Boxley Valley Buffalo National River

[compton_photographer]

Boxley Valley of the Buffalo National River is one of the treasures of North America, but it is just not well known. Photographers are discovering it. I have created a blog and photographer guide at http://arkansaswildlifephotography.com. This is not commercial, it is a tool to help photographers learn about the resource, and how to photograph it. We are now less than a month from the start of the elk rut. This is our big annual event, one every nature photographer would love.

[compton_photographer]

This morning for the first time I saw evidence of the earliest start of the 2008 rut. This is a spectacular time to be NW Arkansas, everything happens at once, fall color, mild weather, and it is superb for elk watching. Last you around the first week in October I took pictures of a herd with satellite bulls that started attacking the alpha bull. Ultimately there were 3 bull fights in front of me at once. Roughly a 150 elk, and 15 bulls. It was spectacular.

I really want other photographers to know about and visit NW Arkansas. This one photo destination that is nearby, and offers an unexpected range of photo opportunities. Rock, water, fall color, rocky bluffs, vistas, waterfalls, wild flowers, etc.. It is all here. There are great places to camp right in the middle of the action. Cheap cabins if you want to go that way.

Check out http://arkansaswildlifephotography.com to learn about the area and shooting opportunities. It is not a commercial site. Nothing is for sale there. This is about the area written by a photographer, for photographers.

[compton_photographer]

Its prime time now in the annual elk rut in Boxley Valley and the Buffalo National River. Last Monday I shot two bull fights, by the same bulls in the morning.
Visit http://arkansaswildlifephotography.com for details. I write nearly every day during the rut, and many days a month at other times.
Yesterday I posted nearly 30 photos on the bull fights at http://arkansaswildlifephotography.com/arkansas_bullfight_gallery_p1.html. This is not
only pictures, but discussion of the fighting process.