I love to wander through remote areas of Huntley Meadows Park, often following meandering streams. Each time is different, as the level of the water, the varying light, and the changing vegetation alter my perceptions of the landscape.
The park is a freshwater wetland of over 1500 acres with meadows, ponds, streams, and woods that provide a habitat for the wide range of insects, birds, and animals that I often feature on this blog. I am always conscious of the beauty of my surroundings, but generally have either a telephoto zoom or a macro lens on my camera, so photographing the landscape is not something that I do very often.
I was drawn to the twists and turns of this section of one of my favorite streams after a significant rainfall earlier this month. It was relatively early in the morning and there were still shadows in some areas. I captured some images of the scene with the “short” end of my 150-600mm lens and this is my favorite of the group. I definitely need to work more on visualizing landscape shots, but am happy with this initial effort.
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Mike Powell 
The colors of winter. Nice photo Mike.
Thanks, Dan.
I’m assuming that some of the flattened grasses here are a result of that rising and falling water, and I really like the sinuous curve of the stream through the landscape. The bubbles suggest the water still was moving at a pretty good clip. I like the monochromatic effect, too.
Thanks. You really studied the image. I took the shot the day after a heavy rainfall and the water was in fact moving pretty quickly. I think a combination of factors caused the grasses to be flattened, including snow, rain, deer, and the ebb and flow of the water. It was relatively early in the day when I took the shot and the colors seemed desaturated–I decided not to try to pump them up when processing the image.
The stream leads you into the photo, which shows how nature rests quietly for a time in the winter.