civilized ku # 1073 ~ welcome home
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:03AM 
Sunrise / The Flats ~ Wilmington, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenAt the end of my annual Jersey-Shore-from-Hell week, I always leave late Friday evening / very early Saturday morning (11PM-2AM) in order to avoid the Saturday traffic nightmare. This year I left at 11PM on Friday so I could get home very early on Saturday and get prepped for the wedding photography gig early that afternoon.
In addition to avoiding traffic, this year I was also rewarded by a 5:30AM passage by The Flats in Wilmington. The sunrise, which was filtered through a layer of mist and fog, bathed the landscape in a soft, warm, all-enveloping light. A light that created an ethereal "glow" upon the scene - no glaring highlights, no deep shadows, just a rich muted light.
I must confess that, in my mind and imagination, the scene and its visual allure and warmth was arranged and staged just for me as a welcome-home-from-the-scourge-named-New-Jersey Adirondack tableau. And, at that time of the morning, I did have it all to myself.
Reader Comments (3)
Very nice, I can "see" the welcome home feel.
Ah, that's more like it. Deep down though, I believe that you are as big a romantic as the I am! The fact is, putting aside one's skills as a photographer one way or another, how could we not be emotionally affected by nature's beauty?
Seems to be a scenic stop. Google Earth shows a few have paused there to snap. Mostly shots of Whiteface Mtn. though.
I'd have thought that you've reached an age that allows you to avoid gratuitous misery. See George Carlin on getting old. If NJ is such hell - just don't go. Life's too short.