Apr 142014
Not long after I set out for Piney Woods Church Road, the rains began. I was ill-equipped for a deluge, having left my camera bag at home (trusting too much in Doppler radar maps which showed precipitation still an hour away). I quickly focused my attention on certain shots — mostly particular wildflowers I noticed in bloom. Fortunately, the rainfall remained fairly gentle, though it didn’t prevent me from getting fairly soaked. Toward the end of my walk, my camera still functioning and my body rather drenched, I eased up a bit and began letting images find me. This is one of the products of that last part of my walk. Droplets cover a new sweetgum leaf that hangs like a curtain in front of the road I have just walked.
Ooooo. You are becoming an exceptional photographer. This shot leads the eye from a sharply defined reality out into the infinite road.
Jane, thank you so much for your kind words. I find renewed joy everyday that I go to Piney Woods Church Road. There are so many wonders to find there — I feel that I have barely begun my journey. I am reminded of a song I enjoyed in my childhood, by the Moody Blues, called “Eternity Road”. There is a recording of it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiw9-HLkXU&feature=kp