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arctangent  > Places - Near > Ann Arbor area parks > Geddes Dam connecting Gallup and Parker Mill County Parks
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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Pedestrian bridge over the Huron Rivier; on the trail that connects Gallup Park and Parker Mill Park.

An exercise in use of internal framing.

October 7, 2011
I liked the intrusion of curving veils of light into the essentially geometric scene.
Light bouncing off ripples in the headrace onto the concrete side wall.

Geddes Dam at Dixboro Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Reflection of a sugar maple atop the dam.

Geddes Dam at Dixboro Road
Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Reflection of a sugar maple atop the dam.

Geddes Dam at Dixboro Road
Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Reflection of the sugar maple on the dam island, viewed from further back so the warning floats aren't so intrusive.

Geddes Dam at Dixboro Road
Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Flow This Way.
Light and shadow provide important parts of the geometry of this abstract.
(A footing of one of the headraces of Geddes Dam.)

Huron River, Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Maize and Blue.
I sometimes wonder whether fishing is just an excuse for getting outside and enjoying nature.  There certainly wasn't much activity required from this particular fisherman.

Huron River south bank, between the Dixboro Road Bridge and the footbridge, below Geddes Dam.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
A cyclist resting on a warm afternoon in early October.  He couldn't have a nicer autumn view!

Above the Geddes Dam on the Huron River.
Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Fishing is a popular activity all along this stretch of the Huron River.

Beneath the Dixboro Road Bridge.
Below Geddes Dam, Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Reflection of a sugar maple atop the dam.

Geddes Dam at Dixboro Road
Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Reflection of a sugar maple atop the dam.

Geddes Dam at Dixboro Road
Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
Reflection of a sugar maple atop the dam.

Geddes Dam at Dixboro Road
Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 7, 2011
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Original size: 4462x2975 |
Current: 800x534 |
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Keywords: dam yellow orange reflections golden red fall gold october foliage colors autumn michigan autumnal ann arbor gallup park headrace huron river 2011 geddes dam headraces
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