When my brother and visited Gorman Falls in December we noticed a rock formation in the falls that looked like a man sitting in the waterfall.  I am always amazed at the shapes of rocks.

Hope you enjoyed the photo,

Scott

The past few days I have been working through my images from the hike with my brother to Gorman Falls in Bend, Texas.  As I write this I am almost through my initial processing of the images I captured while on this trip and I will be getting to other aspects of the trip some there after.

I spent about 2 hours at this location looking for good clean compositions that gave one a feel for the the site and this was quite difficult in that there is a large amount of brush and small trees just in front of the falls.  The area near the falls is restricted due to the sensitivity of the area and I was photographing just behind the small fence which is a short “cliff” next to the pool of water in front of the falls.  I will like post a panoramic image of the falls in the near future and I think that will make the above text a little more clear.

I have been debating if it would be worth the effort to clone out some of the distracting elements. . .

I hope you enjoyed the image,

Scott

I recently took about a two week road trip to Texas.  I drove from California and on the first day I made it all the way to San Antonio, New Mexico.  I photographed the early light at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge and then got back on the road to visit Gorman Falls in Bend, Texas.  Well I got part way to the Colorado Bend State Park that day, but not quite.  I stopped over near Junction, Texas to get some sleep and got up early to visit the park.  When I arrived at the park I found that it was closed for deer hunting and would reopen on Friday at 2pm.  I decided to head for the coast and visit family for a few days and return at thee end of my planned trip.

Cynde flew in over the weekend and we traveled to Rockport, Texas to explore and watch Whooping Cranes (photos later!).  I called my brother to stay at his house and have him ride up and see the falls.  We drove up to the the park and we had a nice hike to Gorman Falls.  These falls just do not look like anything I would have expected in Texas!  They were amazing and we had a good time photographing the falls.

I hope you enjoyed the photo and there will be more to come from this trip.

Scott

I hiked to Sturtevant Falls to check it out since the last time I was there with Cynde the water level was very low.  The water flow is greater than in July, but still does not compare to the photos I have seen of the falls.  I’m hoping for a wet winter with lots of snow in the mountains then maybe I can see the large flows of water that were present in the past.  I had a good hike anyway and enjoyed the trip.

Sturtevant Falls in Octobe

Hope you liked the photo,

Scott

This week we finally got some rain and that got me thinking that it is time to hike to Sturtevant Falls once again.  Last July Cynde and I hiked and there was very little water flowing over the the falls.  I was curious if the trees were starting to turn color and did see some yellow leaves on my hike, but it looks if the color change is several weeks from now.  I like seeing more water flowing over the falls.

As I have mentioned in past blog posts I am amazed at what plants do to survive.  I like the appearance that this tree is reaching for water and I think the low camera angle enhances this appearance.

Reaching for Water

Hope you enjoyed the photo,

Scott