Cherokee Country, 2003 (Please view LARGE)

I am part native American, and what I like about this picture is that

one can see mountains from the three states in which the Cherokee

lived before the arrival of Europeans. The monadnock in the foreground

is Six Mile Mtn., a small knob in the South Carolina piedmont north of

Clemson and west of Greenville. Left of it and in the background is

Whiteside Mtn. near Highlands, NC, the highest cliff in the eastern

U.S. Mountains to the right are mostly the SC section of the Blue

Ridge Mtns., whereas at the extreme left the NC Blue Ridge Mtns. are

fading off into the mountains of northeast Georgia. I would like to

know exactly where my own native American ancestors lived, but I never

will. The odds are pretty good that they knew this country well,

including the Piedmont as well as the mountains proper. This was the

very heart of the Cherokee nation, and we are believed to be descended

from the Cherokee rather than some other tribe--but we cannot even

prove that. The shot was made from a bridge on SC 93 near the towns of

Norris and Central, SC. Comments welcome.

--Lannie

Lannie:  Nicely done landscape, do think a little haze removal would help.

see http://www.lonestardigital.com/photoshop_quicktips.htm

Tom

I very much enjoy viewing this image and I really enjoyed reading your story as well.

deb

An excellent picture, Lannie, as well as an interesting explanation. This picture has heart.

Thanks, Tom.  I'll try to replace it with a version using USM for non-sharpening purposes (settings: 20%, radius = 60, threshold or clipping = 4).

Nice tip.  It does work, although how it works puzzles me.

Thanks to Deb and Jack as well.

--Lannie