Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

This is out of the archives, having been posted several years ago as one of a series of images portraying a “sense of place” series of “my river”, the Big Sioux, an eastern South Dakota tributary of the Missouri River, through the passage of the seasons. It has meandered about its ancient flood plane for over ten millennia since the last glacial ice sheet withdrew northward within a short distance from where we live.
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https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-363132-1.html

This one lent itself well to 3D conversion, so, to complement the posted image for those able to view 3D image pairs by either parallel gaze ( II - the left pair) or crossed gaze ( X - the right pair) I am including the 3D triplet version .
Note that the 3D version will be most easily viewed on a digital tablet or a smartphone.

Dave

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fergmark Loc: norwalk connecticut

Thats a fine image 2D

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Great composition and colors!

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Hi, Mark,
Each time I view this scene, regardless of weather or season, it is as seeing its compositional and creative possibilities for the first time.
Thanks for looking and for your comments.
Dave

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Sorry...duplicate post.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Hi, jaymatt,
I figure that the Cosmos provides the colors and composition; every once in a while I’m fortunate enough to figure out how to capture them in a complementary manner.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

Dave

GPS Phil Loc: Dayton Ohio

A high class Calendar shot, perfect composition!

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Thank you, GPS Phil,
I appreciate your looking in and commenting.

Dave

Mncarpenter

Beautiful photos of a place few appreciate for its beauty. Most think that the prairie is too flat, or boring. Not many experience it long enough to feel the peace of the place. That’s fine by me, fewer people to clutter it up.
Can I ask where on the Sioux? I’ve spent many days and hours canoeing the Sioux, cat fishing and just relaxing. That river holds many memories.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Hi, Mncarpenter,

I am delighted...make that thrilled...to hear from someone with obvious feelings for, and experience with the Big Sioux ! Where ‘bouts are you located?

“My spot” on the Big Sioux is at the point of it’s intersection with the east-west state hwy 28 two miles north of the Hamlin County - Brookings county line, and about 2 miles west of the thriving (and continually thinking-of-getting-ready-to-plan-on-growing) industrial-agricultural complex that is the village of Estelline (named for the daughter of the owner of the railroad spur that first connected the village to the rest of the world) (Population approx 690 to 700...around which number it has hovered for about the last two decades).

But I digress....

Hwy 28 crosses the Big Sioux twelve miles west of intersection #150 of Interstate Hwy 29.

I agree. The Sioux is a lovely river for canoeing in the spring, summer, and fall, and for miles of flat and level-as-you-can-get cross-country skiing in winter. No better venue for peaceful contemplation of the muse-of-the moment! No two days on the Big Sioux are ever the same! And during fall and spring migration many a wonderful day of birding can be spent on the Big Sioux river! Early of a spring morning in the wooded banks of the Sioux: no better place to be immersed in the songs of the spring warblers as they settle in for a day of rest and feeding after a hard night’s flight from some point far to the south!

Thanks for looking and for your comments.
You made my day!

Dave

Mncarpenter

I currently live in Minnesota, and now the Minnesota River is my “Big Sioux “. I grew up on the west coast of Iowa, and fished the Big Sioux around Westfield many times with an older friend, a veteran of WWII, and POW taken on Corregidor. I heard many stories of the Philippines and life in a prison camp, while canoeing or in a Jon boat.
Wasn’t too many years later, I lived in Yankton and then rural Beresford. Grew to love that state , the ability to get to quiet places with few people. I plan to retire somewhere around Yankton in 3-4 years and spend a great deal more time on SD rivers. I was surprised/ glad to see your post, brought back a lot of memories. Thank you

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

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Hi, Mn,
When you lived near Beresford did you ever make the acquaintance of Don Hunter, a cattleman whom I knew as a falconer?

Dave

Mncarpenter

No, can’t say that I did. I kinda lived in the sticks, 15 miles to vermillion, 15 miles to Beresford. Straight west of the Rory O’Connor house, big farmhouse w a pattern of various color shingles on the roof, on top of a high hill next to 29. That House burned down a couple years after I moved. Lots of stories about that house and Rory, I went through the house once when it was up for sale. Pretty cool ol place, Rory was a piece of work.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Yep! That WAS out in the sticks!

Regards,
Dave