08/23/13 Featured Arkansas Photography–Rocks and Leaves on the Cossatot River

Rocks and Small Pool on the Cossatot River in Southwest Arkansas

Taken with a Canon 1ds MKII, iso 200, Canon 24-70 Lens @70mm, 1/60th of a second.  The Cossatot River is one of my favorite spots to hike.  You have all sorts of photographic subject matter to work with.  The Cossatot River is in the southwestern corner of Arkansas Ouachita Mountains.  You can find some of the best photography in the area known as the 6 falls or Cossatot Falls.  Here the river turns due south and drops over 6 separate ledges, each of which have unique rapids and names.  The rocks around Cossatot Falls are sandstone and have been worn totally smooth by the action of the water.  You can find all types of interesting formations, such as the one in the photograph above where lines of quartz are running through the rocks.