A farm field full of butterweed.  85 mm, F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/400 sec exposure.

A tree frog posing for the camera.  300 mm, F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/60 sec exposure, cropped.

A particularly bright lightning stroke reflected in Forbes Lake.  18 mm, F/5, ISO 200, 96 sec exposure.

Last picture of Burden Falls.  18 mm, F/14, ISO 200, 8 sec exposure, circular polarizing filter.

A close-up of the bottom of Burden Falls creating a neat lighting effect.  30 mm, F/13, ISO 200, 8 sec exposure, circular polarizing filter. 

A slightly different angle on lower Burden Falls.  18 mm, F/13, ISO 200, 8 sec exposure, circular polarizing lens.

This is the lower and larger falls in the Burden Falls area.  21 mm, F/13, ISO 200, 8 sec exposure, circular polarizing lens.

A final view showing all of the upper Burden Falls area.  18 mm, F/10, ISO 200, 8 sec exposure, circular polarizing filter.

Another picture of the upper Burden Falls area.  The amount of water flowing over the falls varies quite a bit, from completely dry to gushing.  These pictures were taken a few days after some moderate springtime rains.  24 mm, F/13, ISO 200, 13 sec exposure, circular polarizing filter.

This the Upper Burden Falls area in Southern Illinois.  A neat area that has some impressive waterfalls that will follow in the next several posts.  24 mm, F/13, ISO 200, 13 sec exposure.

More turkeys displaying.  300 mm, F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/320 sec exposure.

Turkeys on display during the mating season.  300 mm, F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/400 sec exposure.

A more close-up view of the snow geese landing.  105 mm, F/16, ISO 200, 1/25 sec exposure.

Every spring snow geese aggregate in the fields near here.  I always have wanted to get a photo that conveys their numbers.  This is the closest I got and it doesn't do them justice.  62 mm, F/16, ISO 200, 1/25 sec exposure.

Final HDR picture, this time going for a surreal look.

Garden of the Gods HDR photo number 3.

More HDR photography from Garden of the Gods State Park.

Next few Garden of the Gods State Park photos are me trying out some HDR techniques.

Garden of the Gods State Park.  18 mm, F/3.5, ISO 320, 1/30 sec exposure.

Garden of the Gods State Park.  24 mm, F/3.8, ISO 200, 1/50 sec exposure.