jen mod
Light, in the heart of darkness
After traveling for several slow hours by car on winding mountain roads, and spending another hour and a half wandering deep in the woods, we had all but given up hope of finding this orchid (Platanthera integrilabia). Deflated, we began our walk back to our car... but then Neil felt compelled to check "over there". After a brief moment of celebratory elation, and over an hour of photographing them, it was past sunset and well into twilight. We found ourself in the situation of having very little time to find our way out of the woods... the route we had taken was not entirely on trails. Although the available light limited the feel of the photographs I could take, the photographs perfectly capture the time we shared in the woods, seemingly isolated from civilization.
Light, in the heart of darkness
After traveling for several slow hours by car on winding mountain roads, and spending another hour and a half wandering deep in the woods, we had all but given up hope of finding this orchid (Platanthera integrilabia). Deflated, we began our walk back to our car... but then Neil felt compelled to check "over there". After a brief moment of celebratory elation, and over an hour of photographing them, it was past sunset and well into twilight. We found ourself in the situation of having very little time to find our way out of the woods... the route we had taken was not entirely on trails. Although the available light limited the feel of the photographs I could take, the photographs perfectly capture the time we shared in the woods, seemingly isolated from civilization.