Nice shot. I agree with Tom about the rays of light - great capture. It looks like a shot from a movie where the flood of water is going to be coming shortly. Good detail in the rocks and leaves in the fg.

Randy Cool shot, agree the light rays make it.

Yep, some beautiful light Randy. I also really like the damp morning conditions shown by the stream cobbles and leaves. I love mornings like this...very nice!

I don't know ... this looks like the road Bill had me driving down to shoot a barn in Erbie two springs ago! Of course in that situation there was no light at the end of the road!

A scene that most would pass by ... good eye to see the potential in this scene Randy!

I really like shots looking down trails and paths. Very nice how you provided a low prospective, and then add the sunbeams, very nice Randy.

I have walked past this type of scene many times and never given it a thought, as Wayne said. Excellent work to find this great little scene. Great comp! Great mood! Great work!

Talk about damp, as I was hiking in darkness to Beech Creek earlier that morning, a camper stuck his head out of his tent and asked me if it was raining. I told him no, that it was just that the dew was so heavy it was falling off the trees, and he said it had been doing that all night.

He also asked me what time it was, and then in an odd coincidence, about a mile farther along the trail I found a watch that someone had dropped, and I wondered whether it might belong to the guy who wanted to know the time.

Wayne, I know the road you're talking about, and its condition is a tribute to the maintenance capabilities of the Park Service.

Just beautiful, Randy - there's a great depth to this scene given by the foreground detail and the distant and beautiful light. Very nice!

Lovely scene Randy. I'm with Tim on this one. What focal length did you use? It works well for this type of shot, giving a good balance between foreground and background.

Thanks for your replies, everyone. John, as you can imagine I tried several different setups and focal lengths, but this one was taken at 24mm.