Exif data: NIKON D300, Focal Length: 105 mm, Aperture: f/5, Exposure: 1/250 sec, ISO Speed: 200, Flash: Not Fired
05/01/2010 at 22:03
Category: [water]  
51 comments
 

• Beautiful nature shot, not creepy at all :)
  Zing @ 2010-01-05 23:19:40
• Oh wow, this is beautiful. So peaceful looking. And, regarding my cat Sam, yes he comes in all the time, he is just a bit dramatic when it is raining out;)
  Teri @ 2010-01-05 23:31:08
• This is just wrong, ice in the swamp and more cold on the way. best...jerry
  ordinaryimages @ 2010-01-05 23:31:45
• Not to diminish what you felt at the time, Sherri, this is a fairyland shot full of surprise and "warmth" on a clearly cold but sunshiny day. It's quite magical. I even thought of Wind in the Willows!
  Ginnie @ 2010-01-06 00:01:30
• think i could feel your sense of creepiness, it came upon me while i stared at the picture..... i thought how beautiful it was, then thought, poor trees, poor deer, and poor sherri all in a row lol
  Elaine- @ 2010-01-06 00:04:34
• that's magical, sherri. i love the color of the water (ice?). and the trees.
  its like stepping from the back of a wardrobe into a fantasy world.
  Seraphine @ 2010-01-06 00:27:47
• i think it is beautiful, i don't get the creepy part either, probably if i was there...
  yz @ 2010-01-06 02:02:49
• I can understand you feeling creepy at this place. But you photo shows a lot of light, so at least it was not dusk or dawn which would have further increased the feeling.
  Mirko Herzner @ 2010-01-06 02:04:10
• What a beautiful magical image Sherri. We feel like being in a fairy tale!
  Standley @ 2010-01-06 02:15:24
• absolutely great... fantastic fluent movement
  fabrizio @ 2010-01-06 03:01:57
• Altho I understand that flooding is a 'disaster'...there is something soothing and calm about the image. Love the soft colors.
  Marcie @ 2010-01-06 03:15:03
• Lets hoped it does last long enough for lots of generations to come very interesting photo very peaceful indeed
  Philip @ 2010-01-06 05:07:14
• I'm the opposite of you - I'm always seeking out those places were I don't see a soul. Lovely photo.
  Turnbill @ 2010-01-06 06:14:43
• i think it is a nice nature picture, I do not think it is creepy. Is there more to the story?
  Bob @ 2010-01-06 07:10:09
• nice shadow light situation. Cool!
  Omar @ 2010-01-06 07:22:41
• Lovely photo... I would have love it even more if it was darker.. like.. more creepier.. :)
  Soe @ 2010-01-06 08:36:49
• I don't mind admiring these kinds of places from the distance of a 400mm lens. Not sure I'd got tredging through there though. Nice and accurate use of "pecuniary"...bonus points to Mr. Anderson. :)
  Hess @ 2010-01-06 08:38:14
• wow. looks cold!
  faisal @ 2010-01-06 09:03:32
• Beautiful shot! I don't think I have seen such a swampy place look so cold before!
  Charles Dastodd @ 2010-01-06 09:24:32
• A fine shot of these trees swamped with overflow. I like how your choice of trees includes those tipping toward each other. The water surface is remarkable. A fine shot, Sherri.
  don @ 2010-01-06 10:10:48
• I was thinking the same thing...creepy! I would be afraid of getting my leg bitten off by an alligator.
  hoi @ 2010-01-06 12:35:52
• I like the play of light on the trees.
  It looks like it could be the setting for a cheesy horror movie from the 50s.
  Michael Rawluk @ 2010-01-06 12:51:58
• This is such an interesting picture. Not at all expected! It's really beautiful.
  luminouslens @ 2010-01-06 13:01:50
• Excellent framed! Super natural colous and... magic place.
  beanow @ 2010-01-06 13:12:21
• What a superb view! I like it.
  Still @ 2010-01-06 13:21:38
• A place far far away, deep in the forest of mystery and fairy tale..
  Beautiful!!
  Framed and Shot @ 2010-01-06 14:05:25
