Mystical
by Darren Fisher
Title
Mystical
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A beautiful image of a creek that is located just below the Blue Ridge Parkway. The creek is called Rock Castle Creek and is one of the most gorgeous places I love to spend time. I use a long exposure to capture the cotton candy effect on the water and the best time to do this is after a nice rain or on an over cast day. Elevation: 1721 ft. The Lower Rock Castle Creek Trail forms a 4.5-mile leg of the 11-mile loop called Rock Castle Gorge Trail (see "Rocky Knob/Rock Castle Gorge"). This trail follows a gated fire road alongside Rock Castle Creek. The term "Rock Castle" comes from the hexagonal shape of quartzite crystals found in the hollows, resembling castle towers. Surrounding the creek bottom is mixed deciduous forest, which house many nesting neotropical migrants. Listen and look for hooded, Kentucky, chestnut-sided, black-throated blue, black-throated green, and worm-eating warblers, as well as scarlet tanager, wood thrush, ovenbird, American redstart, and Acadian and great crested flycatchers. Louisiana waterthrush breed along the creek. Broad-winged hawk are known to nest within these woods, while wild turkey roam throughout this area. Creek beds are good places to spy on native brook trout (the lure for local anglers), but also a good place to hunt for salamanders. Northern dusky salamander is abundant, but several other species are likely to be present as well. Red fox, coyote, black bear, and bobcat make themselves at home in this area, but are usually elusive to visitors. Camping is available at this site only with a backcountry permit.
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March 30th, 2015
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Comments (13)
Sven Brogren
what a wonderful work of art. I love the mist and the effect of the slow shutter speed you chose. Peace, Sven
Randy Rosenberger
As administrator of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group, it is with pride and honor that I choose to feature this beautiful piece of your artwork on our homepage! Works of this stature and beauty are very deserving of special recognition, which you are receiving within our family of friends and fine artists in the WFS group. Congratulations on your feature on our homepage. You are very deserving of this honor. Liked & Faved Forever, Elvis Randy B. Rosenberger