Black Mountain, Kentucky

    A foggy afternoon (yes, afternoon...the time of this photo was around 5:00 p.m.) on the summit of Kentucky's highest peak.

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      The Blue Girl, Richard-, bdinphoenix, G r e n, and 50 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Richard- (94 months ago | reply)

      This is great: composition, softness of exposure. Wow, you captured it.

    3. moonux (94 months ago | reply)

      I love the way the trees fade in the mist.

    4. ALittaM (94 months ago | reply)

      Great image. There's a kind of a spooky feeling to it... Or maybe it's just me and the fog. Anyway, love it.

    5. MykReeve (94 months ago | reply)

      Great atmosphere. You've captured the mist perfectly - this seems like such an isolated location.

    6. eva8* (94 months ago | reply)

      beautiful hazy scene. lovley place.

    7. I, Puzzled (94 months ago | reply)

      Evocative.

    8. Fack to Bront (94 months ago | reply)

      I expect to hear banjos - very moody indeed!

    9. Amie V (94 months ago | reply)

      I love this, very moody.

    10. spidrwegian_no_more [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

      Very atmospheric. Expect some vision on horseback to come galloping up any second!

    11. _mpd_ [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

      Nice. One has to love mountain fog...

    12. Bryce Fields (94 months ago | reply)

      Thanks everyone for the comments. I appreciate it. :-)

    13. Bryce Fields (94 months ago | reply)

      The discussion of this photo for the Weekly pool can be found here.

    14. BoazImages (94 months ago | reply)

      beautiful!

    15. bdinphoenix (94 months ago | reply)

      Well done photograph. I know Kentucky is not near Sleep Hollow but I expect Ichabod Crane to ride over the crest of that hill.

    16. Corydora (94 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful shot with so much atmosphere. Also perfect for Five O'clock Shadow.

    17. *CA* (94 months ago | reply)

      Love these foggy roads. Nicely done.

    18. vsz (94 months ago | reply)

      what an eerie mood, lovely!

    19. G r e n (94 months ago | reply)

      this is a nice, moody shot!

    20. cindiann (94 months ago | reply)

      This makes me very homesick. Everything is brown and crispy here. :(

    21. Bryce Fields (94 months ago | reply)

      Thanks to everyone for the comments. I'm a little taken aback that this photo has garnered all the attention that it has. This was a "throwaway" test shot. I was there to photograph my kids looking at the flowers on the side of the road. Guess I've learned not to take any shot for granted. :-)

      @cindiann: Actually, this makes me homesick too! I'm from Cumberland, and grew up in the shadow of Black Mountain. I like to get up there whenever I go back home. BTW, earlier in the day, I rode my bike from my mom's house and up the mountain. I highly recommend the trip back down for any cyclist!

    22. curvetheory (94 months ago | reply)

      Simply fantastic.

    23. Just Me Robin (94 months ago | reply)

      Really beautiful!

    24. wormann (94 months ago | reply)

      Love the composition. This is beautiful!

    25. 18mm (94 months ago | reply)

      Very well done. Beautiful shot!

    26. Zzzzt!Zzzzt! (94 months ago | reply)

      nice image, caught my eye because i lived in an area we called "Black Mountain" KY as a kid, between Harlan and Everts. What a flashback, as i recall walks like this. thank you!

    27. Bryce Fields (94 months ago | reply)

      @Zzzzt!Zzzzt!: I'm from Cumberland myself. Every time I go back to visit my mom, I try to work a trip up to the summit of Black. Glad I could give you a little flashback of home. :-)

    28. Zzzzt!Zzzzt! (94 months ago | reply)

      Thanks, TRL!!! My dad was a Pennington and his folks died young, but they all came from that area. My mom's side too, but she's a Hale.

    29. Ruth_O'Neal (84 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful!

    30. janet.powell (79 months ago | reply)

      One of my favorite places to be... I worked in research on Black Mountain several years ago and am always amazed at the diversity of plant species. Good to run into a fellow Kentuckian on Flickr! Have fun!

    31. Bryce Fields (79 months ago | reply)

      Greetings, Janet, and thanks. Yeah, being from Cumberland I've always grown up w/ Black Mountain in my back yard . However, it was when I worked for the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission and spent a LOT of time on Black that I really learned to treasure just what a unique area it really was. The forest type on Black Mountain is unique to its upper elevations, found nowhere else in the world. And being Kentucky's highest summit, the "island" effect makes it home to one of the largest populations of Kentucky rare plants in the state. I absolutely LOVE it there.

      Thanks for stopping by.

    32. janet.powell (79 months ago | reply)

      One of my best Black Mountain memories are of scavenging the wild blueberries. I was working with research on invertebrate communities at the time. It's a small, small world, as we had input from folks at Nature Preserves Commission from time to time... and my paternal family roots are from Harlan Co. Anyway, lovely work capturing our great state!

    33. janet.powell (79 months ago | reply)

      One of my best Black Mountain memories are of scavenging the wild blueberries. I was working with research on invertebrate communities. It's a small, small world, as we had input from folks at Nature Preserves Commission from time to time... and my paternal family roots are from Harlan Co. Anyway, lovely work capturing our great state!

    34. Zzzzt!Zzzzt! (79 months ago | reply)

      nice to hear these Black Mountain memories and more Harlan Co roots... still love this image more than a year later.

    35. Bryce Fields (79 months ago | reply)

      @Janet: Who did you work for when you were doing your research, and when were you in contact w/ KSNPC? I was with the Commission from around 1996-2000. It's weird to think we may have actually spoken at one time, and then reunited here all these years later. :-)

      @Zzzzzt!: Yeah, I'm constantly amazed at how many Harlan Countians I run into all over. We're everywhere, man!

    36. cassidy_bond (70 months ago | reply)

      very nice shot. I'm from benham, ky. it's a shame i only go back there maybe twice a year for christmas and thanksgiving.

    37. jody9 (65 months ago | reply)

      Wow, Bryce! Love this one. Saw it on the Utata thread on fog. So beautiful.

    38. Bryce Fields (65 months ago | reply)

      jody9, thank you very much. This is actually not far from where I grew up, and as such this has always been one of my personal favorite shots.

    39. anneliese120 (61 months ago | reply)

      very mystic...

    40. Born Freak of Nature (58 months ago | reply)

      Was out driving around today, over near Ridge Top off Locust Road, KY, beautiful scenery....but I wanted to know what was the highest elevation point for KY, afterwards and so, here I am. The picture is a great shot. It reminded me of the woodland scenes for the movie The Descent...

    41. spielbergsp (50 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called God Bless The USA, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    42. faith goble (50 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Kentucky Is a State Of Mind: Kentucky Artists and Photographers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    43. ...jana... [deleted] (45 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Kentucky roads, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    44. PredictorX (43 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Aerial Perspective, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    45. M_&_Y (43 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called I <3 My Old Ky Home , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

      Beautiful photo! Love the fog!

    46. melissa_dawn (32 months ago | reply)

      I would love to visit Black Mountain!

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