Week 42
Blue Ridge View
October 19, 2010
This view was my reward for a pre-dawn hike last week up Sharp Top, one of the Peaks of Otter off of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Southwest Virginia. I spent 8 years living in the Shenandoah Valley, and minutes away from country like this, just a bit north in fact of this very spot. If there are any regrets of that time it is that I didn't spend enough time in these beautiful mountains.
I love this sunrise shot for several reasons; the muted fall color, the still-hidden sky and low-lying cloud blanketing the ridge beyond all play into this interesting intersection of lines, curves and color that is the well-worn Appalachian range.
Image taken with Canon 5D MII, 100-400mm 4.5L lens, 1/160 sec @ f16, ISO 400
This view was my reward for a pre-dawn hike last week up Sharp Top, one of the Peaks of Otter off of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Southwest Virginia. I spent 8 years living in the Shenandoah Valley, and minutes away from country like this, just a bit north in fact of this very spot. If there are any regrets of that time it is that I didn't spend enough time in these beautiful mountains.
I love this sunrise shot for several reasons; the muted fall color, the still-hidden sky and low-lying cloud blanketing the ridge beyond all play into this interesting intersection of lines, curves and color that is the well-worn Appalachian range.
Image taken with Canon 5D MII, 100-400mm 4.5L lens, 1/160 sec @ f16, ISO 400
