Mark VanDyke Photography
Great Smoky Mountains Roaring Fork Spring Green
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail Spring Green Morning Light
Sevier County, Tennessee Mountains
Accessed via Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail (loop road)
Date taken: April 28, 2016
"Hell, there are no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something!" ~Thomas A. Edison~
Sometimes when everything seems wrong--out of place, ill thought, not balanced--it still feels like you're on the right track. That's kind of my feeling for this one. I was stuck on photographing the stream--Roaring Fork--this particular morning. I was damn stubborn about it too! I waited almost two weeks for the right set of conditions and I wasn't about to waste them shooting the "good light" on some green rocks and chaotic foliage. However, the way the light started backlighting the new spring foliage and spotlighting the green mossy rocks, I knew that the stream itself was no longer the story or the subject of greatest importance. So, I adjusted, stubbornly, and clicked off a few shutter actuations before I buried my head back in the sand and went back to photographing the stream. I should've kept working this composition, but hey, at least I gave it a go! There's some kind of life in the mix of things going on here that really pleases me personally. What do you guys think? Any magic here for you?
Great Smoky Mountains Roaring Fork Spring Green
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail Spring Green Morning Light
Sevier County, Tennessee Mountains
Accessed via Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail (loop road)
Date taken: April 28, 2016
"Hell, there are no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something!" ~Thomas A. Edison~
Sometimes when everything seems wrong--out of place, ill thought, not balanced--it still feels like you're on the right track. That's kind of my feeling for this one. I was stuck on photographing the stream--Roaring Fork--this particular morning. I was damn stubborn about it too! I waited almost two weeks for the right set of conditions and I wasn't about to waste them shooting the "good light" on some green rocks and chaotic foliage. However, the way the light started backlighting the new spring foliage and spotlighting the green mossy rocks, I knew that the stream itself was no longer the story or the subject of greatest importance. So, I adjusted, stubbornly, and clicked off a few shutter actuations before I buried my head back in the sand and went back to photographing the stream. I should've kept working this composition, but hey, at least I gave it a go! There's some kind of life in the mix of things going on here that really pleases me personally. What do you guys think? Any magic here for you?