Halls Creek Wood preserve is a beautiful but somewhat creepy place. The preserve is meant to be rustic and undeveloped. Living in neat suburbia, I am accustomed to everything being in order and well manicured. Perhaps this is why, being in a place like this, makes me feel like something mystical is nearby. Regardless, the beauty of the land, coupled with the tinge of the unknown, makes this a fun place to explore.
Steps
Lost
Tree of horror.
No one, just you and me.
Saving sun.
Through the clearing and up the steps.
At the river bank.
The creek
Beaver’s view.
Shadows.
Fallen.
Discarded.
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I love the wild! Love for the unmanicured mess is exactly why I hate campuses like UCLA or USC and much prefer UC Davis. WILD!
Thanks. I’ll have to take your word for it. I’ve never been to any of those campuses. 🙂
Looks creepy. 🙂
It sort of was but that’s another reason I like it there.
Yes, it’s a picturesque creepyness.
Nothing beats black and white ♥
Thanks.
Creepy! But good.
Thanks. 🙂
I absolutely love these pictures…
Thats very kind of you. thanks.
Looks like a haunted forest you’d see in a fantasy movie. Though, I’m guessing it looks very different in the spring.
Thanks. We’ll see in the spring.
I love them too, they epitomize bleakness.
Thanks so much. 😉 🙂
Love it! It reminds me of a place I went with a friend to burn a broken cupboard, found of the side of the street… This was at night, but if it were in the day, I feel it would have looked very similar to this place.
Wow, sounds like a cool place.
At first glance this looks like a creepy place… but a couple of images, “shadows” in particular are imbued with a wonderful peace… such a paradox, and lovely collection! Thanks for sharing them!
Thanks James.
Great pictures. Your making me miss Ohio!!!LOL
Well you should come on back and visit.
I need to visit my family back there. I have to plan it.
Love the arrangement in that first shot.
Thanks so much. 🙂 Glad you like that first one.
Nice pics Mr. Seth! Hugz, Lisa
Thanks Lisa.
…and every time I think you’ve posted my favorite photos…you share another blog… with my new favorites!
Thanks Sock Monkey
Nice b and w treatment with these. It sort of reminded me of landscapes from that dark film, “The Road”
Thanks .P)
You’re so right about The Road, the photos totally have that feel to them – amazing!
I’ll have to check out “the Road” How scary is it?
It’s not scary, more has a dark and oppressive feel to it, it’s an amazing book by Cormac McCarthy – I was hooked from page 1.
It’s also a film, but I didn’t like it as much as the book.
Let me know what you think!
Ah, but that’s the very adventure of the ‘disorderly’, isn’t it, Seth? It shakes us out of our comfort zone. From a wider perspective it’s striking to see these images compared to the more traditional colour and beauty we see in your ‘standard’ work. It serves to make us think which is great.
Yes, I agree with Northern Desert. Mysterious…great atmosphere!
Thanks Soonie.
Spooky. An early morning walk with some mist and moving fog … oh, I’ll bet that would make the back of your neck tingle. The black and white treatment just enhances the mood. Thanks!!!
Thanks for your kind words.
I love the pics but even more so that you decided to shoot in Black and White! It gives the trees and surroundings a eerie creepy look and feel! “Beaver’s View” looks like something out of a horror movie I expected to see a creepy darkly dressed figure in the distance…
Thanks so much. :)….
Love the simplicity of black and white!
Thanks Toni.
Eerie and spooky.. black and white was definitely the best choice! *shivers*
Thanks so much. Sahar.
There is indeed a thin line between “fallen” and “discarded”.
Yes true. Thanks.
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I shouldn’t like to have to make a run for it in the night there with those mute trees arching over me … looks like a good place to explore before ‘Saving Sun’ is spent 😉
Thanks Poppytump.
Nice !
Thanks Sonu. How are the wedding plans going?
U welcome !! Wedding plans are going on .. Just working on the guest lists n dance number .. Thank u so much for asking .. 🙂
love those photos!
Thanks Evelyn.
Some of these were kind of creepy but still awesome. I like the last one “discarded”…when I went hiking in the park i saw some odd trash scattered about in the woods. I saw furniture too like couches and mattresses. It made me think who really dragged that stuff all the way to the middle of the woods lol.
Yeah. Maybe they thought the animals needed some furniture. 😉
Love it.
Cool. Thanks.
you said that I’d like the park pictures, and I really do.
This kind of makes me wonder what the neighborhood looks like after that meteor strike in Moscow looks like today!!! Did you see that video?
I did. It was odd.
Beautiful, yet eerie 🙂 Love it!
Thanks Judy.
Great gallery again, but I’m not really a big fan of sepia or black & white. I want color in my world .. even if its only a dash. Hope you have a great weekend.
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They look like two fishing rods! 🙂
wow…these are great photos…I think the b&w contributes to the somewhat “creepy” feel, but I think like you… because I live in a city, these types of photos hold a special interest to me…I’m sure they would look completely different in colour…
Thanks Heather. They do look a lot different in color.