Focus on Gurley

With the Sun rising behind the Golan Heights, there's hardly a sunrise composition available that doesn't include the town of Gurley — out East of Huntsville.  So, for a while now, the focus will be be on Gurley.  On the good days, the valley fog will cover it up. 

Just to throw the idea out there again:  One of the major problems in developing a Photography Park will be "buying the view".  Gurley is at least 7 miles from the Monte Sano State Park overlook.  That's a lot of land you'd have to buy to protect your views.  Which is the reason the idea fits better in a rural area.

But, there is another idea one of my smarter friends told me about. A "viewshed". Just like a watershed is developed to protect the water, a few places have floated the idea of a viewshed. A set of rules to protect the "million dollar view" people buy.  I'm pretty sure somebody with a million dollar house and a pricey lawyer came up with that idea but that wouldn't stop me from using it to protect a Public park's view.  Just something to chew on.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

116mm

F8@2.5 seconds

GND filter

(DOL_3646)

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