Greensboro GA Sunrise Oak Red Barn Misty Morning Farming Landscape Art

by Reid Callaway

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Greensboro GA Sunrise Oak Red Barn Misty Morning Farming Landscape Art

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Reid Callaway

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Photograph - Photography

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Greensboro GA Sunrise Oak....by Reid Callaway
Red Barn Misty Morning Farming Landscape Art

This is an Award Winning Image taking, a First Place in Landscape and "Best In Show" honors in a 2012 judged Photography Contest.

The morning sun was just coming up casting a yellow glow on everything in sight. You do have to wonder how long these two old oak neighbors have been friends. The large oak tree and barn are on Walker Church Road in Greene County, GA between Greensboro and Lake Oconee. Purchase this beautiful image for the barn and tree lover in your life! Enjoy!

Along the back roads of Georgia can be found barns of all types. Here is an Oak plank barn waiting for some haybales to arive. The sunrise is making this Oak tree next to the barn glow as the early morning mist stays close to the ground.

Greene County, Georgia lies approximately one (1) hour from Athens, Atlanta and Macon, GA. This area is known for its lush green beauty. Greensboro offers fishing, swimming, boating, beautiful golf courses, and is home to one of America's 20 Hottest Bass Lakes, Lake Oconee.

Lake Oconee is Georgia's second largest lake and serves as a reservoir for Georgia Power Company's Wallace Hydroelectric Plant. The lake has 374 miles of shoreline with a surface area of 18,971 acres. It is formed by the Oconee and Appalachee Rivers. The lake's height is only 120 feet.
Lake Oconee was formed in 1979 with the completion of Wallace Dam, impounding the waters of the Oconee and Appalachee Rivers. The lake is owned and managed by the Georgia Power company for the purpose of generating hydroelecric power.
The lake was originally rural in nature, a destination for fisherman and nature-lovers, but has become much more important in recent years as a rapidly growing community of luxury home neighborhoods. Lake Oconee is home to some of the most prestigious gated neighborhoods in the southeastern United States

Fishing
Lake Oconee is one of Georgia's most popular fishing destinations. There is a tremendous quantity of fish in the lake. According to a Georgia Department of Natural Resources sample, there is a standing crop estimated at 355 pounds of fish per acre. That is 250% more than any other lake in the Southeast. Because the lake is a young impoundment, it is still peaking in number of fish per acre. It is considered by fishermen to be the "hottest" and most fertile lake in the state.
Popular game fish on the lake include large mouth, striped, and hybrid bass, black crappie, bream, and channel catfish. Lake Oconee is the only lake in the state where the Department of Natural Resources protects the brood fish of the largemouth bass, restricting harvesting of the species in the 10" to 14" slot. Large mouth bass are the most often sought-after Lake Oconee species, but crappie and other species of bass have a strong following as well.

When the lake was formed, Georgia Power left 1200 acres of standing or topped timber to provide areas for fish to collect. There are fifty timber areas, averaging four acres each. They are topped at 10' and marked by bouys.

Lake Oconee's "pumped-storage" operation positively affects fishing conditions. When the dam is generating electricity, strong currents are created, and fish collect near the river channels. The stable water level protects hundreds of coves where fish spawn.
The lake was originally rural in nature, a destination for fisherman and nature-lovers, but has become much more important in recent years as a rapidly growing community of luxury home neighborhoods. Lake Oconee is home to some of the most prestigious gated neighborhoods in the southeastern United States.

Lake Oconee is Georgia's second largest lake and serves as a reservoir for Georgia Power Company's Wallace Hydroelectric Plant. The lake has 374 miles of shoreline with a surface area of 18,971 acres. It is formed by the Oconee and Appalachee Rivers. The lake's height is only 120 feet.

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June 14th, 2013

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