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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
Thanks so much for visiting! :) -H3
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
"For by GRACE are ye saved, through FAITH, and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT of God, not of WORKS, lest any man should boast" (Romans 8:28)
Cormorant Conflict
The cormorant at the center has returned to this deadfall perch after a feeding break. The bird on the right had moved onto the center birds perch spot and ishas decided to move on.
Captured at Vasona Lake in Los Gatos, California.
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Large, dark-coloured scarred old dominant male grizzly bear by a deadfall tree at the forest edge, Khutzeymateen, BC. It was harder to get photos of the big old males but was lucky to catch this guy coming out of the woods near the shore. Khutzeymateen, BC.
29/12/2019 www.allenfotowild.com
Green green green. So much summer green! It just needs a little bit of moving water to tie it all together! Finding order in some of these small rivers and streams can be a real challenge, but sometimes that bit of deadfall can make a scene more authentic and endearing, at least for me!
Taken with a Canon 5D IV and a 16-35 f/4L with a LEE polarizer. Processed in Camera Raw and Photoshop.
Afternoon stroll at Aldbury Nowers.
This beautiful Beech still dominates this part of the walk, despite having lost its second trunk.
🔸◾️ R I S E - & - D E A D F A L L ◾️🔸
I composed this image with the fallen, moss-covered branch, snaking through a bed of bluebells towards a dominant tree trunk and patch of bright leaves. The leaves on these trees almost seemed to glow in the dark woods!
I focus stacked (in manual mode to keep settings constant) with three exposures at different focal planes. I also bumped up the ISO and took another, faster shot (taking care to keep exposure brightness similar) to freeze the moving leaves. I blended some of these stiller leaves in afterwards.
Canon 6D MkII | 24-105mm lens at 90mm | ƒ/11 | 1.3 sec | ISO 400 | Tripod | Polarising filter | 3x Exposures for focus stacking + 1x faster shutter at a higher ISO to blend in still leaves | Taken 19-04-2020 at Unity Woods
Copyright Andrew Hocking 2020
My last capture on June, 25...Don't you always find it amazing what just a little natural sunlight can do?....especially with water!...I was right at the edge on this one... Actually, this was the first of three waterfalls I hiked to on Friday morning...but...this is the only one I photographed. One of the other two, even though it was in an awesome setting, was crammed full of deadfall...top to bottom, ...and...I had to scramble over and under a few fallen trees about half the size of a mini-cooper and twist through rhodo tangles on the trail to get there...the other waterfall was at the bottom of a very deep, steep, narrow gorge, and the trail down to it was practically a vertical 384 foot descent, straight down, with no switchbacks. I was grateful for the large downed trees across the trail near the bottom, just in case if I needed to slide into them to break my fall if I slipped. I stood there about 12 feet above the base overlooking the waterfall, and it was 60-80 feet tall with slides in the middle and lower sections, but once again, there was a big wad of deadfall right across the most photogenic and center section of the waterfall, and I was unable to see the top sections of it due to the Spring and Summer growth. I'll be back next Winter for certain...you can count on that! (even though it still may be just 50/50 as far as the photo opts go)...As far as the 2nd one I visited, the DNR could have a chainsaw field day there sawing, cabling and grappling the logs off the falls just like they did at Virginia Hawkins Falls. Overall though, it was an adventuresome inspiring day out in beautiful upstate South Carolina...just like it always is.
Still have many photos to sort through from my trip across the country, but here is something else for a change. I was fortunate enough to spend some time in Redding in August, before starting classes at HSU. Got a lot of hiking in during my stay. Here is a mid-day shot from the Pacific Crest Trail, heading north towards Porcupine Lake during a weekend trip to Mount Eddy and the Deadfall Lakes.
Thanks for looking.
The trees may now be on the ground but they provide food and homes for countless insects etc and eventually become forest flloor.
Mother bear and yearling cub trying to decide if it is safe to swim across the estuary to get to the sedge grass meadows. The mother's nervousness about the dangers of meeting a large male there (who may kill an unrelated cub) transfers to the cub, Khutzeymateen, BC.
27/07/2019 www.allenfotowild.com
At the bottom of Maxie Duke falls lies these absolutely brilliant and scenic cascades that I believe the last time I visited were not visible. What you don't see in this photo is the large amount of deadfall which separates the lower portion of the falls from the last two (2) photos posted of upper Maxie. These beautiful cascades reside in this tranquil little mossy alcove that define everything a moving water junkie like myself adores. :) -H3
A three year old grizzly cub stretches down its paw way down to reach something out of sight in the deadfall, Chilko River, BC. Look closely; one paw can be seen mid page right near the bottom of the frame and its other paw and head are below the large log.
