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Author: Scott_Burkett, Contributing Editor
 | Another close up shot. I don't know why, but I really liked this piece. I suppose the abstract suggestions, and the use of occasional opaque buildups over a thin surface, appealed to me. |
 | Behind me, Tom is working hard, exploring the ins and outs of the painting knife.
By the way, if you haven’t noticed by now, we've been painting near water and deep foliage in every shot. Can you say "bug repellant"? |
 | I finished a bit early, and Tom was still working, so I decided to a little test.
I set up my digital camera to take a timelapse photo, one frame every 10 minutes. I put the camera on my small portable table-top tripod (about 3 inches tall!), and pointed it at a spot of interest across the lake. I took a total of 4 frames, and merged the images into a single, animated GIF image, which can be seen here. Watch the light move across the background trees and foreground foliage. In one frame, you can even see wind ripples on the water, on an otherwise calm day. What is the moral of this story? Time is of the essence if you want to capture what you truly see! |
| After we wrapped up at the morning location, we decided to grab an early lunch and visit the marquee point of our trip: Isaqueena Falls.
Local legend says that the Indian maiden Isaqueena fell in love with David Francis, a silversmith who lived near what is now Ninety Six, South Carolina. Learning that her tribe planned a surprise attack on her lover's settlement, Isaqueena mounted her pony and hastened to warn the settlers. On that fleet, silent ride through the forest, she mentally named the landmarks she passed en route: Mile Creek, Six Mile, Twelve Mile, Eighteen Mile, Three and Twenty , Six and Twenty, and finally Ninety Six. Today in South Carolina there are the post offices of Six Mile and Ninety Six, and the creeks bearing these names that Isaqueena conferred upon them. She estimated her journey at ninety six miles. It is actually 92 miles from her starting point in Ninety Six, South Carolina. Isaqueena and David, according to the legend, fled into the mountains to escape the fury of her betrayed tribe. The lovers lived in a large hollow tree or Stumphouse. Finally tracked down by her tribesmen, Isaqueena raced to a nearby falls (now Isaqueena Falls) and plunged out of sight into the cataract. Believing her dead the warriors gave up the search, but Isaqueena later joined her husband and fled to Alabama to live happily ever after. |
 | The falls are only about a half a mile off the main road. Arriving there, you are are greeted by a small picnic ground. A covered bridge serves as the entrance to the trail which takes you to the lookout point. |
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