Bnw capture of the Illinois River under heavy October sky. Trees stripped bare. Water still. Hills fading into mist. Chewey Bridge at JT Nikel Preserve. 8,000+ acres of forest, bluff, and stream. River runs 145 miles.

#IllinoisRiver #JTNIkelPreserve #Oklahoma #OklahomaLandscape

#IllinoisRiver at No Head Hollow. Cherokee Res, OK.

Trees like elders.

Sky like breath.

River remembers what mouths forget.

#NoHeadHollow #CherokeeNation #Ok #WitnessTrees #RiverLight #photography #bnw 🌳🌫️🪶🌤️📸

#SilverCarp ("Asian Carp") Hypophthalmichthys molitrix #IllinoisRiver, 2009

#SilverCarp ("Asian Carp")

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix #IllinoisRiver, 2009

LREC Electric Coop Lines. Rural Power. Cherokee Rez. Tahlequah, OK.

#Lrec #CherokeeNation #BNW #Photography #RuralPower #IllinoisRiver #Summer #Oklahoma

Illinois River. Tahlequah, OK.

#CherokeeNation #IllinoisRiver #FloattheIllinois #Summer25 #Oklahoma #Photography

Morning on the wide waters
near Starved Rock State Park, Illinois
#birds #nature #greategret #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #starvedrockstatepark #illinoisriver #wetlands #wadingbirds #wetlandbirds #photography

Illinois River. Hot day. Delaware Co. OK (USA). Cherokee Nation.

#Oklahoma #IllinoisRiver #Summer25 #Photography

CR 500. Delaware Co. Cherokee Nation, OK. Gathering gloom. Late afternoon. Hot day.

#cherokeereservation #chahtaphotography #summer2025 #flintcreekbotanicalarea
#Oklahoma #bnw #illinoisriver #flintcreek #jtnikelfamilypreserve #colcordok

Lovely Black Angus cattle - fat and sleek - graze on this verdant Delaware County, OK pasture. Cherokee Nation.

#chahtaphotography #summer2025 #Oklahoma #cherokeenation #illinoisriver #flintcreek #flintcreekbotanicalarea

I'm excited to share my work on display at three venues in the Starved Rock & Illinois River Valley area Aug thru Oct!

NCI Artworks at the Westclox Mall in Peru, IL
Starved Rock Country Welcome Center in Utica, IL
The Lumberyard Lane Gallery in Seneca, IL

#artist #art #illinoisriver #starvedrock

Illinois River. Tahlequah. OK. Sitting pretty. Waters finally calm. Back safely within her banks. #CherokeeNation #IllinoisRiver #Tahlequah #FloattheIllinois #Oklahoma #Photography

The Illinois River near Tahlequah is shown. SHANE BEVEL

#Oklahoma is asking a federal judge to fine big poultry companies millions for polluting the #IllinoisRiver

#USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #PoultryFarms #WaterPollution #TysonFoods #Cargill #SimmonsFoods #GeorgesInc #CalMaineFoods #SoilCleanUp #FactoryFarming #AnimalAg

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Beautiful morning overlooking the Illinois River in Ottawa Illinois. #photography #nature #OttawaIllinois #IllinoisRiver

Creek. WOKA Whitewater Park. Rural area near Siloam Springs, AR and Watts, OK. GRDA property. Color RAW. BW Conversion PS. SONY RX100. ZEISS 24mm. #WOKA #GRDA #WhitewaterKayaking #WhitewaterTubing #IllinoisRiver #wilderness #rural #rurallife #smalltowns #remote

Creek. WOKA Whitewater Park. Rural area near Siloam Springs, AR and Watts, OK. GRDA property. Color RAW. BW Conversion PS. SONY RX100. ZEISS 24mm. #WOKA #GRDA #WhitewaterKayaking #WhitewaterTubing #IllinoisRiver #wilderness #rural #rurallife #smalltowns #remote

New video: Kayak Starved Rock is live now 🛶🐦💥
Noah kayaks through stunning cliffs, spots a bald eagle, and nearly gets KO’d by a flying fish!
youtu.be/WnH_MjW9Xfs

