Cooler mornings and days, a good time for a walk in the forest and a little daydreaming. A scene captured in a local park, softened during post-processing in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
Bridge in the forest
The foot bridge above is part of the canoe portal trail around the dam and falls at Cooleemee River Park, NC — featured in yesterdays post. When this photo was made the sun was high and extremely bright, as you can see by the highlights in the background of the forest, which by the way …
Weekend Photo
“But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.” – Alan Watts A tree fallen, a tree cut, making an opening in the forest canopy to allow sunlight to penetrate, for me to see and …
Another view
Today’s photo was taken within a few feet of yesterdays, facing the opposite direction. I love mountain roads such as this covered by a canopy of trees branches. In this area the Blue Ridge Parkway is the most popular and well known scenic mountain roadway covering 469 miles though the states of Virginia, North Carolina …
Early morning
As the temperature becomes hotter the morning dog walk time gets earlier. At a little after 6am this morning it was 73°F while at 8pm last evening it was 89°F, humidity 85%, for a heat index of 99°F — I know because I happen to be mowing the yard thinking it would be cooler, wrong …
Prepared for accidents
While I’ve been known to “enhance” what comes from the camera during post-processing I seldom stray too far from the original — I would be considered somewhat conservative in that regard. However, often for my own enjoyment I’ll select a photo and go a bit wild in Photoshop just to see what I can create. …
Weekend Photo
Wall in the Forest “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Summer’s Clock
“Consulting summer’s clock, But half the hours remain. I ascertain it with a shock – I shall not look again. The second half of joy Is shorter than the first. The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.” – Emily Dickinson It’s the first week of August and the summer …
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