• the contrasts of color and shadows among the trunks are so wonderful..i know I say this often, but this is one of my favorites!
  elk @ 2010-01-06 14:25:49
• "Nothing standing there / High water everywhere" (Bob Dylan)
  Scaring but not creepy, Sherri!: Beautiful! All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.
  Fritsch @ 2010-01-06 15:40:41
• What a gorgeous place. So strange to see a bayou with ice.
  sylvia cole @ 2010-01-06 15:51:53
• What a beautiful place. Nice play of shadows and light.
  Frida @ 2010-01-06 15:56:29
• fascinating intersections of lines.
  Otto K. @ 2010-01-06 17:12:40
• Downright creepy.....? I know the feeling, as if somebody/thing is watching. I like the reflective quality of the trees.
  Michael @ 2010-01-06 19:27:38
• is that flowing water? or ice? that looks like a neat place to explore.. :)
  but you better be careful exploring those places alone..
  rian @ 2010-01-06 19:30:25
• Great shot! Looks like somewhere I would like to go.
  Ramune (every.seven) @ 2010-01-06 20:16:53
• wow that's gorgeous! the kind of place i would love to photograph. you've done a lovely job - doesn't feel creepy at all.
  michele @ 2010-01-06 20:58:52
• Stunning sherri. the composition "traps" the eye in the tangle of trees
  Ken @ 2010-01-06 23:39:45
• This looks like one of those places, if you get lost you will never find your way out again.
  Claus Petersen @ 2010-01-07 03:19:52
• WOW love this shot sherri! Would be fun to ice skate through the trees!
  Andy @ 2010-01-07 10:05:25
• Nice design. Nice shadows.
  Nick @ 2010-01-07 11:35:49
• excellent work here
  yiannis krikis @ 2010-01-07 11:45:34
• Lovely view of tupelo trees. We are more used to seeing them in the warm sun of the South!
  Claude @ 2010-01-07 13:14:19
• Love when wrong turns, turn into great turns for beautiful places. Thanks for sharing!
  Yvonne @ 2010-01-07 22:25:05
• almost feels like you could go ice skating between the trees
  crash @ 2010-01-08 07:26:41
• This could be just as good a area in the woodlands I'm living in. Looks kind of cool. Trees rising up from the water.
  javga @ 2010-01-10 07:30:40
• Very beautiful image...love the tones and framing.
  Susan @ 2010-01-10 13:38:54
• this works so well! Strong image!
  Arjan - PlasticDaisy @ 2010-01-11 12:36:51
• wow ... incredible image
  Klaus @ 2010-01-11 13:55:35
• I like the way you use the tones and the light in your photography. Congratulations for this one and many others !
  Boris @ 2010-01-12 13:27:02
• Great shot from an interesting area.
  Joachim @ 2010-01-16 02:52:04
• wow! Very nice!! I followed shawn bierman's site to yours..you have a wonderful site here with so many great images!!! I love to add it to my sheltersky site so I can keep up with your images;)
  kyungmee @ 2010-01-24 00:55:08
• Is that swamp frozen over? Don't see that too often. Great winter images you made during that brutal cold spell.
  Dustin @ 2010-01-26 21:28:27

Jackson County, Arkansas

Backwater from the Cache River overflow. It's part of the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge; a total of 67,000 acres in at least 8 counties.

I had taken a wrong turn when I found this section of water. During my time off the beaten path I didn't see one living soul. It was very unsettling. Actually, it was downright creepy and yet it was still very beautiful.


I count myself more fortunate with each passing season to have recourse to these quiet, tree-strewn, untrimmed acres by the water. I would think it a sad commentary on the quality of American life if, with our pecuniary and natural abundance, we could not secure for our generation and those to come the existence of a substantial remnant of a once great endowment of wild and scenic rivers.
- William Anderson