Chestnut Cove

I tried to travel to Craggy Gardens to take pictures and videos for this post, but once again found the Blue Ridge Parkway closed due to weather. I drove south instead, away from Craggy Gardens where the Parkway was still open. I brought my camera and GoPro to take pictures and a time lapse video along the Parkway, which are included in the ArcGIS Story Maps Cascade below.

The Blue Ridge Parkway was covered in mist at higher elevations, which I tried to capture through pictures. I really enjoyed using Story Map Cascade because it seamlessly integrates media (pictures in this case) with text. As we continue to develop our project website, it seems that Story Map Cascade will be a wonderful tool to integrate digital tools with creative writing.

My GoPro has a built in time lapse function that is very easy to use – I can alter how quickly the pictures are taken, which will be useful for capturing longer time lapse videos such as blooming flowers. I have to experiment more with the GoPro to see if it can capture close up images because it seems better equipped to capture images from far away. UNCA’s library has tripods that can be borrowed by students, so I need to investigate whether those will work with my GoPro. I took a few time lapse videos, but the one included in the Story Map Cascade was a little wonky because the camera fell throughout the time lapse – that would have been fixed with a tripod! Most of these images were taken with the GoPro, but a few were taken with my camera and the picture of the closed road was taken with my iPhone.

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