{"id":510,"date":"2010-11-14T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-14T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2165.temp.domains\/~emilkepk\/blog\/?p=510"},"modified":"2021-01-19T22:22:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T22:22:55","slug":"fall-in-shenandoah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilkepko.com\/blog\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"Fall in Shenandoah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I spent a couple of days camping in the Shenandoah valley, hoping to get some nice pictures of the Appalachian Fall. I had major difficulties capturing anything worthwhile; I\u2019m still not certain what the problem was. Partly it was the time of day I went out \u2014 It was COLD in the mornings, so I missed morning light. And partly it\u2019s just that I haven\u2019t zeroed in on what I\u2019m trying to capture. Close-ups? Grand panoramas? Nothing seems to work for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the final evening, I was determined to get a couple of sunset pictures from Skyline Drive<\/a>. Perhaps I was being overly picky, but none of the overlooks seemed adequate. And just as I was about to give up I spotted down in the valley below a beautiful red barn. I had only 30 minutes of sunset left, so I raced down the mountain and into the valley, and found a different red barn brilliantly lit up by the setting sun. In the last remaining minutes of good light I snapped off a few photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pictures don\u2019t scream \u2018fall\u2019, but I might be spoiled by the New England Fall, with the beautiful red maples. Yellow dominates down here (ash, poplar, beech), and they don\u2019t have quite the \u2018wow\u2019 factor of New Hampshire foliage. Still, it is a very pretty area, and with each visit I learn a bit more about where the good shots are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n