Moonset in Boxley Valley on the Buffalo National River–02/18/15 Featured Arkansas Photography

Moonset in the Boxley Valley on the Buffalo National River

Taken with a Canon 5D MK2, Canon 24-70 lens at F5.6, iso 400 for 40 seconds.

This photograph was taken in early January 2009, back in the good old days for me at least, (if you know me well, you know what happened in February of 2009).  I was on a trip to photograph Elk in the Boxley Valley and this was my first field use of my new Canon 5D MK2.  Before I purchased the Canon 5D MK2, I had been using my older Canon 1ds MKII, which just did not have a very good higher iso range.  On this morning, I came around the last bend of Hwy 21 as it drops down into the western end of the Boxley Valley and saw this view of the moon setting over one of the larger mountains that surround the valley.  What caught my eye was how the shadows played with the fence row in the foreground.  The old oak tree provided a nice touch also as I framed the shot between the branches.  You can see just a very light layer of clouds or fog that was starting to rise up over the mountain in the background.

When you view this photograph up close, you can also see all the frozen dew drops on the grasses and fence posts.  If you have never taken a trip to the Boxley Valley, which is on the western headwaters end of the Buffalo National River, it’s well worth the time.