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Zander Entry #4 The Stream
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Zander
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Zander Entry #4 The Stream
Lost and alone, you find yourself crossing a very wide and open plain. You are tired and are looking for a place to rest, when you find a creek. You walk down to the water's edge and use your hands to take a drink of the cold refreshing water. When you look up you notice something washed up on a sand bar. It's an egg with feathers and wings, it might make a good companion on your travels.
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Downstream:
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http://zanderwolf.deviantart.com/art/Do ... 1469937559
Last edited by Zander on July 30th, 2016, 11:59:38 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Zander
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Re: Zander Entry #4 The Stream
About the photo/area:
This is of a creek in my back yard, well for the most part lol. You see its actually over the highway on the other half of my farm which is only about 120 acres. This creek is the main water source for all the animals in the area. The deer cross the highway every time at the same time (there are a couple different herds) to eat on one side of the highway and drink on the other side. Bald eagles are also a common sight near this creek, mostly because when a poor deer gets hit by a car I take it down to where pets and other animals wont be hit as well. The eagles used to be a rare sight, for a little bit they didn't exist because they were close to endangered, now I see at least 5 at a time when a poor deer is down there. Don't be fooled by how brown the water looks, its actually almost clear. The brown is dirt and sand being washed downstream because of a recent storm. Looking straight down the water looks crystal clear.
My four entries were all taken at the same place and time, mostly due to a lack of time for me to get these shots. Due to the farm being 2 hours away and me working. I planned for there to be fog, but it never showed up again after the day I saw it. And sadly it had cleared by the time I got to the farm that day. Since I was limited to a small area I made it my goal to make this tiny, less than a half a mile, area look as diverse as possible. Many shots were taken looking downstream and upstream only a couple steps away from others.
I was lucky there hasn't been a lot of rain this year, last year the creek was flooded most of the time. The water was clear up at the very top of the banks you can see in my entries. The banks are at least 10 feet deep. (the bottom being where the water starts.) When the creek floods, you can see the awesome power of the current. It's hard to tell when the water is this shallow, but it is in fact strong.
This is of a creek in my back yard, well for the most part lol. You see its actually over the highway on the other half of my farm which is only about 120 acres. This creek is the main water source for all the animals in the area. The deer cross the highway every time at the same time (there are a couple different herds) to eat on one side of the highway and drink on the other side. Bald eagles are also a common sight near this creek, mostly because when a poor deer gets hit by a car I take it down to where pets and other animals wont be hit as well. The eagles used to be a rare sight, for a little bit they didn't exist because they were close to endangered, now I see at least 5 at a time when a poor deer is down there. Don't be fooled by how brown the water looks, its actually almost clear. The brown is dirt and sand being washed downstream because of a recent storm. Looking straight down the water looks crystal clear.
My four entries were all taken at the same place and time, mostly due to a lack of time for me to get these shots. Due to the farm being 2 hours away and me working. I planned for there to be fog, but it never showed up again after the day I saw it. And sadly it had cleared by the time I got to the farm that day. Since I was limited to a small area I made it my goal to make this tiny, less than a half a mile, area look as diverse as possible. Many shots were taken looking downstream and upstream only a couple steps away from others.
I was lucky there hasn't been a lot of rain this year, last year the creek was flooded most of the time. The water was clear up at the very top of the banks you can see in my entries. The banks are at least 10 feet deep. (the bottom being where the water starts.) When the creek floods, you can see the awesome power of the current. It's hard to tell when the water is this shallow, but it is in fact strong.