08/04/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
..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
Windy Bay creek.
The Windy Bay creek winds through the old growth forest and there was enough water left in the creek to give a bit of a reflection. When I was there the creek was very low and the mosses were very dry, due in part to the deer predation of the understory, which has the ability to promote moisture retention, Lyell Island, Haida Gwaii, BC.
Idk, I just got the idea of making famous movie posters with Deadpool instead of said character in the poster.
So the first one is a minimalistic Skyfall poster that caught my eye when searching for popular movie posters. :D
A large rim-lit grizzly, with long claws, stands by a deadfall in the fall woods and looks at the camera. In the late afternoon, the grizzlies, after gorging on salmon in the river all day, move up to their dens in the hills and maybe eat a few berries for dessert. Cariboo Chilcotin, British Columbia.
04/05/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
Chippewa Falls, are about 40 km north of Sault Ste. Marie. The falls, on Highway 17, mark the half way point of the Trans-Canada Highway.
The falls, on the Chippewa River, consist of an upper (7 metre height) and lower cascade (6 metre height)- -about 50 meters apart. The lower falls consist of 2.7 billion-year-old pink granite bedrock, partially covered by a 1.1 billion-year-old grey Keweenawan basalt lava flow from the Grenville orogeny (mountain building epoch). The upper falls were created by a vertical diabase dike cutting through the granite--then, a lateral fault cut the granite and basalt layers, lifted the dike 10 meters, creating the upper falls.
Sunday morning I hiked 4km roundtrip along a Thetis Lake Park Trail.
Yesterday I rode my ebike here but took the wrong trail
Today I got it right and hiked the Highland Road Trail 2km through to Munn Rd near Rolla Pl.
This is the northern-most Thetis Lake Munn Rd connector — of which there are a few.
I don't know if I can cycle it due to all the steep hills but I'm willing to find out.
Maybe I can break some bones next time.
House GPS Coordinates N48°29.291', W123°27.882'
I had to make a trip to our Casper, Wyoming location yesterday and have had the good fortune to spend Independence Day here (7-4-2024). I had been eager to experiment with the electronic ND filter in my E-M1X and a trip up Casper Mountain to the Garden Creek waterfall finally gave me a chance to play a bit with this novel feature before returning to North Dakota tomorrow. I experimented with the various levels and each works very well.
Even though the falls are flowing very well and look quite dramatic, I actually enjoyed more playing in the creek well below the falls as the sun finally rose sufficiently high to offer some light into this sheltered chasm. Parking was at a premium but it seemed that most were off hiking the different trails that abound on the steep side of the mountain, for it was quite peaceful at both the falls and along Garden Creek far below with only the sounds of rushing water over rocks and the birds filling one's ears. I'm often torn between my love of the North Dakota badlands and playing in creeks such as this in Wyoming (or the Black Hills of South Dakota), for this reminds me that I often miss the woods and rushing water.
I thought these were crab apple for a long time and Alan informed me that they were a Japanese Pear.. I never even tried one but I know that my KaCey loved the deadfall....
Grizzly hunting for salmon.
During salmon spawning season, the fish like to hang out around deadfall logs piled up at the water's edge, where the current is slower and the shade makes the water cooler. This grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) clearly knows this and is fishing right in the middle of a pile of deadfall. I was a little worried that she might get stuck in the underwater branches. Cariboo Chilcotin, BC. Note how well camouflaged she is in this photo.
07/04/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
Mother grizzly making sure its safe for her and her cub to swim across to the estuary to feed on the rich stands of spring sedge grass, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, BC. The big male bears, that may kill unrelated cubs, also feed in the estuary, which is an exposed area with nowhere for the mom and her cub to hide.
26/07/2019 www.allenfotowild.com
Theme for April 21-27, 2023.
Trees and deadfall in the forest.
Photo taken April 23, 2023, colours inverted and put into a collage.
Prince Albert National Park in central Saskatchewan, Canada and is located 200 kilometres north of Saskatoon. Though declared a national park March 24, 1927, it had its official opening ceremonies on August 10, 1928 performed by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The park is open all year but the most visited period is from May to September.