Exif data: NIKON D300, Focal Length: 50 mm, Aperture: f/5.6, Exposure: 1/400 sec, ISO Speed: 400, Flash: Not Fired
28/01/2010 at 00:21
Category: [landscape]  
63 comments
 

• The devastion shown here is shown to beautifully, Sherri. An excellent capture.
  Toni @ 2010-01-28 00:42:27
• yes it does look soooo beautiful Sherri... amazing photo!! really touched my heart!
  Elaine- @ 2010-01-28 00:49:49
• so full of atmosphere... a great capture!
  Colors Inc @ 2010-01-28 00:52:08
• Beautiful capture, lovely atmosphere!
  Zing @ 2010-01-28 01:42:03
• Tu possèdes un véritable style... et il est bougrement beau !
  JMS* @ 2010-01-28 02:00:44
• Wonderful moody image. So sad about the floods and the farmers. Life is hard enough without this!!!
  Marcie @ 2010-01-28 03:24:52
• Quite a disaster for the farmers but such a lovely picture Sherri!
  Standley @ 2010-01-28 03:46:20
• I like the birds in flight, beautiful and relaxing landscape.
  BoB @ 2010-01-28 07:19:25
• Oh my Sheri! I just love how your images connect in color and subject matter.
  Ken @ 2010-01-28 08:05:19
• You said it. Nature's ability to simply exist and keep moving despite our everyday concerns is pretty amazing. Your photo communicates a sense of primal environments; untouched. I like that.
  Chris Cardelli @ 2010-01-28 10:27:01
• fantastic mood and place - the birds make the imege exeptional
  yiannis krikis @ 2010-01-28 11:44:08
• How often does the flooding happen?? I like the layers in the image.
  Nick @ 2010-01-28 11:57:23
• Such a pure shot...gorgeous.
  Robin @ 2010-01-28 13:03:15
• oh the quiet mood of this shot is fabulous...is it black and white?
  elk @ 2010-01-28 13:54:21
• Beautiful imagery. I am sorry to read about the devastation though.
  Kala @ 2010-01-28 14:43:02
• It has a sad mood, still it is utterly beautiful
  the flock of birds really make the composition
  yz @ 2010-01-28 14:47:40
• Good shot. Birds on sky are amazing.
  Joachim @ 2010-01-28 15:31:13
• The geese pay it no never-mind. best...jerry
  ordinaryimages @ 2010-01-28 17:19:49
• I like it in these sepia tones. The birds are great too.
  Andrés @ 2010-01-28 17:54:26
• it can look so beautiful...well done!
  Otto K. @ 2010-01-28 18:19:41
• yikes.. that's such a big loss.. but you're right, it does make for a nice picturesque scene.. nice work capturing those geese(?) flying there.. :)
  rian @ 2010-01-28 18:53:38
• Stunning tones and wonderful contrast between the dead trees and the joyously flying birds.
  Anshul @ 2010-01-28 19:22:51
• Sad and strange that it was a disaster that caused such a tranquil scene.
  Dustin @ 2010-01-28 20:26:43
• this is a stunning image. your figures make me see it differently though - those kinds of losses are hard.
  michele @ 2010-01-28 21:42:31
• you're right sherri, it's beautiful. i love the reflections and the birds, the mist rising from the water in the distance. there is still passion, even in all the gray.
  100 million. it's a drop in the bucket. it's the loose change that falls to the ground from a hole in uncle sam's pocket. it's birdseed, sand, the grit one drags into the kitchen from the bottom of their feet.
  we take it for granted. there is water, so we don't feel thirsty. until the flood recedes, and our tongues begin to swell. elbows begin to dry, and hair clumps like empty soy stalks.
  i'm sorry for the farmers and the people that counted on that money.
  Seraphine @ 2010-01-28 22:55:58
• Lovely.
  luminouslens @ 2010-01-28 23:10:01
• Love that color tone. A beautiful evocative image!!
  Dulcie @ 2010-01-28 23:17:41
• This looks so serene and peaceful.... and perfect chosen tint.
  Michael @ 2010-01-28 23:31:47
• Sherri, this is so haunting, so beautiful...
  bluechameleon @ 2010-01-28 23:48:06
• oh yes, wonderful atmospheric shot. Pretty nice with the flying birds
  Omar @ 2010-01-29 01:15:01
• It really IS beautiful, Sherri. SOULFUL. I love the way you have processed it.
  Ginnie @ 2010-01-29 02:48:08
• Well, I imagine the geese and herons are happy at least.
  Turnbill @ 2010-01-29 04:53:42
• wonderful tones and light .... a bit ghostly!
  crash @ 2010-01-29 06:56:17
• The wetlands look makes it great for the wildlife, but the loss in human values is staggering. We humans just "think" we're controlling anything in nature!
  A fine, very attractive shot. Love the toning.
