Photos of Arkansas

Ellis Widner, Style Editor of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, had the following kind words to say about my “Arkansas and the Range of Light” exhibition at Cantrell Gallery:

Paul Caldwell’s show at Cantrell Gallery is ravishingly beautiful; the sometimes saturated color digital photographs of Arkansas landscapes can take on the aura of photorealistic paintings.

—Satisfying shows by 2 Little Rock photographers

 

 

If you did not have a chance to catch the exhibit, it is available online; Arkansas and the Range of Light Gallery has more.

I have put up a small gallery with some new images that feature Hemmed in Hollow.  This is one of the most significant waterfalls in the south, when it’s running.  Total height is around 200 feet.  The water fall can be reached from either hiking in from the Buffalo River or from the Compton Trail Head.  Here is the link to the gallery.

I have created a new gallery just for images taken around Pinnacle Mountain State Park.  This area is quite unique to Pulaski County and Pinnacle itself always makes for a great conversations piece, “say is that a volcano?”

Here is the link to the gallery.

I have been working on older shots I took with my D1x Nikon before I sold it in my move to all Canon.  The D1x may have been only 6MP and a weird 6MP at that, however it really could stop the action.  You should get a good flash sync all the way up to 1/500.  Canon can get to 1/250 and then there are some games you can play to go higher.  I prefer to shoot hummingbirds in the late afternoon or evening with a flash.  The light from the flash just give the feathers an added amount of pop.  If you hang around a feeder for a while, they will get used to you and allow you to get in pretty close.  The lens I was using was the older version of the 80-400 VR lens.  You can see a larger image here

I have added a new featured image.  This was taken as I was headed to Sam’s Throne for a sunset.  The rain prevented any sunset shooting, but I was more than pleased to capture this shot.  The clouds had perfect symmetry and the single blue cloud in the center complete the picture.  This was taken hand held and not as an HDR, however the overall excellent dynamic range of the Phase One camera was more than enough to work with.  You can see the image here

The rain that fell in the past few days has pushed up most of the middle Ozark creeks to really great levels.  Richland for example came up to over 1,400 CFS and then slowly dropped back down.  I made a quick trip up in the afternoon hoping to work the lower rapids and found great conditions on the creek.  However the heat was totally oppressive and I wasn’t able to really enjoy the afternoon.  I am getting too old for the heat.  NO CHANGE TO THE CAMPGROUND OR THE SOUTHERN END OF 1205.  I guess that the rumors that money had been approved were just that, rumors.  However the norther end of 1205 down from Dicky Junction is still in good shape.  The water table has held very well and I can only hope that the water will hold out through the fall.

I have added some new panoramas into the site, take a look at them here

Today I added a new featured image.  This shot was taken last year in early springtime.  The oak tree in the picture had just started to leaf out and actually looked like a fall shot since there was really no green on the leaves yet.  The fog from the river was rising up and shrouded everything else from view and really made for a nice image.   You can get to it by clicking here.

I have just added a new blog entry about hiking Lost Valley in the Wintertime.  Click here to read it.

I have updated the Featured Image Gallery with a photograph more suited to this time of year, you can view it by clicking here: