Category: Seasons

10-23-13 Flow

2013 10-23 Flow by Watertown, South Dakota, photographer Scott Shephard
Anyone who knows this blog knows that I often repeat myself. I have not yet tried to re-invent myself as a photographer and, at my age and inclination, I’m not sure that it is possible. Or worthy.

So here I am again at Iron Creek. But today, when I made the trek from our family’s cabin to this spot a few miles away, I found a flow of water unlike anything I have seen in the many years I have been photographing the stream. I am at our cabin right now to clean up several fallen trees on our property. There was a major winter storm three weeks ago that dumped 4′ of wet snow on the Black Hills and that caused significant tree damage.

The Hills are a mess – it looks like a bomb went off. But the up side is that the snow melt has caused significant run-off. And thus, my trek to Iron Creek.

Astute observers will not doubt see that this photo is not quite, “real.” And they would be right. This is actually 4 separate exposures combined in HDR Efex Pro 2.

I hope you like it.

Canon 5DIII 0.8s f/20.0 ISO100 40mm

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09-30-13 A Perfect Fall Day

2013 09-30 A Perfect Fall Day by Watertown, South Dakota, photographer Scott Shephard
We spent this past weekend at Lake Okoboji in northwest Iowa. And while the weather was far from perfect when we got there on Friday night, Saturday turned out to be a great day to be at the lake. In our part of the world, fall can be one of the most beautiful times of the year but it also means that the nights are longer, the days are colder and winter is on the way.

Canon 5DIII 1/400s f/18.0 ISO320 32mm

09-27-13 Change of Seasons, Alaska

2013 09-27 A Change of Seasons by Watertown, South Dakota, photographer Scott Shephard
Yesterday’s post is a broader view of what you would see from the Safari Endeavor, the Un-Cruise ship we lived on for our week in Alaska. Today’s post shows what you might see if you were lucky enough to move into the apparently dense forest of spruce trees. This photo was not taken on this neat little island but it wasn’t taken far from this spot.

Fall in moving in to our part of the world but, as you can see, it arrives even earlier in Alaska, given that this photo was taken in late August. If I paid more attention to our guides and less to my photography, I could tell you the name of this plant, which is apparently one to be avoided because of its serrated leaves. But it’s looking pretty photogenic here.

Canon 5DIII 1/125s f/4.5 ISO400 100mm

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