Tag: Brown County State Park

Indiana, Fall 2020, Brown County State Park Part 3

I left Ogle Lake and drove back towards the main roadway.  I stopped at a pull out before getting to the main route and walked along the roadway to shoot more just off the road.  As I walked beside the road I came to a trail, so I decided to take a short walk along the trail.

Hiking Trail in Brown County State Park, Indiana

The trail was covered with fallen leaves along much of the route that I walked.  The trail is just barely discernible in the lower left of the image above.

Fall in Brown County State Park, Indiana
Yellow Leaf and Moss on an old log, Brown County State Park, Indiana
Leaf and Fungi on an old log, Brown County State Park, Indiana
Brown County State Park, Indiana

It was mostly overcast on this day.  The dullness of the sky in the background gives the images too much of a fuzzy look for my taste; but it was what I was given today.

Brown County State Park, Indiana
Brown County State Park, Indiana

My short walk along the trail turned into a longer hike than I had planned.  The trail meandered through the forest with frequent changes in direction, eventually following high above a ravine.  The trail followed the ravine for quite a way, then crossed the ravine, then went along side the ravine in the opposite direction.  I eventually came to a junction in the trail near a park roadway.  I walked out of the woods to the road.  I did not know which road I was on, but I knew the direction I needed to go to find my vehicle.  I walked the roadway to a junction, which turned out to be the route to Ogle Lake.  I only had to walk a short distance along the road towards Ogle Lake to my vehicle.

On my way out of the park I stopped to shoot at an overlook.

Brown County State Park, Indiana
Brown County State Park, Indiana

That’s it for this shoot,

Ken

Indiana, Fall 2020, Brown County State Park Part 2 – Ogle Lake

After stoping at a number of pull outs along the main roadway in Brown County State Park, I continued to Ogle Lake and hiked the loop trail that goes around the lake.

At the end of the lake nearest the parking lot, I went off the trail down to the waters edge to get this image:

Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park, Indiana

I walked along the edge of the lake towards the north until I got back to the official trail, where I stopped to photograph reflections in the lake.

Fall Reflections, Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park, Indiana

There were not many others here today, so it was not difficult to keep a safe distance from others and I only had to standby occasionally to let others clear out of my compositions.

Brown County State Park, Indiana
Brown County State Park, Indiana

At least a couple of hikers asked what I was photographing.  The first to ask seemed to think that there must be something special that was not apparent along the trail to photograph.  The second was a photographer with a long lens.  He was photographing birds and thought I must be doing the same.  I guess we all have our own thoughts about what is worthy of photographing.

Brown County State Park, Indiana
Brown County State Park, Indiana

As I rounded the end of the lake and began to hike along the south side, I noted some very nice reflections on north side of the lake.

Fall Reflections, Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park
Fall Reflections, Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park, Indiana
Fall Reflections, Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park, Indiana
Fall Reflections, Ogle Lake, Brown County State Park

The reflections in the lake seemed to me to be the best images that I’ve gotten so far and I struggled to make interesting compositions for the rest of the hike.

Brown County State Park, Indiana
Brown County State Park, Indiana
Grafiti Tree, Brown County State Park, Indiana

That’s it for the Ogle Lake area,

Ken

 

Brown County State Park, Indiana, Fall 2020, Part 1

I visited Brown County State Park on the second day of our Fall of 2020 visit to Indiana, where I photographed near a number of pull outs along roadways through the park and while hiking a couple of trails in the park.

This post will consist of the photos made near the roadway.

Dew Drops and Grass, Brown County State Park, Indiana
Indiana Fall, Brown County State Park
Brown County State Park, Indiana
Big Fall Leaves, Brown County State Park, Indiana
Autumn Gold, Brown County State Park, Indiana
Yellow and Green, Brown County State Park, Indiana
A Trio of Fall Maple Leaves, Brown County State Park, Indiana

Thanks for following,

Ken