Stayed Put

I guess I should have stayed put.  I poked my head out onto the back deck of the rental cabin and decided something was happening, so, I drove over to the Lake Blue Ridge Dam.  It has a "day use" area that has a view almost-East.  But it was fogged in.  I did what I could but I never saw a hint of the sunrise.  So, I drove back the the cabin to pack up for home.  Just about the time I got there, the whole world turned gold.  And when I made it to that back porch I'd left an hour earlier, this view was waiting on me.  All the lake junk that ruins the view (boat houses, other houses, docks, etc., etc.) were hidden in the silhouettes of the trees.

By the way, fellow photographers and cabin-rental owners:  When I'm looking for a cabin to rent (or a hotel, or a State Park lodge, or anything) I'm looking for a view of the sunrise.  I realize it's a niche market but — if you know of one — there are others looking for it. 

Non-photographers don't know what a "great view" is.  It's not looking through the trees, or wires or anything.  It's clear of obstructions (like the tree on the right here) and without lights, water towers, cell phone towers and all the other signs of civilization.  You might have "a view" for normal human eyeballs but a "great view" for photography is something different.  And if you have one, it's worth money.  Just sayin'.

One day, there will be a Photography Park. It will be like balloon festivals.  People will wonder why we didn't think of it sooner.   And everybody will have one — lesser than the one in Albuquerque.  (You should ask ChatGPT about that story.) 

 

Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

70mm

F8@1/1,600th

ISO 400

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