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There's No Need for Hurry (New River Gorge National Park & Preserve)

There's No Need for Hurry

Or chasing the next storm

I'm going to take life as it comes

Good or bad; happy or sad

Being content that I am alive

At the here and now

Oh, those joyful angelic voices

The wind whistling leaves in a passing breeze

Birds add songs in symphony of life

It is so grand to delight in today!

 

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one overcast morning in New River Gorge National Park & Preserve while taking in views of Sandstone Falls. This was the first stop in America's newest national park that I made back in April 2021. My thinking was to take advantage of the recent rains and then overcast skies to visit locations with waterfalls. In my mind, it would be much easier to have a longer shutter speed to capture that silkier look to the waters flowing. Composing the image was a matter of setting up my Nikon SLR camera on a tripod and orienting it to capture a view across the many waterfalls present at this location. I closed down on the aperture and then metered it to minimize blowing any highlights. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

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Uploaded on May 11, 2021
Taken on April 25, 2021