If you want to find out whether you’re a patient person, find yourself a blue heron that’s hunting for his lunch, and try to wait to catch him in the act of actually catching a fish. You’ll find you do mostly standing as still as he is, until you start to go crazy. (I have […]
O’Shaughnessy Reservoir
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Water Walls

When I first looked at it on the map, I didn’t think I would enjoy O’Shaughnessy Reservoir as a photo stop. I prefer natural water falls to dams. But I ended up finding a lot that fascinated me. In particular, the left corner next to the main wall of the dam, had several stepped areas […]
Dam Sunset

After having stopped at the O’Shaughnessy Reservoir earlier in the day when the sun was directly above, a group of photographers I’d gone on a day outing with had decided we’d stop by again on our way home to catch the dam in a lower light setting to allow easier long exposure shots. I was […]
Trickle Before the Flood

On the way back from a trip to Hocking Hills State Park I decided to stop at the O’Shaughnessy Reservoir to try to get some sunset photos of the dam (I’d been there once before but was hoping for a “fall” look on the trees this time.) I was disappointed because the water was barely […]