11/05/2024
Far over the Misty Mountains cold...
Today was the last day of the fall photography workshop at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. This fall I was an instructor for the first time. I fully admit I was nervous but everything went better than expected (in no small part due to my super supportive and helpful colleagues). After we left Cades Cove, had lunch in Townsend and I took a short nap I headed back out to shoot. Since Kuwohi (formerly Clingman's Dome) was covered in clouds so I stopped halfway up to shoot the fog running up and down the mountain sides.
These mystical, moody scenes are my absolute favorite conditions to photograph. I can just picture Thorin, Bilbo, and company trudging through these foggy woodlands on their way to the lonely mountain.