A few days before this trip we had an awful lot of rain come through. Several days of heavy rain. However we had no rain the day of heading up to Highlands NC. So the slow twisty turny drive up the mountain turned into several spots to stop and look at the rushing water.
1/160 sec - F7.1 - 70mm - ISO 160
1/160 sec - F7.1 - 70mm - ISO 100
1/60 - F8 - 18mm - ISO 100
1/125 - F6.3 - 18mm - ISO 100
Although none of the shots really came out from down under it, it was truly something to be underneath that much falling water. It was LOUD. But also a bit scary to be honest, the sheer force of it. I have to imagine no matter who it is, if you got mixed up in that you’re getting pulled into it and down you go. Nature is awesome, quite literally I mean. It inspired awe to see this sight.
But we did continue and have a lovely little time in Highlands. Nice little town to visit during the off season. I heard all about what it’s like in the summer and I don’t think I’ll be visiting. I do like this next shot, taken from a moving car of course. But an absolutely beautiful house.
1/125 sec - F7.1 - 55mm - ISO 100
We did also find an overlook on the way back home. Where I managed to take this picture that I believe I still have featured on the landscape part of my site. It was a very pretty view and I liked the way the cloud was casting a shadow. Not often you’re high up enough to see that entirely.
1/125 sec - F11 - 18mm - ISO 100 - This is the unedited version. I tweaked it a bit before putting it online, mostly some dehaze and saturation boost a lot. At the time I didn’t know what I was doing with photoshop. But comparing the two that’s what I notice now. I think I’ll take another crack editing it now that I know what I’m doing.
One last image I do want to share just made me smile. Because I was and still am immature and weed jokes have always been funny to me, even when they aren’t actually funny I can’t see 420 and not make the joke. It did just happen to be 4/20/15 and someone had come earlier in the day to the overlook and marked it so.
