Impressions of Fall at Graveyard Fields Tank Top

I arose at 5:30 AM on October 8 and drover for 75 minutes along the Blue Ridge Parkway to reach Graveyard Fields. This area of the Smoky Mountains shows Fall colors first each year. The Middle Falls are easily viewable from the Parkway and I set up my Canon 400mm lens and camera on a tripod and shot numerous photos of the surrounding landscape as the sun rose.

At home, I developed the photos I took and then created art from some of the best pieces. This is a digital painting from one of those photos.

HaldaneCreativeArt.com is photography and digital art created by John Haldane of Asheville, North Carolina.

John Haldane is a published professional artist living in Asheville, North Carolina. His artwork has been featured in fine art galleries in Arizona and North Carolina and in calendars, books, and magazines. The magazines include The Scenic, the Laurel of Asheville, The Writers & Artists Quarterly, COSTCO Magazine, Wild WNC News, Camera in the Wild Magazine, and others. He has had articles published in several of these magazines as well. Haldane's art is unique, created using cameras, software, digital tools, and/or paints. Haldane is a member of the Carolina Nature Photographers Association (CNPA). He has also joined the Friends of the WNC Nature Center, the North Carolina Arboretum, The Great Smoky Mountains Association (Lifetime...