Cheyenne Bottoms Woods

Saturday evening, after attending the George Lepp Seminar in Great Bend, Kansas along with Rob Graham, I found this prime example of the woods available to shoot in the Cheyenne Bottoms. Rob has been holding out on us by saying there is nothing to shoot but birds and sunsets.

dang, Merle, you're giving away all my secrets :)

I'm not sure what is causing it, but there is some serious banding in the sky, along with some Kansas dust bunnies :). Glad you made it out for the Lepp seminar.

Hey Rob, You're right about the banding in the sky. I went back to Lightroom and the sky doesn't have any banding at all. It must be something with the download to the posting. The Kansas Dust Bunnies are the only small white clouds I could find to add depth to the shot. There is a smear to the left of the tree that I traced down to a finger smudge on the lens. It was a good day. Let me know if they do another seminar next year. If I can afford Sherry's shopping while I'm in the seminar - I'll be there.

Merle, if you like those kind of trees, I can show you a place in Western Kansas where there are miles of dead and dying Cottonwoods in what used to be the Arkansas River bottom before it went dry. (too much irrigation?)

I'm sorry I missed the seminar. I was planning on coming but it just came at a busy time.

Merle,
There was a weekly challenge several months ago in which the entry had to be a lone tree. This would have done well in that contest. The starkness of the dead tree against the verdant grass and blue sky lends to an unsual melodrama-atmosphere to the photo.

I see some lines--probably the result of reduction of the size.

the fisch

Thanks all - fisch - I think you're right about the reduction creating the lines. Hey Ken, you should have been there. A good time was had by all and inspiration was abundant.

I think I may have found a new calling, "The dead tree guy".....