landscape,  National Parks,  sunrises

First Light

Foothills Parkway

Earl’s been posting images of the Smoky Mountains and stirring up  some fond memories of a trip I took back in October of 2003 with fellow photographer Jeff Svoboda.  Jeff and I spent a week shooting early mornings and late afternoons. My first experience in the park, loved it and hope it was not my last one. What a great place to experience. As I’ve been cleaning things up on my hard drive I’ve also been finding images I’ve forgotten about. Here’s a morning sunrise from Foothills Parkway: First light.

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10 Comments

  • Earl

    Beautiful shot, Monte. I like that bank of clouds the sun is peaking over and of course the low lying fog/clouds among the mountains — very Smoky Mountain-ish. Seven years ago….sounds like it’s about time for a revisit. 😉

  • Paul Maxim

    Yep, one of those “right place at the right time” moments. I’ve stood in that spot a couple of times at sunrise and would have loved to get just a little bit of that fog. Maybe next time…..

    Was that film or digital?

    • Monte Stevens

      It was digital, Paul. One of my first real outing with it. It was also the time I dropped my camera and an 80-400mm zoom lens and broke it. What an experience it was and as Earl suggests, it ‘s time I made another visit. With a bit more knowledge of the digital craft I would hope to have some nice results. Of course the Outer Banks is a location I’ve always wanted to visit and calls my name all the time.