A place in Foscoe...

It was a grey day today, but that was ok by me. I worked hard and accomplished much. On a return trip to Boone from Banner Elk I saw a cloud hesitating to cross the ridge from Seven Devils into the Foscoe valle. I pulled off the road and crossed Hwy 105 onto private property. I ran up a hill and then another, looking over both shoulders in case someone was looking to stop me. This photo was taken with a neutral density filter held up against the glass of my kit Nikon lens in order to control the highlights in the sky vs. the shadows of the barns. Warning: By photo purists, this method is highly frowned upon. I did use a vignette program on the photo (you can tell by the edges of the photo) but that was basically the only adjustments in the photo except for some sharpening in Photoshop.
I have a favorite color--it is a mixture of the colors on the ridge in this photo. True that.