Saturday morning was an interesting one, for sure.

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Photographer Matt Kennedy}

Matt Kennedy called me the night before asking if I’d like to go with him and Clay Wells out to Flatside Pinnacle for some moonset and sunrise photos. I’m never one to pass up a photography expedition invite, so I said yes. Of course, the subjects we were photographing would require us to wake up really early.

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Moonset}

When I work, I work till midnight. Friday night, I worked. I got off work and headed home for some sleep before having to wake up at 4:45 Saturday morning. Saturday was an OK day to shoot at Flatside Pinnacle. There weren’t many clouds, but there was a little fog. The conditions we were looking for were tons of fog in the valleys and clouds in the sky, but we were a bit disappointed to find neither.

_{Flatside Pinnacle – HDR}

_{Flatside Pinnacle – HDR}

Even without those perfect conditions you do what you can and take the shots. So, we all set up and prepared ourselves for the sunrise. Without the clouds and the fog, I think it still turned out awesome. We all moved around to the southwest side of Flatside and found a good vantage point to view the rising sun. From the southwest side of Flatside Pinnacle you can see Lake Maumelle which, from that vantage point, the sun rises directly over.

Along for the trip this time was Clay Wells, a great photographer. He decided to meet Matt and I up at the summit for the shooting that day. This was the first trip that I’ve taken with him and it was nice to shoot with, and meet, another photographer from the Central Arkansas area.

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Forked Mountain with Fog}

After the sun completely rose over the horizon, we shot the shadows created by the Ouchitas. I’ve never been to Flatside Pinnacle for a sunrise before, looking at the view during sunrise was a completely different experience. The way the light falls on everything is simply majestic. The sole purpose of this trip was to try and get the views with clouds beneath and above us, therefore the sole purpose was ruined, however the simple light play with the shadows that the mountains create was a great experience in it’s own right.

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Perspective}

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Above shot taken this time last year at sunset}

I set up for a couple of panoramas which you can view below. The first is looking southwest towards Little Rock, with the sun rising. The second is after the sun had already risen over the horizon, but as it was still creating interesting light on the Ouchita foothills.

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Looking towards Little Rock Panorama}

Photography by Zack Andrews – Panoramas – Click Flatside Pinnacle after the jump

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Forked Mountain with Fog Panorama}

Photography by Zack Andrews – Panoramas – Click Flatside Pinnacle after the jump

The rest of the photos are my artsy detail shots that I like to take on my photography expeditions, enjoy!

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Sunrise through the trees}

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Warming the dead}

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Rock Detail}

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Who put that there?!}

Last but not least, one of my favorite shots from the day. Ironic, that it was taken not on Flatside Pinnacle itself, but on Brown’s Creek which runs by the road on the way there.

_{Flatside Pinnacle – Autumn is Drawing Nigh}