Double Falls At Joe Ponder Hollow Left Falls Muir Valley Nature Preserve Wolfe County Kentucky
Dog Falls Unnamed Stream Laurel Gorge Heritage Center Elliot County Kentucky Located about 20 miles south west of Grayson, Kentucky, Laural Gorge is one of the best kept secrets in the state of Kentucky. Featuring 7 known wet weather falls including the towering 70 ft. Dog Falls, the mini canyon is also a wildlife and wild flower haven. The interesting story I heard about Dog falls and how it got it's name was years ago area folks would dump their dead pets over the falls, yet again we have another bizarre name for a Kentucky waterfall.
Double Falls Lower Drop Unnamed Stream Laurel Gorge Heritage Center Elliot County Kentucky At the time of this photo a very close personal friend told me that another photographer had told her "being a nature photographer was nothing", that it was "easy" and had "no respect for them." I was a bit surprised as obviously this person has obviously never walked in the woods and has spent far too much time behind their strobes. So how is this for easy, the many falls at Laural Gorge are for the most part isolated, although a short hike from the trail. They involved climbing over moss covered boulders, walking in slippery creek beds, walking along sheer drops, pushing through rhododendron tangle and climbing up a very muddy steep canyon side. Such as this falls, the lower falls of Twin Falls, the trek had all of these and to get an isolation shot of the upper falls well, it may be just a bit too scary but we'll see. One should never have anything negative to say about a landscape photographer, because sometimes, one false move and it could be your last shot.
