This is last and most impressive of the falls along Stoney Creek. Water rushes over a 30 foot rock cliff to create Big Stoney Creek Falls. This was the first time that I had ever been to this spot and when the falls came into view I was completely taken aback by the shear size of them. After finding the safest route to the river side I had to work quickly to get my shots because sunlight was already beginning to break through the trees. For...

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The Stoney Creek area of Scott County, Virginia is home to three beautiful falls aptly called “Little”, “Middle” and “Big” Stoney Creek Falls – this is the middle falls. I posted a completely different shot of these falls last autumn that you can check out here. This time around the river was bursting and the water rushing at a phenomenal rate. The light was beginning to get brighter causing the brown...

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Have you ever had a subject or location that you’ve tried to shoot but never got quite what you wanted? Well this spot has been my white whale for the better part of the last year. I’ve made the 90 minute drive to Stoney Creek at least five times in the last six months trying to get a shot of these falls that I liked. Either the wind was roaring, the water flow was too weak or it started to rain…it was always something....

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This is one of the takeaway images from a trail walk I took a few weekends ago. Spending a few minutes exploring off the main trail along the river banks I found several tree stumps that had obviously been decaying for quite some time and had began to take on some interesting characteristics. The recent rainfall not only made the mosses a vibrant green but saturated the porous and decaying wood turning it very dark. I wanted to shoot from a low...

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Don’t you just love it when you literally stumble onto a great composition! Well that’s what happen with this image. I had just finished shooting what would become River Crossing and was making my way further down the trail when I came across this scene. The tree had fallen right through the middle of the only laurel bush in sight. It kind of reminded me of a scene from any number of bad movies where the speeding car always hits the...

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