As I woke up that day I had one goal and it was to visit an amazing park. Looked in Google and found Land Between The Lakes. I started looking at the photos provided by some other great photographers. I was pumped, ready to hit the road and visit this amazing place. Woke up the wife, prepped the girls and in 30 minutes was out the door with gear ready for an awesome adventure.Land Between The Lakes is located half of it's territory is Kentucky and the other in Tennessee. The drive towards this amazing place is beautiful. Being able to see the farm lands, the cows and even spotted a couple of hawks along the road. I was super excited.
To get to this amazing location you have to cross a bridge, this bridge i high and narrow. Incoming traffic will be like if they are invading your lane but they are not, so don't be scared. They are building a two lane bridge right next to it, so hopefully they can leave the old one there for viewing a photographers delight.As we drove towards the welcoming center it was cold and chilly, but you can smell the fresh scent of pine trees that surround you. Just amazing. If you want to see the Bison and Elks, you need to get a $5.00 pass which I consider to be cheap for the amount of wildlife you see there, plus the experience of being there.
We got to ELK & BISON PRAIRIE, I got my camera ready for that amazing shot. Was pretty down because I was not able to see any bison (they were being kept enclosed for some environment test) or elks the first 5 minutes of driving in this area. Then my wife tells me "Babe look over there, I see something among the trees". I stop and there they were..... Elks just chilling among the talk shaded trees. I got so excited. I was able to take some shots from more than 300 feet.
So we continued driving down the road to see if we were able to see any deer or more elk. Also was able to capture some amazing shot of the flora that surrounded us. As we were getting closer to the north side of the park we saw how the females and baby elks were separated from the male elks. Was able to get some shots of them. Pretty epic.We decided to drive back to where we saw the male elks. They we still on the same spot we had saw them before. So I parked the car and started walking towards them keeping a safe distance. What an amazing feeling it was. Mother Nature, my camera and these graceful yet powerful elks in front of me. As I got closer they stood up, from 3 we had seen before, out of nowhere there were a total of 6 elks. Wow. I was able to see their warm breath come out their mouths while just staring at me, just wondering what was going to be my next step. But I stood there amazed by there beauty.
After a while we decided to drive around the other side of this amazing place. We reached a spot that was amazing. The reflection of this amazing place was breathtaking. Beautiful in a way like no other. Stayed on that spot for maybe 40 minutes. The sun was going down and it was getting colder by the minute.
Wrapped it up and loaded the girls, put gear away and started driving home. And for our surprise we saw an American Bald Eagle. Wow, epic capture. Was able to get a couple of shots from down below. There is a lookout tower where there are two huge nests. Now we know were to look for some epic shots.
Believe me when I say that I was a happy camper, like a when you give candy to a kid. And when I started editing these amazing shot, making those amazing colors pop...... it's a feeling like no other. I encourage you that reads this, please do go out and explore the world, take your kids with you so they can experiment and value what mother nature has for them.
Here is a link o of my Facebook BoriPhotography Galleria where you will find more photos I took from this amazing place. You are more than welcome to comment and share.
