"Lightning through the Trees"...

Conway, Arkansas.
Photo # K07_7437-510.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Timeless"...

Here's another photograph I created from a recent portrait session with Melissa.

Photo # F2502092cbws2.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Trees and Ghosts I"...

There's something mesmerizing about the tree in the center. The branches seems to spin outward from the center. As I was carefully photographing this panorama, a Ring-billed Gull flew across my frame.

Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.
Photo # K07_5913-16c3bws.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Vintage Nikon"...

Here's a photograph I created from a recent portrait session with Melissa.  My intent was to give this a timeless feel, almost as if this were a vintage Nikon advertisement.  

Photo # K07_6189sepia169a.
(c) Kelly Shipp

 

 

Lunar Eclipse, 2025

 Unfortunately, we had a very cloudy night for the eclipse, so I wasn't able to get sharp photos of the moon in the conditions.
Lunar eclipse on a cloudy night, March 2025.  This was just as totality began, as you can see the bright rim light at the top fading away.

Photo # F2502459c3.

 

 

"Stormy Skies"...

A nice lightning show over Conway, Arkansas.

March 13, 2025.
Photo # K07_7061-7165bc.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Ghosts of the Cotton Gin"...

This cotton gin was built in the 1930's by Dick Hunt. While some farmers waited for their cotton, they would buy a 'soda pop' and candy from Mr. Hunt's store. You could buy a hamburger and coke for thirty cents.

Spending quiet time here gives you the feeling of immense history and culture from another time. At times, you can almost feel the presence of what once was.

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Heber Springs, Arkansas
Photo # IMG_1988-92bws.
(c) Kelly Shipp