Father’s Day was nice and I scheduled the afternoon to go hiking at Colorado Bend State Park. Colorado Bend is quite a drive from Austin, so tends to be less crowded than the areas closer to the city. There is little to no cell service out there, which is an added benefit, and there are… Read More A Hike Down to Gorman Falls
Well, it is technically spring, but this would be considered summer in most places. I hiked along the North Fork San Gabriel River from Tejas Park which is northwest of Austin. May was rainy and there was a lot of water in the river, which is often just a stream at best. Most of the… Read More Warm Summer Evening Hike
We got a lot of spring rain and the river is temporarily full of water. I went down there hiking with my daughter and her dog and she wanted me to shoot some photos of her with the dog. As she sat on the river bank with her dog, I liked the way the sun… Read More The River is Full
There is a pasture along a highway that I pass sometimes. This pasture is full of wildflowers right now and I have stopped to photograph it more than once, but I don’t think I have gotten it right. Below is the pasture with the sun setting in the distance. An hour before sunset, there were… Read More Wildflower Pasture
Usually, the easiest way to make a long exposure with daytime light is to attach an ND filter to the front of your lens. The ND filter blocks a specific amount of light and you have to increase the amount of time the shutter is open to get the same exposure as you would without… Read More Long Exposure With No Filter
It has rained every day for about a week straight. That is May, and in a couple of months I’ll be pining for the rain. But it does make things muddy and interferes with my hiking and photography plans. Sunday I could no longer take it and I drove down to Tejas Park in the… Read More Clouds and Wildflowers
It was a stormy Sunday afternoon. I was itching to get out and shoot some photos and I was contemplating using the stormy sky in some photos. I began thinking about the creek at Balcones Canyonlands and how it would look with the dramatic gray clouds in the sky. So, I got in my car… Read More Stormy Day
It has been difficult to make time for hiking recently, but I managed to get out Thursday night. There are a lot of wildflowers in bloom as well as the prickly pear cactus. There was even a small amount of water in the creek at the Balcones Canyonlands wildlife refuge. The cactus were in bloom… Read More Wildflower Bloom at the Refuge
Saturday it rained almost all day, so I thought there might be a lot more water in the river where I hike occasionally. So Sunday afternoon, it was sunny and I went down for a hike. The trail was a little muddy but it wasn’t too bad. Just as I started my hiking I came… Read More Sunset Hike at the River
I did a little hiking at the Warbler Vista area of Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. I don’t usually come to this area as it doesn’t have as many trails as the Doeskin Ranch area, but it does have some nice overlooks. It was a cloudy day, but I hung around until after sunset anyway… Read More Sunset at Warbler Vista
