Housatonic River, Stockbridge, Massachusetts (#BK0007)
Not far from where I live there is an old railroad bridge that spans the Housatonic River. The view from the bridge encompasses the river as it flows beneath the forested slope of Monument Mountain. It is a place and a subject that excites me enough to cause me to keep returning in different seasons and under different lighting and weather conditions. The weathered, rough wood of the bridge combines with the converging of the curving tracks and river to create an image that, for whatever reason, has an impact on me. Maybe it’s the romantic significance of railroad tracks and the movement and travel that they represent or maybe it’s the tracks being the only man-made infringement upon an otherwise wild view of mountain and forest and free-flowing river. I can easily spend an hour in that place composing and re-composing and fiddling with my camera - loosing all sense of time. The sound of the flowing river lends further to a peace of mind and a temporary relief from the stresses of the day.
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