I receive personal pleasure by creating occasions which bring constellations of memories and relationships into view at one time.
An intent on a recent clear evening around 11:00 pm was to execute a test exposure for a motion time-lapse project that I will be doing for Grandfather Mountain this winter. I chose the Waterrock Knob Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, looking west towards the Smokies. The foreground incidentally included an old fir snag which was the subject material of a watercolor that I painted a couple years ago to honor the first Poet Laureate of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Laura Hope-Gill. Her co-author John Fletcher, with whom Laura published her book “The Soul Tree” has a very a very similar image.
Incidentally, the significant light-contamination in the lower left quadrant in the photo is Cherokee and Harrah’s Casino.
Nikon D600, ISO 3400, 30 seconds, f/4, 12 mm