A Compass to Guide My Way As I Walked Through the Forest of the Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains

            I’ve seen many examples while using a compass in one’s hand to compose an image with the backdrop being a waterfall, sun lined up in the distance or even mountain peaks stretching on to a distant horizon. Here I used the walking path of the Appalachian Trail as I headed towards the southern terminus. Composing this image a matter of then lining up my hand with compass and then having the trail lead me and the viewer of this image onward…
   

Taken in: United States / Georgia / Three Forks (show map)

Taken on: December 29, 2018

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Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Autumn Leaves

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Blue Ridge Mountains

Capture NX2 Edited

Carpet of Fallen Leaves

Carpet of Leaves

Chattahoochee National Forest

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

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Compass

Day 3

Fallen Leaves

Georgia Blue Ridge

Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains

Gloved Hand

Golden Compass

Hand

Hiking Trail

Hillside of Trees

Ideas I Got From Others

Landscape

Leaves

Looking West

Mostly Cloudy

Nature

Nature Trail

Nikon D800E

Outside

Overcast

Partly Cloudy

Project365

Southern Blue Ridge Front

Sunny

Tall Trees

Tall Trees All Around

Trail

Travel

Trees

Trees in Winter Without Leaves

Trip to Atlanta

Georgia

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/9.0, 1/160 sec, 30mm, ISO 720 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	30mm
ISO:	720
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture NX 2.4.7 M
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