A reminder to myself that we have not driven the Blue Ridge Parkway in seven years. It had been our practice to make the drive every 2 or 3 years, but other travel, the COVID-19 interval, and last year's flooding in North Carolina have intervened to keep us away from the wonderful drive. Maybe later in 2025...

Historic Mabry Mill Watermill Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking straight-on to the watermill with wooden flume at Mabry Mill Watermill along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The setting is looking to the northwest. In composing this image, I wanted to align myself so that I could minimize any angles or distortions with the sides and beams present. I chose to use the DxO Perspective tool to eliminate any distortions and make this truly look head on. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation in DxO PhotoLab 7. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 7 where I added a Polarization, Foliage, and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.

Bottom pic- taken by me in 2021

Mabry Mill, Blue Ridge Parkway, Va

Mabry Mill, Virginia