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An older dark grizzly cub, dripping water, walking along a narrow log near the shoreline of the Chilko River, British Columbia.
05/05/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
It was a damp, foggy, overcast day; perfect lighting conditions for photography in the woods, but I didn't feel like driving anywhere. So I spent a few hours roaming around the Wilderness Area that abuts our home. I've always liked this little 5-6 foot waterfall, tucked away at the bottom of a small ravine. It's been choked with large deadfall for years, but with the low water flow conditions, I was finally able to mostly clear it out.
Spotted on my walk out, just after sunset. Log was horizontal and it had been a large tree. MP deadfalls typically rot pretty quickly (termites), but this one didn't . The horizontal slots -- who knows? Critter(s). Holes were maybe 1/2 or 3/4 in x 2.5 to 2 in long. Not typical woodpecker holes, in my experience.* Looks like 2 or 3 'species' of lichens(?) -- the pale green might be algae. Anyway, the patterns and anomalous preservation are what caught my eye.
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* Then again, when this was a living tree, those slots would have been vertical (as was the tree!)
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At morningtide.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
26 August 2025.
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A curious cross fox with its long white-tipped bushy tail stands in some deadfall and looks at the camera. The cross fox is genetically the same as the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and the silver fox, and is just a melanistic colour variant of the red fox. This fox could also be the result of a red/silver fox mating since it seems to lack the black cross along the shoulder and back. Cariboo-Chilcotin, BC.
28/12/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
I finally made it back down to Letchworth State Park last Friday.
This particular turn was easy to spot on the way back. The monster deadfall was hard to miss.
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Salmon on a spawning river like to hang out around downed trees and branches where the water is cooler and calmer. Grizzly bears know this and can often be seen fishing in these spots. Although this silver-tipped female looks to be caught in some tangled branches, she know a good fishing spot when she sees one.
07/02/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
Bright morning sunlight flowing under the building cloud cover highlighting the far shore of Lake James and Shortoff Mountain, located in the southern stretch of Linville Gorge in Burke County, North Carolina. When looked upon from afar, the rugged nature of Shortoff's eastern flank is evident, an area that has been scared by fires over the years, overgrown in a tangle of brush, briars and deadfalls. Still a place many love to explore. I was hoping to get more light into the mouth of the gorge, however that would come later into the day as the sun made its way across the southern sky...
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After crossing Matthews Creek, I began the 1.8-mile ascension up the Naturaland Trust Trail. At first, the trail followed alongside the creek, parallel, in a relaxed. gradual climb and then began to veer off and upwards to ascend on the mountainside far and far above the creek. Matthews Creek was stunning and full of turbulent cascades and falling drops. It was too bad I was unable to get closer, but I kept focused. After about 3/4 of a mile, the trail took on a different character. As it worked its way up the mountain, it passed through strewn boulders and was covered with large deadfall in precarious locations. In many instances, you could not see the direction of where the trail was leading about 12 feet out front. The forest was becoming denser around the trail, and in sections it was becoming dangerously narrow with steep sheer vertical drop-offs as Matthews Creek roared in the distance below. The trail markings on the trees were becoming scarce, and there were former trail spurs leading off the main trail. At one point, I had to rely on that "still small voice " to stay on point. After climbing relentlessly and scrambling under a massive dead tree across the trail and passing through a sheer intense narrow climb, I ultimately reached this location known as The Cathedral as I neared to the top of the Raven Cliff Mountain. The Cathedral walls extend straight upwards 150 to 200 feet, and water trickled down the face of the jagged rock walls. I was hoping there would still be ice on the walls, but not so today. The experience was still spectacular enough. The trail passes by close to the base of the walls.
Some extraordinary light brought this deadfall back to life on a foggy morning in Monte Sano State Park.
There was zero visibility at the overlook this morning. Using a headlamp was like clicking on the high-beams of your car in fog. The rain was coming and going so I went back down to the trailhead to see what the Bankhead Trail might yield. I could see a rain shower coming on the radar (phone ap) so I strapped my umbrella to the tripod and started up the mountain.
I got to a decent spot before the rain started and took a bunch of pictures in the 15 minutes or so it took for the shower to pass. Then it got interesting. The trail runs roughly to the east so the Sun is normally in your face. But this morning there were clouds to the East blocking the Sun. But the clouds in the West were reflecting the Sun back onto the trail. As my photography mentor once said, “God has the biggest softbox with the best light”.
The light was just perfect. And every once in a while it would get a hint of gold in it. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: Almost every time I’ve found extraordinary light it has been at the edge of a storm. The trick is to be somewhere to make pictures when it happens. It means you have to be willing to brave the storm to catch the light. You can’t make a rainbow without rain. Get out there in the rain.
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It seems like this area suffered a burn, as far as I can tell, in 2009, and so this represents only 15 years of regeneration. While a lot of deadfall was created, it did clear out some of the thick brush, allowing for trail development mainly on the bedrock. A fantastic place to explore on foot or bike. We did a delightful walk here today with our friend John.
