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This gallery is for pictures taken along a short stretch of the Huron River, from just above the Geddes Dam to the footbridge over the river a little below the dam. Two parking lots give access to this area on either side of Old Dixboro Road on the south bank of the river. The area is a link between Gallup Park (upstream, south bank only at this point) and Parker Mill County Park (downstream, north bank). For reasons which I hope will be clear to the viewer, I take a lot of pictures here. I decided to give the area its own gallery.

One type of picture I especially love to take at this locale is close-ups of reflections of the variety of structures (dams, bridges, railings, trees) and of shallow water flowing over stones at the river's edge. These will appear either in some of my Nature/Water galleries or in their own separate gallery ( http://arctangent.smugmug.com/Nature/Water/Under-the-Bridge-Dixboro-Road/19464486_SBxWCk ). This particular gallery will concentrate on wider views that are unique to the location.
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D272-2012
A day or two shy of full color development.
A sugar maple on the small island between headraces on the dam.
(For a graphic illustration of how much advanced in the calendar the fall color is in 2012, compare this with similar shots taken in 2011 and 2009.)

Geddes Dam, Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 29, 2012
Reflections of fall foliage and surrounding structures in the relatively calm waters above the dam.

Geddes Dam, Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 29, 2012
Looking upstream toward the tailraces for the Geddes Dam.

Huron River at Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 11, 2012
(N5N shot JPEG std res)
Should I keep it?  (The answer was "No".)

Huron River at Dixboro Bridge, Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 11, 2012
(N5N shot JPEG std res)
Rocks along the south bank catch the morning light directly, and in reflections from the bridge pillars and facings.
Look closely and you'll catch a speck of periwinkle blue of blooming chicory along the left side of the shot.
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Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
July 13, 2012.
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Reflections of the New Dixboro Road bridge, from under the bridge, in early morning light.
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Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
July 13, 2012.
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Not quite water tight.
Water spurts in morning light.

Geddes Dam and tailraces, seen from the Old Dixboro Road bridge.
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Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
July 13, 2012.
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Geddes Dam and tailraces, seen from the Old Dixboro Road bridge.
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Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
July 13, 2012.
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Tailrace Abstract.  A strange pattern of reflected light was playing on the concrete wall of one tailrace in the low angle morning light.
Geddes Dam and tailraces, seen from the Old Dixboro Road bridge.
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Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
July 13, 2012.
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D272-2012
A day or two shy of full color development.
A sugar maple on the small island between headraces on the dam.
(For a graphic illustration of how much advanced in the calendar the fall color is in 2012, compare this with similar shots taken in 2011 and 2009.)

Geddes Dam, Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 29, 2012
D272-2012
A day or two shy of full color development.
A sugar maple on the small island between headraces on the dam.
(For a graphic illustration of how much advanced in the calendar the fall color is in 2012, compare this with similar shots taken in 2011 and 2009.)

Geddes Dam, Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 29, 2012
D272-2012
A day or two shy of full color development.
A sugar maple on the small island between headraces on the dam.
(For a graphic illustration of how much advanced in the calendar the fall color is in 2012, compare this with similar shots taken in 2011 and 2009.)

Geddes Dam, Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 29, 2012
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