This image is from a ridgetop on Highway 209. It’s a long connecting road between Hot Springs, NC and Waynesville, NC. We had just passed through the town of Luck.
And I got lucky.
Believe it or not, I shot this image from the windshield of my car (no, haha, I wasn’t driving). We were headed around a hairpin curve and it was a horrible place to stop because anyone coming around the bend wouldn’t have time to press on their brakes and avoid hitting us.
So, hurriedly, I captured this image as my husband slowed the car down, but couldn’t stop.
Maybe another photographer would have found a place to park and walked back up to this view.
Okay, so I did that. And I didn’t like the images. I liked the one from my car, taken on a whim. But, the tinted windows acted like a filter on my camera lens and I really liked the effect.
I need to investigate those filters more. Seriously.
I wonder what sorts of lessons you can learn taking a photograph from a moving car with an unexpected result?
Don’t plan your photos so carefully?
Welcome accidental shots?
Or does that mean you are getting better at identifying a good shot subconsciously, and only afterward you realize it’s actually a good photo?
I have no idea. I just know I like it.
Pictimilitude 
Beautiful and some of the photos I used on my own blog today were from when my brother and I were in the car (and yes it was moving)! So I can totally relate to your post and photography today!! 🙂
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Hmm.. you raise a good point. I think your last point is right. You subconsiously notice a good photo and go with your gut.
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If you shot that while moving you are a seriously good photographer. Well done, Cyndi! Are those sandbags in the forefront?
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Wow–very cool shot!
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I totally agree that some of my favorite pics are the ones that were just taken on whim! Like this one too, Cyndi. Awesome you took it in your car – just goes to show that planning stuff isn’t always the way to go!
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dontcha loves digital photography?
I am making this statement on the basis of my personal enjoyment in takin pitchas, not to be confused with being a skilled (and talented) photographer.
Both are fun.
( Have been known to simply hold my camera up through the sunroof and click away, interesting results… lol)
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I find the best pictures sometimes are the ones we accidentally take.
Love this shot!
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yup, i Love it, too cyndi.
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Great shot Cyndi! To took some pix while Dave was driving to see how they’d come out…some are pretty cool! But not as good as ^!
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I like it too, it came out great and you can’t even tell you’re in a moving vehcile.
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I can’t believe you took this from your car! From the sound of the turn, I would have been hiding under my seat. 🙂
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I love it! It’s difficult to believe that you took it in a hurry because that is great composition!
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I love that you took this from the car and that is so good. Someday I hope to get a better camera. I vote for accidental photos that turn out good as who knows what you might capture by accident.
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Your perspective on this idea is so refreshing! You got a great shot, too. 🙂
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I don’t know how I missed this post of yours but came back to comment because that picture is amazing!! I also take a lot of photos from the passenger side of the car while my husband drives. Almost every time we go out I snap away. Of course it’s with my cellphone and not a real camera, but you’d be surprised by the good pictures that turn out at the end of it. I think the tinted windows with the trees make this picture. I’d want to hang this in our lounge. It’s that good!
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