With one last curious look, a young black sea wolf glances over at me with its mesmerizing eyes as it reaches the other side of a shallow tidal stream and quickly heads out of sight into the rainforest, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia.
26/04/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
Several years ago I went to photograph spirit bears (Kermode bear, Ursus americanus kermodeii), one of the rarest animals in the world, on Princess Royal Island in the Great Bear Rainforest. The white colour of the bear is a result of a recessive gene carried by the local black bears. My local contacts are telling me that spirit bear sightings have now dropped to almost nothing in the last ~3 years, which is very disturbing. We bushwhacked up a salmon stream and photographed several spirit bears fishing for salmon. In this photo, denoised, sharpened and colour adjusted, a spirit bear glows white as it stands in the river under a tree canopy looking for salmon.
19/02/2024
Shot of a black bear in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The majestic creature was absolutely laying waste to a rotting dead lodgepole, presumably looking for grubs and termites. This is one of the rare occasions I actually saw a bear before it saw me (I've seen alot of bear rumps running across meadows over the years). After grabbing a shot, I walked away and let the wonderful critter resume its meal.
Mature whitetail bucks are like ghosts haunting the woods. They may leave signs of their presence, yet they are so seldom seen. Even in areas where does and young bucks may be easy to observe, the big, mature bucks remain elusive. As I was moving through an area littered with deadfall from intense storms earlier this year, this buck materialized before me, its gray pelage blending in seamlessly with the trunks of oaks. I managed to shoot through dense tangles of the crowns of downed trees to create a sense that he is appearing through the mist. This image also feels cold to me - perhaps because it was quite cold when I captured it, or perhaps the gray tones remind me of winter in the Pineywoods. He gifted me a second or two to capture this image, and then he vanished, bounding through the trees and out of sight with barely a sound, and the woods were as if he was never there.
Three polypores (bracket fungus or shelf fungus) grow on a fallen tree in the dark understory of the jungle of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
01/01/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
Trillium Falls near Orick California, USA is a small but very picturesque little waterfall of just over 10 feet on beautiful Prairie Creek. A fairly mild half mile hike through big beautiful redwoods, ferns, and the Trillium flowers for which it gets its name is all that is required to view it. Photographing it is a bit of a different story as it requires standing on a small footbridge that shakes when walked upon and about the time I would set up my tripod and wait for the bridge to stop shaking, more visitors would arrive. After a few “dry runs,” my lovely bride and I were finally able to have the beautiful little spot to ourselves long enough that I was able to get a shot or two.
Time for some forest relaxation. making some tea then a spot of trail clearing deadfall. always a good way to relax on a cool day
..amidst paradings of infernal laughter. At the Resurrection the Elephant got himself together with correction, deadfall feet and toothproof body and bulldozing bones and completely altered brains behind aged eyes, that were wicked and wise. So through the orange blaze and blue shadow of the afterlife, effortless and immense, the Elephant goes his own way, a walking sixth sense….
Extract from ‘Crow’s Elephant Totem Song’ by Ted Hughes
An orange bracket fungus on a deadfall. HIdden Valley, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. 2 June 2018
Recently I was back in the forest. Of course, there I met quite good landscapes, but... I accidentally noticed a red hat when I made my way through the deadfall. Of course, I was delighted with the find. Also the light ideally illuminated the space around and this in the forest is a rare phenomenon. Actually, that's how I got this shot :)
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Eagle Falls
Eagle Creek
Cumberland Falls State Park
Kentucky
This past weekend I finally got to get out and do what I love, taking photographs of waterfalls, as myself and my good friends Chris Morris, Jason Haley, Karl Hassel, Jeff Burcher, Jeremy Chapman and Bryan Janosick took a 4 day excursion to the Cumberland Falls area of Kentucky for some much needed camaraderie and relaxation. One thing I was really looking forward to on this trip was shooting Eagle Falls, I've got only a handful of good shots from here and I was really hoping to get some good ones. When I arrived, it was quite apparent that the splash pool was a mess, littered with plastic bottles and deadfall I made my way through the boulder strewn grotto downstream from the falls. The last time I'd visited the falls I made a rookie mistake and left my camera on in my bag during the hike where it changed it's own setting to some special filters. I couldn't figure out what had happened and ended up quitting as it was pouring rain and I just wanted to go back to the car. This time things worked out and what a pleasure it was to enjoy the falls with some good friends!
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River-right profile and taken from just below the top of the cliff wall adjacent to the falls...As I was climbing the last section of the trail, I knew that the spur trail leading to the cliff wall was supposed to be before the first ladder in this section of the trail. Several years ago, deadfall blocked the trail, but it was gone on Saturday. Instead of bearing up to the left on the trail, I followed the spur up to the right by accident thinking it was the main trail and stumbled upon this view. I was both elated and exhausted. I was tired, but I had a great lens, and the sunlight wasn't as bright, and it was easier for my camera to do the work. So now, if you go back and look at my first photos of the waterfall from the observation deck, you'll see this cliff wall to the left of the falls where I'm standing.
