Autumn Serenity

Autumn Serenity, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Canopy Canvas

Canopy Vibrancy, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Autumn colors brighten up Olson Oak Woods State Natural Area, October 2009.

Pleasant Trekking

Pleasant Trekking, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

A peaceful wooded section of the Ice Age Trail within the Kettle Moraine State Forest

View From The Southern Bluffs

View From The Southern Bluffs, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Taken from the trail-less 3500 acre forest of Devils Nose State Natural Area; Devils Lake State Park, Wisconsin

Slated for Topple

Slated for Topple, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Ice Age Trail, Kettle Moraine State Forest

Conservancy Trails

Conservancy Trails, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Pheasant Branch Conservanc; Middleton, WI

A Forests End

A Forests End, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Goose Lake Drumlins State Wildlife Area

Taking Flight

Taking Flight, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

A stormy afternoon kayaking the waters of Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.

Island Shores

Island Shores, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

A rising moon illuminates restored prairie in this photo taken well after sundown at Pleasant Valley Conservancy SNA.

Oak Canopy Sundown

Oak Canopy Sundown, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Long-exposure of a segment of restored oak savanna, taken after sunset under a mostly full moon and twilight.

August Full Spectrum

August Full Spectrum, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

UW Madison Arboretum

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Natures Roof

Natures Roof, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Hemlock Draw State Natural Area, Baraboo Range, Wisconsin

Western Wisconsin Landscape

Western Wisconsin Landscape, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Clarity

Clarity, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Rock Island State Park, Wisconsin

Milky Way Time Lapse

Milky Way Time Lapse, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

One of my favorite shots from the weekend, took this one while we were attempting some nighttime headlamp fishing; to which we had no success.
-Rock Island State Park, Door County, Wisconsin

Lake of The Clouds Panorama

Lake of The Clouds Panorama, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Looking over a portion of the 60,000 acre Porcupine Mountain Wilderness Area, while on a 48-mile backpacking loop.

Burgundy Hues

Burgundy Hues, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

The 'Porkies'

Pristine Hemlock Forest

Pristine Hemlock Forest, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

48-mi backpacking trip in the Porcupine Mountain State Wilderness Area, Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Spring at The Encampment

Spring at The Encampment, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

A Sun's Warmth

A Sun's Warmth, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Distant Views

Distant Views, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Taken at the Spring Green Nature Preserve, Wisconsin.

Frozen Wake

Frozen Wake, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

East Bluff Panorama

East Bluff Panorama, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Light on the Horizon

Light on the Horizon, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Fallen Weave

Fallen Weave, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Naturally Bounded

Naturally Bounded, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Native dune grasses protecting the shifting sands of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Purple Skies

Purple Skies, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Lake Mendota Tributary

Lake Mendota Tributary, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

River Bluffs

River Bluffs, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Sprawling Advance

Sprawling Advance, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Hitching a Ride

Hitching a Ride, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Three as One

Three as One, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Olson Oak Woods, State Natural Area

Liquid Glass

Liquid Glass, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Branching Oak

Branching Oak, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Pleasant Valley State Natural Area

Evergreen Forest

Evergreen Forest, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Arboretum of the University of Wisconsin, Madison

Pine Hollow State Natural Area

Pine Hollow State Natural Area, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

One.

One., originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Governor Dodge State Park, Wisconsin

Fresh Snowfall

Fresh Snowfall, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Birch Stand

Birch Stand, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Governor Dodge State Park

Yellowstone To Scale

Yellowstone Steam, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

A Good Sign

A Good Sign, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Pheasant Branch Encampment, Wisconsin

Elevated

Elevated, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Grand Canyon Miniature

Grand Canyon Miniature , originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Oak Encampment

Oak Encampment, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Open grown oaks standing tall atop the Pheasant Branch Encampment.

Gibraltar Rock Panorama

Gibraltar Rock Panorama, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

A roughly 180-degree panoramic, with myself on the far-right cliff for scale!

Bokeh Variations

Bokeh Variations, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Grand Teton: Cascade Canyon

Grand Teton: Cascade Canyon, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Livelihood

Livelihood, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Gibraltar Rock SNA, Columbia County, WI

Character

Character, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Sunset Clearing

Sunset Clearing, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Shot within the Olson Oak Woods State Natural Area, Southern Wisconsin.

South Bluff State Natural Area Pano

South Bluff Panorama 2, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Natural Oscillations

Natural Oscillations, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Natural Highlights

Natural Highlights, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Pewits Nest State Natural Area

Pewits Nest State Natural Area, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

"The dominant feature at Pewits Nest is a 30- to 40-foot deep gorge formed during the retreat of the last glacier. Associated with it are Skillet Creek, shaded cliffs, and a northern dry-mesic forest. When Glacial Lake Baraboo drained, Skillet Creek cut a narrow canyon through the Cambrian sandstone, forming a series of potholes and waterfalls. The layers of Cambrian sandstone show that a finer-grained sediment was laid down by the Cambrian seas "inside" the syncline, a process different from that at Parfrey's Glen where coarser Cambrian conglomerates and sandstones are found in layers. Skillet Creek has a gradient of 38 feet/mile and an average flow of 0.8 cfs. Forest cover includes red cedar, white pine, hemlock, and yellow birch." -Wisc. DNR

Autumnal Sunset

Autumnal Sunset, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

360-degree Forest Panorama

360-degree Forest Panorama, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

This one turned out really cool. It's a series of eight or ten HDR shots in the Gotham pine forest. When viewed full-size (about 60 megapixles) this is especially cool, or in an interactive Quicktime VR file. Shoot me a message or email if you want to check this out, and I'll send over the 2MB Quicktime file.

Gotham Jack Pine Barrens State Natural Area; Gotham, WI

Saggy Orchard

Saggy Orchard, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

The Ski-Hi apple orchard and distant Wisconsin topography of Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Pleasant Valley Sunset

Sundown Atop The Bluff, originally uploaded by jw_creations.

Located in the Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin, Pleasant Valley Conservancy sits on a long narrow ridge that runs almost due east/west, with steep hillsides facing both north and south. The site contains a nearly complete range of southern Wisconsin natural community types including oak woodland, oak savanna, dry and wet prairie, sedge meadow, shrub-carr, open marsh, and spring complex. The steep south-facing ridge supports several prairie remnants, which are now thriving after intensive management began in 1995. The oak savannas, primarily on the ridge top, contain numerous large, open-grown bur and white oaks with many being over 150 years old. The savanna supports numerous grass, sedge, and forb species including the state-endangered purple milkweed, which re-appeared after restoration and prescribed burning began. The cooler north-facing slope is predominantly oak woodland with red oak, basswood, hackberry, butternut, yellowbud hickory, and red maple. The savanna and oak woodland support a diversity of bird species which include the red-headed woodpecker, a declining bird species of conservation concern. Other birds include blue-gray gnatcatcher, eastern wood pewee, tufted titmouse, eastern bluebird, yellow-throated vireo, scarlet tanager, black-billed cuckoo, and yellow-billed cuckoo. Also present is the spring-fed Pleasant Valley Creek, which flows through the wetland and into East Blue Mounds Creek. Pleasant Valley Conservancy is owned in part by The Prairie Enthusiasts and by Tom and Kathie Brock with management support from the Savanna Oak Foundation, Inc.. It was designated a State Natural Area in 2007.

Derived from dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/sna/sna551.htm