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Photographs of the Week – November 19, 2025


Just lately, I’ve spent a while mining my picture library for pictures to make use of in a pair completely different initiatives. Whereas I used to be down that gap, I took benefit of the method to construct some collections of a few of my favourite images and submit them on their very own net web page. I hope the images assist encourage folks to see prairies as one thing price caring about. Be at liberty to ship the hyperlink to anybody who hasn’t but been bitten by the prairie bug. (Possibly don’t use that phrase with them, although.)

Now, on to this week:

Among the finest issues about being a photographer is that it encourages me to hunt out and admire magnificence on the planet round me. The serenity that comes from that train has develop into a necessity in my life. Geez, that sounds sappy, huh? I can’t assist it. It truly is an enormous deal to me.

Silver maple leaf in Lincoln Creek.

Final week, I made two journeys to my favourite stretch of Lincoln Creek, which runs proper by means of city right here in Aurora, Nebraska. It’s not what most individuals would name a “fairly” stream alongside most of its size. The truth is, many individuals would in all probability name it extra of a storm drain than a stream. Within the fall, although, lots of the naked grime on its steep eroded banks is roofed by fallen leaves. That spruces it up somewhat (despite the fact that the leaves are from silver maples, not spruce bushes – hardee har har).

Right here’s the part of Lincoln Creek the place I spent a pair hours photographing floating leaves final week.

Throughout my two visits final week, I spent a pair blissful hours admiring the numerous hundreds of leaves floating on the water, looking for picture compositions I favored. I used to be capable of overlook about the remainder of the world for a short time and simply give attention to discovering magnificence. I extremely advocate it – with or and not using a digicam.

Here’s a very small choice (percentage-wise) of the images I took throughout these two journeys. If you wish to make somewhat sport out of trying by means of the images, see if you will discover the one leaf that’s included in two images. I’m fairly positive there’s simply the one. You’re additionally welcome to only benefit from the images with out attempting to win a sport. It’s as much as you. Additionally, I’m actually sorry about that terrible “spruce it up” joke.

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About Chris Helzer

Chris Helzer is the Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska. His predominant position is to guage and seize classes from the Conservancy’s land administration and restoration work after which share these classes with different landowners – each personal and public. As well as, Chris works to lift consciousness concerning the significance of prairies and their conservation by means of his writing, pictures, and shows to varied teams.

Chris can also be the creator of “The Ecology and Administration of Prairies within the Central United States”, revealed by the College of Iowa Press. He lives in Aurora, Nebraska together with his spouse Kim and their youngsters.


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