This year has been our wettest on record and as a result we still have water flowing in the middle of July, normally in Arkansas by this time of the year we only have still pools in most of our creeks and rivers and photographing waterfalls is rare. Combining the water fall and the summer sky with the full Milky Way makes for some unique photo opportunists.
The image here is a panorama composite of 10 images, combined with “light painting” on the waterfall. All processing (including the stitching of the panorama) was done in Lightroom.
Natural Dam is just what the name implies, a natural rock dam, located at the town of Natural Dam Arkansas. The dam is nearly 200 feet wide and spans the width of Mountain Fork Creek where it runs into Lee Creek You can easily view the dam without getting out of your vehicle , but the area features an excellent picnic area. This is a very popular place for getting your feet wet and swimming during the hot summer months.
Learn how to create this kind of photo
I have a Lightroom workshop this weekend and still have 2 spaces left:
Learn Lightroom 6 Weekend Class July 18-19, 2015
I will be doing a Night Photography Workshop in September:
Night Photography Workshop – Fort Smith AR – September 25-27, 2015
Great Places for Great Photos
Let me help you to find a great location for your next photography adventure. I will list many lesser-known destinations, as well as the famous "Icon Locations" for photography. I will provide photos (Lots of Photos), location information, consisting of what there is to photograph as well as other information about the destination. I will give costs, maps, directions, contact information, and other essential information for a successful photo trip. I will only post for locations that I have personally photographed to ensure a quality guide to great locations for photography. If you know of great places that are not posted, please send me the details, I may just decide that is a place I need to go!
Greg Disch is a freelance photographer located in Arkansas. Greg specializes in nature, scenic, wildlife, and other outdoor subjects in Arkansas and other areas of the country. Most of the images on this site are available for sale as prints, personal use, or rights managed stock photos.
Greg offers both classroom instruction and in the field hands on photographic workshops. Classroom sessions are normally held in Fort Smith Arkansas, but arrangements can be made to bring a class to your group.
All classes and workshops have small class sizes designed to provide an optimum student to instructor ratio, where you can get the personal attention, you need. Most classes and workshops are limited to a maximum of six participants and will be held with a minimum of only two.
If you are looking for a wonderful opportunity to get personal individual instruction, I do private workshops and classes at a location of your choice, whether doing a location photo shoot, coming to your home or business, traveling across the country on a road trip, or at my classroom. This is a fantastic way to learn digital workflow and be sure that your computer equipment is properly configured for optimum performance.
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