Outdoor Photographer – September 2019

Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia

By Stan Bysshe
Not all photo trips go as planned. A friend and I scheduled
a trip to West Virginia to photograph the fall foliage. We
consulted the peak foliage maps and drew up our itinerary
to include Blackwater Falls State Park and the Dolly Sods
Wilderness in the Monongahela National Forest. We
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particularly colorful site at Dolly Sods, but the weather
didn’t cooperate. It poured rain most of the time we were
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engulfed in a low-lying cloud, and the rain slowed to a

drizzle. We came across an area of bare “winterized” trees

with patches of trees that still held their yellow leaves, all

shrouded in fog, splashes of light in an otherwise gloomy,

wet day.

³ Nikon D3s, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR, Gitzo

tripod. Exposure: 1/4 sec., ƒ/16, ISO 200.

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