#Kayaking #StarvedRock #AdventureVideo #BaldEagle #FlyingFish #AsianCarp #IllinoisRiver #OutdoorAdventure #NatureLovers #AdventuresLive

OK-10 Scenic, North Of GRDA - No Head Hollow Public Access Area, Illinois River. Cherokee Nation, OK. Tahlequah. GPS *35.966933/-94.910231. Sony RX100VII, Zeiss 24 mm. RAW, PS Edit. Ai enabled. 📸 #NaturePhotography #Oklahoma #IllinoisRiver #Travel #Landscape #Sony #Photography #CherokeeNation

#IllinoisRiver. #CherokeeNation. #TahlequahOK. GPS: 35.929616, -94.928354. River receding after heavy rains. Float operators are hoping for a big weekend! #FloatOperators #FloatTheIllinois #Photography #Naturalist #ChahtaPhotographer #IndigenousCreative 🏞️🛶☀️

Illinois River. #CherokeeNation, OK. GPS: (35.908036/-94.925653). At flood stage, receding, but light rain is forecast. Sony RX100VII, Zeiss 24mm, Raw | PS. 📸🌊🏞️ #IllinoisRiver #Flood #Oklahoma #Photography #Nature #CherokeeNation #Sony #Zeiss

Heavy rains/flooding resulted in awful loss of life in Oklahoma this past week. Thankfully, the Illinois River here (Tahlequah) is receding. #SonyRX100Vii #Zeiss 24 mm. BW Raw. PS edit. #landscapephotography #IllinoisRiver #CherokeeNation #TahlequahOK #ChoctawPhotographer #naturalist #flooding 🙏🏽🌊😌

These leaves are huge, like 10" to 12" or larger! When we poured our patio, we had some growing and we pressed the vein side down on the steps to decorate a bit. Still beautiful five years in...... Mayapples is what Google tells me..... #spring #Tahlequah #Oklahoma #IllinoisRiver

Love that Michelle Haptonstahl was able to capture the bridge over the #IllinoisRiver during the @50501movement.bsky.social March in #PeoriaIL.

Illinois River. #TahlequahOK Floodstage 04.25. Near Hanging Rock. #photography #oklahoma #greencountry #illinoisRiver #blackandwhite #photographersofbsky 🏞️📸🌊

#1 Illinois River @ No Head Hollow. Tahlequah, OK. 04.25. #2 Same spot after snow in 02.25. #3 In fall '24.
In the first photo, floodwaters are receding. The power of water is amazing and frightening!😱 #IllinoisRiver #oklahoma #Cherokeenation #photography #landscape #photographersofbsky

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. No-Head Hollow off SH 10. Cherokee County. #naturalist #photography #trees #landscape #natureohotography #sonyphotography #photographersofbsky #illinoisriver #tahlequahok #greencountry 🌳🌲🏞️

Captured with a SONY RX100VII and ZEISS 24-200mm lens (f/4.8) near Chewey Bridge on Illinois River, Road (536), Cherokee Nation, OK. Post-processed using Photoleap. 📸 #Sonyphotography #RX100VII #Zeiss #IllinoisRiver #Oklahoma #Photography #Nature #Naturalist ✨🏞️😊

Spider web fashioned from proteinacious silk. This image shows an Orb web, created by araneoid and deinopoid spiders. #arachnids #spidersofoklahona #cherokeenation #nativephotographer #choctaw #chahta #insectsofoklahoma #spidersofbsky #cherokeenation #tahlequah #illinoisriver

Remembering warmer days on the river. Illinois River. JT Nikel Family Preserve. Cherokee Nation, OK. SONY RX109VII. Zeiss 24mm. F 4.8.

#JTNikelPreserve
#IllinoisRiver
#CherokeeNation
#LandscapePhotigraphy
#photography
#choctawartist
#indigenoussrtists
#oklahoma
#fallinoklahoma

Illinois River. 536 Rd, Chewey Bridge. Cherokee Nation, OK. SONY RX100VII. ZEISS 24-200. f 4.8. Edit Photoleap.
#blackandwhite
#monochrome
#landscapephotography
#illinoisriver
#Oklahoma
#indigenousart
#digitalphotography