Black Mountain Winter by Scott Hotaling
Photo By: Scott Hotaling
Website – http://www.lightofthewild.com
Biography – I’m a professional landscape photographer based in the southern Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina. Exploring and documenting the many unknown areas in the region is my primary passion with a camera.
Image Description – Brutal conditions were the name of the game on this particularly frigid morning in the Roan Highlands along the Appalachian Trail. Ambient temperature was just above 0°F and the wind chill was nearly 20 below.
Location – Roan Mountain Highlands, TN/NC
Photographic Gear – Canon 5D + 17-40 L, 2-stop Graduated Neutral Density Filter
Image Editing Software Used – Photoshop CS3
