Not a specific place per se, but this year our river in the middle of town is very, very dry, and for the first time I can remember, I am able to walk into the middle with dry feet.
What I did notice however is I am able to setup and photograph the downtown of my city from an angle, a point of view that locally I haven't seen before. So last night, about two and half hours before sunset, with the sun right at my back and downtown lite up just perfect, at least for me, I was able to drag my 4x5 into the middle of the river and do about 16 shots of downtown.
Hopefully this drought will never hit again, or at least never this bad, but for future years, I'll now have an angle of my city that will be a bit unique.
One other thing I did was take my digital SLR along, with the gps attached, and I matched my film shots with digital, so that I'll have a record of when and where I took them.
So I am thinking for those of you looking for a unique perspective to shoot from, I imagine many of you have dry or nearly dry riverbeds in your area, and you too might be able to take some shots that in normal circumstances would never come about.
Good luck
Joe
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