Show & Tell: Star Trails at Tyler State Park
An usually warm end of January, even by Texas standards, presented me with a unique opportunity in 2016. With clear skies in the forecast a chance to get an early start to both my camping season and astrophotography year was too good to pass up. On a previous trip I had scouted a location along the shore of Tyler State Park which I felt had potential for a star trail sequence, so the race was on to get a camp site as close to the shoot location as possible. With …
Dinosaur Valley State Park – Spring Trip Review
Overview As eluded to in the first post (Cleburne State Park) in this series covering my spring photo trip, Dinosaur Valley State Park was my actual intended target for my first stop along my route through Texas. Unfortunately I was unable to get a camping site at the park, however I did do a quick drive through the camping area and found the area to be quite nice and certainly on my list for a future weekend or longer camping trip. If you’re looking for a State Park to visit …
Cleburne State Park – Spring Trip Review
On April 9th I departed on my spring photo tour which I discussed in a number of my earlier posts. During the following 9 days, I visited a half-dozen different State Parks and numerous other photographic locations through the state. To make the ensure that the review of the trip is as helpful to those who may read it, I’ll be covering them by location instead of by the timeline of the trip. I will however start with the first park I visited – Cleburne State Park. Overview My first …