Amazing Prickett Dam!...Part ONE of THREE

We went for a ride in the woods to see some more opportunities for pictures in the autumn.

My husband remembered a pretty little dam which he thought would be a good spot for photographs in reflecting water.

We drove up to the dam and I was speechless.

Almost all of the water had been drained out. He began to apologize, thinking I would be disappointed.

I was so excited, I could hardly stand it!

Because, in front of me, was a photographer's dream.....a vast, drained pond FULL of twisted tree roots and tangled trees with wonderful shapes! Almost everywhere I looked, there was a photograph begging me to take it.

I took a TON of photos...so this is the first of a THREE part series of shots I was blessed with there.

So....

Are you ready????

Here is a closeup of the many, many tree roots left at the bottom of the drained dam:

And a giant tree root left high and dry.

I loved how it was transposed on the colorful autumn leaves in the background!:

A wider view of the drained dam:

I loved the spreading roots of this stump:

Of course a barren scene like this BEGGED for a black and white of it:

Stumps, stumps, everywhere!:

It was so neat that we could walk on the bed of a dam that was drained and take in all that normally lies under the water:




Twin stumps, waiting for some fisherman's lures to get caught in them when the water used to be there:

It looks like a wasteland, in the middle of an autumn wonderland:

At one time, someone must have put this birdhouse right next to the pretty water-filled dam when it looked like a lake.

Now, it looked lonely and out of place...

Stay tuned for Part Two and Part Three

of the amazing drained dam.

I just couldn't stop at only ten pictures of it.

Now you see WHY!....