Posts Tagged: Sigma DP3 Merrill
On Second Fork
Out in an old, drained beaver pond on Second Fork. This is on top of Allegheny Back Mountain, and is a tributary to the upper Shavers Fork.
Sigma DP3 Merrill, Sigma DPP, Lr 6, Ps CS6.
Red Spruce and Hemlock in the West Fork Greenbriar River Valley
Over the weekend of the 4th I visited this beautiful valley for the first time. It lies at the eastern foot of the Allegheny Front just north of Durbin. What a gorgeous place! BIG spruce, hemlock, yellow birch, and hawthorns in the meadows! A lovely little river. Trout rising without caution. Walls of rhododendron in bloom everywhere. There is an old railroad rail to trail that runs the entire length of the valley of perhaps 25 miles. From here I went to the Laurel Fork Wilderness, but there was no comparison. Perhaps in 100-200 years the Laurel Fork Valley will be as beautiful. This is the first of several images I will post from this valley.
Massive red spruce, Picea rubens, and behind it on the right (different bark texture) is an even more massive hemlock, Tsuga canadensis.
Sigma DP3 Merrill, Sigma Photo Pro, Lr 5, Ps CS6.
Big Run Falls
Straight on, straight up. Or maybe on the rocks. I haven’t been here for a couple of years. It hasn’t changed a bit. I am a little surprised there wasn’t a greater flow given all the rain we have been having. It was clear that there had been some flash floods here and on a few other streams I visited over the last few days. The forest road to this falls was washed out in one spot by a tributary. A FWD vehicle with a lot of clearance can make it through, but I didn’t want to try with my van… I would probably still be there if I had tried. Must have been a lot of water in that little stream just to get up on the road, not to mention tearing it up like it did.
Sigma DP3 Merrill, Sigma Photo Pro, Lr 5, Ps CS6.
Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia. The pea tree with heavenly fragrance.
Sigma DP3 Merrill, Sigma Photo Pro, Ps CS6.
Native Rose?
Rosa carolinas? Rosa canina? Definitely not multiflora. Photographed at Finzel Swamp this morning.
Sigma DP3 Merrill, Sigma Photo Pro, Ps CS6.