Location: Ferrin Knob #1 Tunnel
Peak Color at Ferrin Knob Tunnels
Camera: Canon 5D MKII
Lens: EF 24-105 f/4L IS USM
Focal Length: 58mm
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/10
Aperture: f/10
Filters: Circular Polarizer
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: During the early morning hours the Blue Ridge Parkway is fairly empty, which makes it easy to stand in the middle of the road! PLEASE USE CAUTION, when doing this and LISTEN for cars. When it is quite, you can hear a car coming at quite a distance away. When you are concentrating on things like settings, focus and composition, we tend to become myopically focused on what we are doing and forget that we are in the middle of the street!! Use your judgement about this and please be keenly aware.
TIP: In terms of composition, I leave out the sky, in many of my landscape images like this, as it makes for a stronger visual impact. Of course if the sky is part of the story then you must include it. But remember that when composing, if it does not ADD to the image, it takes away from the image!
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- Additional photographs by Deborah Scannell Photography
- Categories where this photo is found: Blue Ridge Parkway, Fall Color