I was set on taking a sunset shot today, but wasn't sure where I wanted the photo at. I recalled an area out past Cherokee, towards Clingmans dome that had a few picturesque valleys that had potential. Neither panned out, on the way back out, I was taking note of the waterfalls, the textures, the moss, the lay of the land. So, not admitting defeat I stopped at the urging of a friend and began composing a shot at one of the more relaxing creeks/waterfalls. Of course, me being me, I wanted to shoot from the middle of the creek, without waders, in water still too cold to dunk my less that water resistant boots in, I opted to balance o na few rocks in the middle. This is the result of roaming, and working to find my composition. Enjoy.

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Haida M10 CPL, and praying not to slip into the icy waters bellow me.

Sun City Resort, North West Province, South Africa

An shot from Ousbrough woods

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Chagrin Falls, 2015

La Gère, petit ruisseau traversant les bois de Bonnevaux .. Les fées se sont invitées comme celle face à nous et sa grande robe bleue, brandissant sa baguette magique pour faire disparaitre tous ces virus !! 😂 .. Je sais, j'ai beaucoup d'imagination, je vis en quasi rêve quand je vais dans mes ruisseaux, mais c'est mieux que d'écouter toutes les mauvaises nouvelles qu'on nous annonce en permanence !

Bonne fin d'Année 2021 à vous toutes et tous !! ✨

The Gère, a small stream running through the woods of Bonnevaux . The fairies have invited themselves like the one in front of us with her big blue dress, brandishing her magic wand to make all these viruses disappear ! 😂 ..

I know, I have a lot of imagination, I live in quasi dream when I go to my streams, but it's better than listening to all the bad news we are constantly told !

Happy New Year 2021 to all of you! ✨

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Yosemite National Park

Moment captured at Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. (USA)

Greater Yellowlegs in the slow moving stream.

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Autumn Time

Stream through the rocks

the water in this stream tastes quite acidic, the next one nearby tasted alkaline !

whakaari or White Island new zealand

Focus stacked in Affinity Photo for iPad

Well, I might have thought I would be back in Snowdonia by now, but I was reading earlier it might be months before the law is changed and we are allowed back to our favourite places in Wales.

But like many others, during lockdown, we have been exploring closer to home. It's taken me a while to dig out some local Ordnance Survey maps and work out a couple of interesting circular routes in areas I've not considered before (although I've never been one for going to the same places time and again, haha!). I might never have taken this shot except some sixth sense told me to look behind me. Nothing beats a walk like this on your own when the countryside is this beautiful. Just peace, perfect peace.

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Clouds stream in from the Pacific coast as a fresh weather system sweeps in. Northern California. Mendocino County, U.S.A.

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