Not exactly what I had imagined when I went out to shoot the moon over downtown Little Rock, but this what I got. Because the moon is so bright, I couldn’t get the capitol and the moon at the right exposure with just one frame. If the moon is exposed correctly, the capitol is completely in the dark. If the capitol is exposed correctly, then the moon is just a white hole in the sky. So I combined three different exposures to get detail in both the building and the moon.
The hummingbirds are going thirsty around here.
The Ozarks got a goodly dose of rain from Tropical Storm Hermine last week, but the weather report for the weekend looked like a bust for waterfall shooting – mostly sunny skies. So I was taken aback when I was awakened by a workman on the roof Saturday morning and found the sky completely overcast. Because it was my birthday, Gina said I could do anything I wanted and she wouldn’t protest, so I headed out for the hills to see if the waterfalls were still running. I drove up to Russellville, turned left onto Highway 7 and pulled over to consult the waterfall guidebook. Bear Skull Falls in northern Johnson County looked doable. I threaded my way along a couple of twisty state highways and then onto a dirt road until I hit the Ozark Highlands Trail. The waterfall was about a mile and half down the trail. It was a nice level hike for about three-quarters of mile and then the trail headed down, down, down to the bottom of the drainage. There wasn’t much photo worthy material until I hit the waterfall, which you can’t miss. It’s right next to the trail.