Silver Creek In November

 

 

Silver Creek, Idaho.  Early November

The above images were taken this morning about twenty minutes or so after the sun came up.  While setting up to take the top image from just off the road, a small agricultural truck at high speed swerved at me to within a few feet and effectively "buzzed my tower."  The two in the mini white truck caught some air as they uncontrolably left the road and somehow managed to get back on the road and vaporize in a cloud of dust and out to a field adjacent to Silver Creek...

Nikon D3S & Nikon 35 f2 lens

I am often sent articles, images videos, etc..., which for many reasons illicit all kinds of different emotions. Some, like the Wall Street Journal article I have a link to HERE, serve as controversial, thought provoking pieces.  In the WSJ article, the question, on a small section of California's Silver King Creek, is whether or not to rotenone and effectively "kill off" an entire section of the creek which would include a voluminous quantity of macro invertebrates in order to start from scratch and reintroduce the indigenous Paiute Trout.  The question I believe needs to be asked, rather than how to improve the fishery, is how to improve the watershed?

On a similar note, should you come across images, video or an article that you think is worthy of sharing, send it on to me. 

Here's a LINK to an incredible video on Tarpon fishing. 

 

Fall Aspen Leaf

Backlit Fallen Aspen Leaf & Frost

Nikon D200 & Nikon 105 Micro Lens

Have you checked out the 500px site yet?  You can see some of my photographic work along with many other talented photographers' work.  Click HERE to check it out.

Abstract Ice Images II

A few more abstract images I took today on the Big Wood River, Idaho.  The ice I have been shooting through is approx. 1/2 inch thick and about the size of a frisbee.  I have been using the Nikon 35 f2 lens as it seems to be the perfect focal length for this purpose (I am using a 35mm or Full Frame sized sensor).  I have learned that using gloves to hold the ice for an extended period of time helps...

English Setter On The River

This is Guinness, my English Setter, along the banks of the Big Wood River and a rare moment of sitting still.

 

Trusses, Clouds & Cerulean Sky

 

Big Wood River, Fall Leaves & Stone

 

Nikon D3S & Nikon 35 f2 Lens

Boulder Mountains & Sunrise

Sunrise On Silver Peak.  Boulder Mountains, Idaho

 

Boulder Mountains, Idaho

1st of November and at the time of taking the above images this morning it was a brisk 15 degrees.  Most leaves have now hit the ground and rattle in the cold breeze along with the dessicated grass stalks like thousands of subdued rattlesnakes.

Nikon D3S & Nikon 35 f2 lens

Check out the new, November, issue of Catch Magazine where I have an image in the essay on "Blue."

Lower Big Wood River, Idaho

Lower Big Wood River Canyon & Lone Fisherman

Nikon D3S & Nikon 35 f2 lens

 

Leaves are still barely hanging on to the aspens & cottonwoods and on windy afternoons along the Big Wood River dead but brilliant leaves are carried away on a flow that's roughly 35% higher than average.  Nobody is on our local water and this is really a wonderful time of year to get a little solitude...

 

Simplicity

Nikon D3S & Nikon Micro 105 lens

Nikon 24 pc-e Lens

 

 

Nikon 24 pc-e series...  Charlie, pictured above, asked for these images to be converted to black and white.

Camera: Nikon D3S

Lower Big Wood River, Idaho

Lower Big Wood River.  Idaho

Nikon D3S & Nikon 35 f2 lens

Thanks go out to the Wood River Land Trust for coming up with, hopefully, a permanent and successful solution to the minimal flows on the Big Wood River below Magic reservoir.  In the past, by late October the water flow below Magic Reservoir was not enough to sustain the trout population and with the current plan on trying to maintain 15 cfs of released water (there is also a minimal amount of seepage flow as well) the approx. 3 mile section below Magic could really become an incredible fishery.  This also serves as a great example of a "win win" when it comes to Idaho's anachronistic water laws.

A Rainbow Release

The Release

A chrome rainbow is released.  Always trying to get a better release shot...

Camera: Nikon D3S

Lens: Nikon 35 f2

 

River Trash

The trash pictured above was collected in less than five minutes today along the Big Wood River.  The blanket was certainly the most unique piece of the day.

Camera: Nikon D3S

Lens: Nikon 24 PC-E