As you might have guessed by now I took a lot of photos at Shades State Park. In my mind this park is better than Turkey Run State Park in some ways. Turkey Run has deeper dominating ravines, but Shades have a large multitude of rugged waterfall infested ravines.
Some variations in distance and shutters heed again.
Here is an another waterfall shot in different ways. Shades has numerious waterfalls Iike this and the previous post. Waterfall photos are becoming almost as frequent as my fungus photos.
Speaking of fungus, I have several more photos of various fungi coming soon. Fortunately for you all Winter is coming. So there will be a break from fungus for a while after I get caught up.
This sequence of photo's are one scene shot at different distances and different shutter speeds. The progressively closer distances emphasized different parts of the scene. The slower and slower shutterspeeds gave the waterfalls softer and softer textures.
I like how the central log leads the eye along the waterfalls.
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Here are some photos of the various critters I have seen at the park.
This centipede moved fast!
This owl swooped in from from a rocky overhang along the trail. It landed about eight feet in front of me and just stood looking at me for a few seconds. As I tried very slowly to raise my camera it tucked its self in the small crevice behind it. A hugh missed photographic opportunity, but. I still enjoyed the experience.
It's kinda cool that it was looking out at me through a spider web too.
This was a slug that was crawling on a wood railing. I was not able to use a tripod so I had to free hand it in low light. Still came out OK.
Another centipede.
Green bug. Katydid I think.
Here are more photo's of the ravine trails from three weeks ago. I went to Shades again this weekend, so I will have a lot more to post soon.
I decided to try a different state park besides Turkey Run. I visited Shades State Park. It is very near Turkey Run. They are about ten miles apart. A person could go to one during the Golden Hour in the morning, hike a few hours, then vistit the other park in the evening Golden Hour. Sounds like a plan to me! Throw in some camping and have the perfect weekend.
I hiked there about 6 - 7 hours and still missed almost half the park. So I will need to go back soon to try the other trails. The trails I followed went up and down some ravines. Most of the ravine floor was loose flat rocks that also had water running down them to varraing degrees. Most of the trails were rated "Rugged". I probably should have been wearing my boots to support my ankles. But no, I wasn't. I was wearing my sandles. It turned out OK this time. I have been avoiding wearing my boots. They are in very bad shape. I will need to replace them before winter.
Anyway, I took enough photo's that will need share them over multiple posts.
