Saturday and Sunday December 4th and 5th the Battle of Prairie Grove Arkansas was reenacted at the actual location, now the Prairie Grove Battle Field State Park. The battle reenactment occurs every other year on the even years, and is one of few in the nation to take place on
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Just a quick post, I am spending the Memorial Day Weekend in Texas and got to visit the Alamo. This is a very crowded and busy place with people everywhere and I thought it would be impossible to get a clean photo. They close at 5:00 so I returned after
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Last week I had a chance to make a quick trip down to Texas to photograph the spring wildflowers in the Texas Hill Country near Fredericksburg. The Texas Hill Country is a vernacular term applied to a region of Central Texas, that features tall rugged hills that consist of thin
Read more →On Sunday I made a trip to the Oklahoma Aquarium just outside of Tulsa with the Photographic Alliance. Photographing in an aquarium can be a challenge. For tips on how to do it, see my article http://blog.gregdisch.com/2009/07/26/how-to-photograph-a-public-aquarium/ Here are some samples of the photos that I was able to capture.
Read more →On Saturday I made a trip up the Arkansas River at Fort Smith with the Photographic Alliance to try and photograph Eagles. We were able to spot several nests and 4 or 5 eagles along the river. Also I got some shots of a Great Blue Heron in flight.
Read more →On the 29th of January we had the heaviest show we have had in this area for several years, it is not unsual for us to go through the winter without a snow that will actually cover the ground, we had 5 to 7 inches of accumulation with this storm.
Read more →On the 8th of January I made a trip to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oklahoma. This was during an extreme cold spell we had been having and much of the water was frozen, a rare occurrence for this part of the country. These are photos from this trip.
Read more →Frost flower formations are also referred to as “ice flowers”, “ice blossoms”, “frost castles”, “frost beard”, “ice castles”, or “ice ribbons”. The formation of frost flowers, is apparently dependent on a freezing weather condition occurring when the ground is not already frozen. The sap in the stem of the
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Nelson Nevada, about 25 miles southwest of Las Vegas was once an active mining area which produced millions of dollars in gold, silver, copper and lead. Over the last decade owners of the mine have restored a number of buildings and created a museum to the area and the Techatticup
Read more →This is a follow up to my last post, featuring the Wreaths Across America Program at the National Cemetery in Fort Smith. Monday Dec. 14, they held a candlelight vigil to honor the those who have given their lives to provide the freedoms we enjoy in our beloved
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