I had trouble deciding where to stand to take this but decided that the left hand side looked better separated from the main reflection.
The Northern Map turtle has a low shell with a serrated rear margin. The shell is brown in colour and has an intricate network of map like yellow lines giving it its name. The feet are large and fully webbed and it is an excellent swimmer.
The Map turtle inhabits large bodies of water in and around the Great Lakes. It has large crushing surface in its mouth that helps it eat its preferred prey of crustaceans and mollusks. Map turtles like to bask on logs and deadfalls but are very wary and flee to the water at the slightest movement.
The status of the Map turtle is listed as special concern both provincially and federally. They are protected from collection and ownership in Ontario under the Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act.
Due to the thick vegetation on the shoreline and the numbers of fallen trees and branches, the easiest way for the bears to move along the river to hunt for salmon is to walk through the shallow water at the river's edge. This makes them easier to see, too.
29/12/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
(aka as Crane Creek Falls) dappled in Golden Hour Morning Sun... This was a special and significant day for me. I headed out with my great friends Harmon Caldwell, Renee Hattenstein and Scott McGaha to my 199th and 200th Waterfalls. The destination was the infamous Crane Creek Gorge in South Carolina between Hwy 107 and Jumping Branch Road. I had been researching and exploring this area for almost a year and today my aspirations became reality. Special recognition and thanks to Renee Hattenstein and Scott McGaha for their leadership and guidance deep down into the gorge to find the waterfalls. Here's a high level description of the excursion; we drove up a gravel forestry road in the mountains for about 1.5 miles from the valley below, and parked beside the road and began climbing about 100 feet up and along a thickly forested ridgeline. We then dropped steeply deep down the slope of the ridgeline into a ravine, crossed a stream then steeply climbed up about 150 feet to the top of another ridgeline on the opposing side. After reaching the top, we dropped steeply down again another 150 feet to the bottom of a 2nd ravine, crossed a 2nd branch and climbed about 150 feet steeply up on the other side of yet another ridgeline, then we began our final descent through the thick forest below to Crane Creek, where we beheld this imposing (50-60 foot tall) masterpiece of a waterfall. Did I mention there are absolutely no trails??? This was a raw, forest bushwhack down and up steep, steep, unbelievably steep slippery slopes over and across deadfall and through massive rhododendron thickets. Scott carried a hatchet and repelling rope and put them to great use on occasion. At the time we arrived at the waterfall, it was passing morning Golden Hour and I was fortunate enough to make this capture before the full force of the harsh sunlight hit the water. It was totally apparent why the mountaineer locals named the waterfall "Deep Secret Falls"....Completely Appropriate. The Crane Creek Gorge is the most challenging and secluded excursion I have ever made. Deep Secret Falls, Number 199.
Too high to climb over too low to get under , way better with a hole through it. much easier for sure.took a while to cut through that one.
While walking along the primitive trail above Moccasin Creek I could hear these cascades well below me down a little cliffside. The opportunity seemed worth it so I worked my way down to this spot by traversing the cliff & crossing the creek that you see here and making my way up on some large boulders. I think the perspective & capture worked out great, and with a little more water coming through in this mossy spot it could really be something. This is another area that I was able to go through & clean up some deadfall, limbs, and whatnot so that was really fun.
And here is a quick video for Part I of this adventure if you would like to check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkf8xiGMfY8&t=5s
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Location: 3 mi. off the coast of Shikoku, Japan. The HMS Huntress.
Year: 2043
Mon/Day: Sept. 3
Time: 1700 hrs.
Briefing given by SSGT. Holmer previous to insert:
"This is an intelligence recovery mission. No questions asked, and no answers will be given as to the intent of the commissioning party. We're at a level seven. All you need to know is that we got orders from the head-shed asking us to get together a team that could deploy into a black hole if necessary. That team is you. Apparently the HMS Huntress seems to have lost contact with the mainland, and the big boys back home, and they are none too pleased. We haven't been able to access any more data then what you have in the folders before you. That's what makes this thing dangerous. Eerie even. We don't know who, or what has been scrambling our radar and intel-gathering efforts. In fact, The Huntress would be all but off-the-grid if we didn't have a 24/7-hour drone-watch on this thing. We do know this however, whatever it is, they're good at what they do. So it could be nothing much, or it could really be something big. Like I said, we don't know what were up against. So get ready to suit up for for anything. Your insert will take place at 1700 hours. We'll have a Firenight Seven waiting for your extract. Operation Deadfall is a go." -End of brief
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So this is it! Eric and my's first prologue to our upcoming Flood series! We will hopefully be posting more stuff soon, so keep an eye out! Although I started out on this scene alone, it became more of a collaborative effort as we kept adding detail. Credit for photography goes to Eric as well! Remember guys, Jesus loves you and is just waiting for you to come to Him! God bless!
-√erde
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