Saturday Craig and I went photographing around the Preston and Franklin areas. There are several little reservoirs in the hills that Craig wanted to photograph and show me. It was good to really get out and photograph the landscape around and in Cache Valley. Not having a car can really throw a wrench into a landscape photographers’ gears, but I’ll most likely be getting Craig’s old Toyota 4Runner.
It was also really fun to spend some time with Craig and photograph with a photographer whom I highly respect.
Here are a few photographs from the day:
Craig photographing old grain storage
Inlet to Glendale Reservoir
Glendale Reservoir
Craig photographing Finder Reservoir
Power Lines at Finder Reservoir
Foster Reservoir
I went back tonight to photograph the tree that the Parks and Recreation department has been cutting down. It’s all but completely gone.
Last night I rode my bike out to Cutler Marsh, west of town (a 17-18 mile round trip). The ride out there only took about half as long as I had anticipated, so I sat at the little picnic shelter there and watched and listened to all the birds flying about and singing. A few got pretty close and I had to take a couple photographs:
A couple (now correct me if I’m wrong Darren) of Barn Swallows have a nest in the roof of the shelter and got within eight feet or so.
Then this bird landed on the fence (can you tell what kind it is Darren? It’s not the best angle)
After I was done with the birds, I got a bit serious and started looking for photographs. I didn’t come back with a whole lot of anything useful, except it being a good research trip.
On my way back home, I decided to swing by Central Park again just for fun, and I’m glad I did.
I guess the damage to this tree was so great they have to take the whole tree out, or maybe if a limb from the back of the tree goes it could cause serious damage to the power plant behind it. I’m going to go check it out again today and see how much more of the tree they remove.
Tonight I hopped on my bike and rode to Central Park to make some photographs. The park was pretty packed, so none were made in Central Park, but I managed to find a few really good photographs in the adjacent Pioneer Parkway:
I was pretty impressed with this tree and the huge scar where a (I assume) very large limb once grew:
After Pioneer Parkway, I found another adjacent park (I couldn’t find a name for it, so I assume it’s part of Pioneer Parkway, but I’m most likely wrong):
Edit: I just discovered the name of this “park” today: Garff Wayside Gardens.
