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Mist over Price Lake

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Date Taken: 10/30/2010 Location: Price Lake, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 297 Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Lens: Canon 18-55mm Focal Length: 18mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/25 sec Aperture: f/22 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: On our way to Blowing Rock from taking sunrise photos of Grandfather Mountain on an extremely cold […]

Parkway Curve near Milepost 375

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Date Taken: 09/23/2015 Location: Somewhere between Mileposts 370-380 One of my favorite things to do in the fall is drive along the Parkway in the evening with the windows down. I drove by this spot at first and had to find a quick parking spot and hike back to capture this beauty!

Pink Sunset at Price Lake

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Date Taken: 08/23/2015 Location: Price Lake, milepost 297 on the Blue Ridge Parkway A shot of Price Lake near sunset on the Blue Ridge Parkway! Camera: Canon 60D Lens: Sigma 17-70mm Focal Length: 17mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 4 Minutes Aperture: F11 Filters: Lee Big Stopper Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Once you arrive […]

Peaks of Otter Winter Island

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Date Taken: 01/04/2016 Location: Peaks of Otter, Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 86 The golden hour light was perfect to bring out the colors on the little island in the middle of the lake. Less than five minutes later the clouds had moved in and heavy snow showers.

Sunrays at Bent Creek Gap, Milepost 400.3

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Date Taken: 05/31/2015 Location: Bent Creek Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 400.3 The rain storm I was in before this shot was beyond dark. Borderline unmanageable for half an hour as I drove south away from Asheville. Beyond the paralyzing focus out the windshield I was greeted by a single cylinder of light shrouded in […]

Looking Glass Falls in Snow

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Date Taken: 01/24/2016 Location: Looking Glass Falls, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 411 Exiting onto Hwy 276 near milepost 411 leads down through the Pisgah National Forest to Looking Glass Falls. This photograph was taken January 24 after winter storm Jonas dumped 12 inches of snow and temperatures plunged to 5 degrees. Increased water levels and […]