  don @ 2010-01-29 07:59:45
• Very lovely, Sherri. This has a beautiful atmosphere to it. It would make a lovely postcard :)
  Charles Dastodd @ 2010-01-29 08:59:09
• such a beautiful and soft image. I love the action added to the photo with the birds in flight. A really beautiful image.
  Diane @ 2010-01-29 10:03:12
• I love the birds flying overhead!
  Scarabaeus @ 2010-01-29 10:59:52
• A really super capture. Looks like you got some nice fog there, too. I think the geese are perfectly placed in the frame.
  Shawn Bierman @ 2010-01-29 11:01:40
• Wonderful image..I can feel the wetness in the air and cool /damp sky!
  kyungmee @ 2010-01-29 14:40:16
• Powerful composition. Like the multiple layers and the placement of the birds, along with a slightly misty quality to it...
  Chris @ 2010-01-29 17:11:19
• I love Jules Feiffer - yet hadn't seen mention of his name in years - thank you, Sherri. The tale you tell of the Arkansas economy is repeated endlessly wherever you turn. We again learn the value of family and friends. And as importantly - the value of time above material things.
  Stephen Phillips @ 2010-01-29 19:35:12
• yes, the devastation looks wonderful here. Love the tones and the mood.
  Giovanni @ 2010-01-30 02:41:39
• Very pure & graphic, and once again nice tones !
  Boris @ 2010-01-30 05:08:44
• Sad ttle - but great photograph !! I like it very much.
  I just passed a hundred thousend visitors...
  Have a nice day
  Wys
  Wysterior @ 2010-01-30 08:36:27
• Bittersweet beauty. I love the tones.
  Bouncing Light @ 2010-01-30 16:23:52
• 
  i wonder if the other birds consider the fourth bird from the left to be a black sheep? being an inverted v in a world of vees isn't always easy.
  Seraphine @ 2010-01-31 00:38:40
• Very beautiful mood. I love it.
  beanow @ 2010-01-31 04:39:55
• Very sad, but a hauntingly beautiful image.
  Susan @ 2010-01-31 13:17:35
• wow! love this!
  faisal @ 2010-01-31 13:30:38
• Such a income loss for the farmers. If you haven't told the stories behind I have thought this was a beautiful view over a lake or wetland. The image is so beautiful and I love the sepia like tones.
  Frida @ 2010-01-31 15:22:34
• That is heartbreaking. Farmers seem to bear the brunt of modern technology, warmer weathers, abnormal seasonal changes... I like your image, with the birds perfectly composed, the warm colors hinting daybreak. Maybe it will be a good day for farmers worldwide.
  Mia @ 2010-01-31 17:02:09
• The mist and the gray tones create the mood caused by a devastating flood. Yet, the beautiful birds flying seem to generate a feeling of hope and a light at the end of the tunnel. Stunning composition Sherri.
  John Maslowski @ 2010-01-31 18:25:13
• This is really a lovely photo with the flying birds and the mist and the dreamy tones. And it contradicts the disaster, which you describe. Beautiful work.
  Reiner @ 2010-02-01 02:51:42
• great photo
  Stephen @ 2010-02-01 08:39:40
• Amazing image, beautiful mood! The capture is perfect with this fog and birds! Excellent work!
  Andrei Barbu @ 2010-02-02 00:35:21
• Peaceful scene - a great image to represent winter.
  Yvonne @ 2010-02-02 09:07:08
• I like this one a lot, very moody and peaceful! Very sad for farmers...
  claude @ 2010-02-02 13:38:52
• It's a beautiful landscape and the scene has movement with the flight of the birds
  Guido @ 2010-02-02 14:42:23
• Very sombre.
  Erinn @ 2010-02-02 15:29:49
• lovely light and atmosphere wonderful captured
  fabrizio @ 2010-02-03 01:00:43
• Wow love the reflections and the birds flying in formation! Really nice framing too.
  Andy @ 2010-02-04 16:04:42
• Postcard material! And I don't mean the ones from the cheap section at wallmart, not this is the real deal! Nice work!
  Arjan - PlasticDaisy @ 2010-02-08 15:03:59
• Oh wow! This is gorgeous!
  Krista @ 2010-02-15 04:47:11

According to the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Arkansas farmers sustained nearly $400 million in crop losses for the 2009 growing season. There were 3,700 full and part-time jobs lost, accounting for $100 million in wages and salaries.

Soybean growers lost an estimated $204 million, and cotton and cottonseed losses were $120 million. Rice growers lost $46 million. Though soybeans had the greatest dollar loss, cotton producers had the largest loss as a percentage of gross revenue.