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ome venues are artistically more productive than others. I wonder if this is primarily because of characteristics inherent to external visual attributes, or because of an internal affinity and orientation. Regardless I find the Smithville Lake region fertile for image capture. It has a wide open spaciousness that I consider appealing and feels more like Kansas than Missouri.
As a man made lake resulting from an earthen dam, the extensive 175 mile shoreline often features flooded dead trees rising up from the water's surface. These forlorn skeletons are optically and theoretically interesting as a reminder of the landscape that was. It is remarkable how long such organic remnants can last while subjected to extreme environmental conditions, since the lake is now 28 years old.
“Near the lake where drooped the willow, long time ago.” - George Pope Morris
