01/12/14 Featured Arkansas Photography–Wintertime reflections of Pinnacle Mountain

Wintertime Reflections of Pinnacle Mountain

Taken with a Nikon D800, Nikon 14-24 lens @ 18mm iso 100 with no filters.  One spot I never get tired of visiting is Pinnacle Mountain.  There is always a shot to be taken, either on the climb up or in driving around the mountain.   To many a 500 foot tall peak is not a mountain, but Arkansas it does seem to quality since the tallest spot in the state is only 2700 feet, the summit of Mt. Magazine.  Arkansas will usually get one or two snows that will dust the higher spots.  Pinnacle can be climbed from pretty much any side but most prefer to come up from the west side (the opposite from this picture), the east side which this image shows is a bit more challenging and is more of a rock hop to the summit.  I like to try to catch a reflection shot of Pinnacle when I feel the conditions are right.  On this morning I had just a bit of breeze but I was still able to get a close to mirror reflection.  The pond is a small catchment on the back side of the mountain.