8 Year Old Boy Completes 25 Mile - 3 Day Nature Photography Adventure With His Father

Troy and Rusty Lilly, the authors of ForestWander Nature Photography (ForestWander.com) has released over 600 captivating nature photography images from the forests and mountains of West Virginia. These images are taken with a new high quality fixed focal length Sigma lens (28mm f/1.8). Troy states “this new lens has dramatically improved the clarity of our images”, he also emphasizes that he and his son are able to now capture video with a Canon G9 point and shoot camera during their excursions to add to their nature multimedia collection.

The high quality nature images taken

by ForestWander are stunning from the subject matter alone. These new images, taken just this year by the photographers, are mostly focused on flower, insect and waterfall photography. The images range from flowers in Troy and Rusty’s yard at home, to several miles deep in the Seneca Creek canyon trail of the Monongahela forest of West Virginia.

The photographers tell of some amazing encounters that they have experienced this year. Some especially notable are on the Seneca Creek hike, which totaled over 25 miles and lasted three days in the deep rugged wilderness. The photographer adventurers describe encounters with a large black bear and extremely rigorous physical conditions on their journey. The journey was especially amazing for Rusty who is only 8 years old but nonetheless is an avid adventurer.

Troy and Rusty began on a Wednesday morning in July 2008 at forest road 112 at the head of Seneca creek trail. They then hiked 5 miles into the canyon encountering a large black bear on the trail and continuing to Judy Springs where they set up their camp and tent. They then spent the rest of the day exploring around the camp area and hiking a couple miles up to Horton trail.