Nature – Page 45 – Michael Stephen Wills Photography

River Bend

Fillmore Glen Autumn

October 23, 2022October 19, 2022 MichaelStephenWills4 Comments

waiting for the people to leave

Patience was a virtue as I set up along Dry Creek where it bends before approaching Cowsheds waterfall drop-off. Fillmore Glen, New York State Park, Moravia, Cayuga County, New York

with…..

…and without hikers.

I say “without” with reservations. A moving hiker was blurred out in this 3.2 second exposure at f/22. I hid the blurred figure with a cut and pasted pristine pixels from the second exposure. The “without” take is earlier than “with.”

A minute and 50 seconds transpired between exposures. In that time, Pam rested her hiking pole against the wall.

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Wonderland

Fillmore Glen Autumn

October 21, 2022October 19, 2022 MichaelStephenWills4 Comments

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The bed of Dry Creek bends before approaching Cowsheds waterfall drop-off. Fillmore Glen, New York State Park, Moravia, Cayuga County, New York

with…..

…and without cascade.

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Autumn Ithaca

Cass Park

October 11, 2022October 10, 2022 MichaelStephenWills4 Comments

Pam and I arrived early to Cass Park for our grandson’s October afternoon soccer match, in time for a 2 mile walk on the generous footpaths. This is my impression of that time, from the IPhone 7’s camera.

Watery Impressions from Linderman Creek flowing into Cayuga Inlet

Gracious Willows Line the Cayuga Lake Inlet

A Packed Excursion Boat Under A Stunning Sky

This completes our Sunday afternoon walk around Cass Park, Ithaca, New York.

Unidentified Tree

silhouette

October 4, 2022October 3, 2022 MichaelStephenWills8 Comments

This branch of spent, lancate leaves with hanging seeds grows wild on the slopes above Treman Gorge in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.

Assistance with identification of this tree is requested. Please leave your suggestions as comments to this post. Thank You, everyone.

Here is a series of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.

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Sky Reflections

A Wall with Moss Padding

September 26, 2022September 20, 2022 MichaelStephenWills7 Comments

A Finger Lakes Trail footbridge crosses Fish Kill on the edge of Treman State Park.

These are images of the sky reflected on Fish Kill from that footbridge on August 24, 2022.

Robert H. Treman State Park, Enfield, Tompkins County, Finger Lakes Region, New York State

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Contemplation II

Climb down the cliff stair, 223 of them, to this quiet place.

September 24, 2022October 18, 2023 MichaelStephenWills7 Comments

A sole individual views Lucifer Falls from the Gorge Trail footbridge.

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Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.

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Contemplation I

Climb down the cliff stair, 223 of them, to this quiet place.

September 23, 2022September 17, 2022 MichaelStephenWills15 Comments

A place for quiet contemplation within the Treman Gorge, only accessible via a 15 minute hike. Robert H. Treman New York State Park on a late October afternoon.

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Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.

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From the Overlook

Autumn hills

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 MichaelStephenWills2 Comments

Standing on Enfield Gorge rim above Lucifer Falls on a clear October afternoon, the slopes of the far gorge cloaked in shades of green, yellow and red.

Below, the Gorge Trail runs below a sedimentary rock cliff.

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Slievenaglogh View, east, V

Looking east

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 MichaelStephenWills11 Comments

This the fifth and final of a series of landscape photographs taken from this position.

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The peak is named, in the English language, Slievenaglogh. It is so strange as it’s not English, being instead a transliteration of the Irish name “Sliabh na gCloch.” This is “Rock Mountain” translated literally. Slievenaglogh is carried to the townland, a long thin swath of land being the peak and associated ridge-line.

The rocks up there are called “gabbro,” a type of magma slowly cooled under ground. Slievenaglog, Slieve Foy across the valley, and the Morne mountains all formed within volcano magma chamber(s) of the Paleocene, 66 million years ago, a time associated with extensive volcanism and the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that gave rise to the current age.

Our younger cousin has been up there, optimistically we left it for a later trip.

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Here is a slide show of this landscape series.

Slievenaglogh View, east northeast — Slievenaglogh View, northeast

A link with interesting reading on County Lo uth geology.

Lucifer Falls Autumn

Anything but devilish

September 9, 2022September 5, 2022 MichaelStephenWills7 Comments

A full sweep of Lucifer Falls on an autumn evening, the sun hidden behind the gorge walls. Here the Gorge Trail emerges from the shelter of the gorge, emerging into a dizzying view.

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River Bend

waiting for the people to leave

with…..

…and without hikers.

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Wonderland

Do you have a preference? If so leave me a comment. Thanks!!

with…..

…and without cascade.

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Unidentified Tree

Here is a series of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.

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Sky Reflections

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Contemplation II

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Contemplation I

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From the Overlook

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Slievenaglogh View, east, V

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Click for another interesting post and story from County Louth.

Here is a slide show of this landscape series.

A link with interesting reading on County Lo uth geology.

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Lucifer Falls Autumn

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Click for a slideshow of this sequence of Lucifer Falls view from the overlook.

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