When One Comes Across Beautiful Places Mabry Mill, Blue Ridge Parkway)

            When One Comes Across Beautiful Places
A person can be enraptured in the moment
Sometimes it’s a sight that takes the breath away
Others it’s some blue skies and clouds coming out on a rainy day
While others are a little piece of Appalachian history
You stand there and attempt to find something to remember it
Perhaps an image
Perhaps a painting
Perhaps a poem or story told to another
But you have to remember it because it made the day special
And that is all that matters in the end.

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one morning at Mabry Mill (Milepost 176) along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The setting is looking to the north-northwest from a small rise along a nearby pond to a water mill (or grist mill) on the other side. What drew me into this setting was the pond with the reflections along with the water mill, but what really made for this was an opening in the skies after a very overcast and slightly rainy morning. It just seemed magical with the blue skies coming out right about the time that a friend and I showed up at this location along the Blue Ridge Parkway. 

The rest was aligning myself to the setting, capturing some foreground interest along with the trees and blue skies as a backdrop, while centering the water mill in the image, more or less. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 7 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image. 
   

Taken in: United States / Virginia / Mabry Mill (show map)

Taken on: April 24, 2024

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Camera: Nikon Z 8, f/6.3, 1/40 sec, 24mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 8
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	DxO PhotoLab 7.7.1
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