Often, I get it almost just right, move the tripod – or the camera & lens – and bump or pull something, causing the water drops to disappear. One of the problems with making these photographs is that all of the vegetation – grass, flowers, shrubs, briars – is connected! Setting a tripod up without causing the water drops to fall is sometimes impossible. I set the tripod up in the short grass of the parking area, and made a number of exposures… I had no success, and was walking back to my truck, when at the very edge of the parking area was a perfect arrangement. In fact, I had been there for a while, searching the Prairie for just the right combination of water drops, grass tangles, flowers, and light. On the day I took this, I was visiting Cherokee Prairie Natural Area. There were a number of failures over the years, until this photo. The photos were fascinating, and I decided it was a subject/technique I needed to learn. I first saw reflections in water drops in a magazine – probably Outdoor Photographer. The lake had some misty fog hanging over the surface, and fortuitously, there were two fishermen in a small boat… The morning was typical spring for this area cool and damp.
It was so cool! (Are we supposed to say “cool” any more? I can’t keep up, so I just say what I feel.) So, we drove down a steep hill on a gravel road, to the lake, and it was like going to another world right in the middle of the community, we were suddenly in a wilderness. At least, I hadn’t, and I overheard another participant, from the area, say the same thing. Even if you’ve ever been to Eureka Springs, a small community built on a steep hillside, I doubt you’ve heard about this lake. One outing I joined was an early morning “Nature Hike” at Black Bass Lake. Kudos to the PSNWA for putting on a first-class event, aimed at photography enthusiasts and professionals alike. This year, for the first time, I was able to attend the weekend event, held in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Every two years, the Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas ( the Mid-America Photographic Symposium (MAPSYM).
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