06/20/17 Featured Arkansas Landscape Photography–Springtime sunset near Calico Rock on the White River

Early Springtime Sunset at Calico Rock on the White River

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Taken with a Phase One IQ3100 and XF camera with a 35mm LS lens.  I used ISO 50 and only one exposure.  Raw file was developed in Capture One and then final color work was done in LR and Topaz. 

There are many great places to catch a sunset in Arkansas, however if you don’t mind the long drive from Little Rock, the area around Calico Rock is excellent.  Here you have a long winding bend in the White River and bluff that is about 150 feet above the river.  There are nice vistas both to the east (towards Calico Rock town) and the west as in this image.  You only get a few short months where the sun will actually reach all the way over to the bluff, mainly late June and July after that the sun will be behind you on the left.  Even though I had a lot of folks milling around this night I was able to get one shot or two with the light reflecting on the nearly calm White River.

I also like to work this spot at night as you can catch the evening fog rolling.  Many times the fog will totally close down the scene so you need to be there right at dark.  The surrounding towns will give off a bit of unnatural light, but if you work with the moon, then this is an excellent place for star trail work, not so good for Milky Way as the main Milky Way is behind you.

The small crag in the foreground is sometimes called “Little Hawksbill Crag” after the more famous Hawksbill Crag up on the Buffalo River.

Paul Caldwell

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