{"id":296,"date":"2012-11-01T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T20:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blevinsphoto.com\/blog\/?p=296"},"modified":"2012-11-01T17:15:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T21:15:54","slug":"down-the-wild-cape-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blevinsphoto.com\/blog\/archives\/296","title":{"rendered":"Down the Wild Cape Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my photographs will appear on the cover of a new book by Philip Gerard about the Cape Fear River. The book will not be available until March, but you can check out the description and reviews and pre-order a copy on the UNC Press web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The cover photograph was made from the Lee County side of the Avents Ferry Bridge over the Cape Fear River. I wanted to make a wild landscape without any signs of human development. I also wanted to shoot from a bridge rather than the bank or a boat for a high vantage point to help the river appear to recede into the distance. Rather than spending a day driving to all the bridge crossings to scout locations, I used street view in Google Earth<\/a>. In just a few minutes I was able to scout all the bridge crossings and identify the best location to make the image.<\/p>\n

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This is the same location viewed in Google Earth Street View in midday light.<\/p><\/div>\n

I posted another image<\/a> on the web site from the same morning back in September. The low bank of fog and calm water\u00a0picked up the pink pastel color in the predawn sky.<\/p>\n

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Cape Fear River. Click to see a larger version.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n