Blackwater Falls in Autumn
Early autumn creates a pleasing pallet for the river as it journeys toward lower ground.
Early autumn creates a pleasing pallet for the river as it journeys toward lower ground.
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A small tuft of grass bends to the will of the stream flow, not only to survive, but to thrive.
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A small birch tree surviving on nothing but stone and determination.
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Sitting, pondering, listening, cooling off. Above a waterfall in the Allegheny Mountains.
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It had been raining all day. When the storm clouds cleared, the more recalcitrant among them lingered in the valley, where it was cool and calm. Couldn't blame them.
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The last light of day shows us a dance in the valley as fog tries to crawl up the mountain side, only to be liberated as thin vapor, invisible to the eye.
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A close encounter at Elaka Falls, WV. Just letting the light go where it wants to go.
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Ghostly apparitions of the valley fog rising toward a final solution.
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