The Three Creeks Metro Park is where the Alum, Big Walnut and Blacklick creeks all come together in one spot. This was my first trip there and I got a couple nice test shots.
It was a bright, humid morning and the creeks were full after a couple good rainstorms. There was still a little ground fog too. I didn’t find a composition that showed all three creeks coming together. In the shot below, the third creek is hidden behind the trees on the right. Next time I go I’ll try a shot from the other side of the creek. This is a four shot HDR.
After the creeks converge, there’s a shallow area that let me walk part way across and line up on the far shore that’s between two of the creeks. I stacked three rocks to create foreground interest.
While editing I realized I’d stacked them on a fourth rock. D’oh! So much for the three rocks / three creeks tie in.
![Three Creeks Convergence ISO:100 - f/16 - 10mm - 1/6 second](http://sherrill-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ThreeCreeksConvergence-700x467.jpg)
ISO:100 – f/16 – 10mm – 1/6 second
A quick behind the scenes of the setup for the shot above. Manfrotto 190XPRO4 tripod, Sony a3000, Sigma 10-20mm lens, B&W 77mm circular polarizer, and a Mudder remote. The tripod has a 90° center post that lets you get the camera as close to the ground, or water, as you want.
![BTS Three Creeks - Shot with Samsung S5](http://sherrill-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BTS_ThreeCreeks.jpg)
Here’s one of the SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera) shots. I’m always striving to find a balance in my post processing between accuracy and art. I’m not trying to document a landscape as it was at a particular moment so much as I’m trying to create something beautiful and evocative from the landscape as I see it.
![Three Creeks SOOC](http://sherrill-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ThreeCreeksSOOC-700x466.jpg)
From the bridge that crosses the converged creeks I was drawn in by the creek within a creek created by the reflections of the sky and trees.
![Post Convergence ISO:100 - f/8 - 10mm - 1/200 second](http://sherrill-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/PostConvergence-1200x1500.jpg)
ISO:100 – f/8 – 10mm – 1/200 second