Lightning Strike Fall Peak fall foliage smolders within

Peak fall foliage smolders within a stream hollow along the Middle Prong River in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near my home in eastern Tennessee

at the end of my talk

Early evening settles in over 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan

but it follows the mountain stream throughout and it’s richly rewarding with beautiful views for minimal exertion

Lightning Strike Fall Peak fall foliage smolders withinIt's fun to draw parallels between manmade phenomena and Mother Nature. When I worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation and lived in Orlando, Florida, I came across the imagery of a photographer who went by the handle of "Lightning Stalker." He had the coolest nighttime photography of cloud to ground lightning strikes courtesy of Florida's abundant summer afternoon storms. I blown away by his stunning compositions, when just a fraction of a second