I call this place "Hidden Hollow." Everyone else calls it "Fuzzybutt Falls." The first time I photographed it, I recorded my images on film. It was relatively private then. It has since become "discovered." Googling Fuzzybutt Falls garners a lot of results.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Back in the film days, while nosing around Falling Water Creek north of Ben Hur, Arkansas, I managed to round a corner of a trail and invade a couple's campground with my four-wheel drive vehicle. After apologies and an explanation of what I was doing, I accepted the young man's gracious offer to show me a really prime spot for pictures.

We had to descend a steep bank on Falling Water Creek, wade across the creek, and do a bit of bush beating until we arrived at the location you see above. I proceeded to burn up several rolls of film and wound up with some decent images. The location was pristine. No signs of human encroachment. The second time I visited, it was the same way. I shot it that time digitally. I named it "Hidden Hollow."

It has the appearance of a large cave with no roof, I'm thinking four or five stories high, give or take a story or two.

The last time I was in my Hidden Hollow, the location had been "discovered." Sadly, I found some detritus. I packed same out with me.

The spot has become popular with photographers, most of whom set-up to get this approximate shot. During my last trip, the light changed as I was leaving, and I gave it one more glimpse. The image at the top of the page is the result of that glimpse.

After doing the shot at the top of the page, as I made my way back to the Delta, it occurred to me that the Great Guiding Higher Power had again rained information on my person, to wit: "Hey dummy, occasionally try to take a second look at things from a different perspective."

Sometimes the second look is an improvement, sometimes it is a dismal failure. But you never know until you look.

N O T E S:  
Nikon D300, tripod mounted all. Second picture, ISO 200, Nikkor Nikkor VR 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 G ED, 1/10 @ f8. Second picture, same lens, ISO 400, 1/60 @ f4. These are base exposures, I used other exposures, over and under blended in Photoshop® CS6 Extended to achieve the appearances you see.

TAKE A LOOK
further up the creek
at the location
of a low-water bridge.
The approach is downhill
from a sharp curve,
so it appears "all at once."
See it without traveling
on a gravel road at
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