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Duck, Wake

            Lake Petit is in Big Canoe, a community in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in north Georgia.  Before the lake was created, the little island seen here was a holy site for Indians in the area.   At Indian Rocks Park, not far to the left of this scene, a line of stones crests a rise.  It's only possible to discern the entire line line by standing on the crest of the rise, looking back at the stones leading up and forward to the stones leading down.  Then, it becomes apparent that the stones form a long line.  That line points to this island.  The natives of this area also made pointers out of trees.  After a sapling had grown a few feet, they would tie it down so that it grew horizontally.  When it had grown a few feet in the new direction, they removed the tie-downs, and the tree would grow vertically, again.   These are called "bent trees."  The horizontal section of the mature tree acted as a sort of street sign, pointing the way to a holy site, meeting place, or source of water, for instance. 

I've photographed this lake numerous times, and some of those photos are here on Flickr.  This time, I'd been photographing the duck seen here.  Whhen it decided I had no food, it swam away.  I thought the motion of its wake was a nice contrast with the tranquility of the scene.

Taken on: March 14, 2004

Tags:

lake

duck

island

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Sets appears in: • Water

Groups appears in: • Water, water, water

Camera: Canon EOS 10D, f/6.7, 1/45 sec, 28mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 10D
Aperture:	f/6.7
Exposure Time:	0.022 sec (1/45)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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