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Fresh Powder at Beacon Heights

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Date Taken: 02/22/2015 Location: Beacon Heights, Milepost 305 A winter image taken from Beacon Heights during the last storm. We arrived to virgin powder on the rock. We watched as the clouds and snow swirled around. The thick fog rolling over Grandfather Mountain dissipated as it continued on down the valley, leaving an opening for […]

Black-Eyed Susans at Thunderstruck Ridge Overlook

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Date Taken: 08/15/2014 Location: Thunder Struck Ridge Overlook, Milepost 455 Thunder Struck Ridge Overlook at Milepost 455 faces West for amazing views and stunning sunsets. On this evening of my twenty-seventh wedding anniversary, we watched the sunset as the clouds rolled in and painted the sky.

Winter Companions

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Date Taken: 02/24/2015 Location: Blowing Rock, near Thunder Hill Overlook “A Companion for Winter” If you’ve ever taken the Parkway northbound through Blowing Rock, you’ve most likely passed by these trees. Luckily, I live close enough to enjoy them in all seasons, but winter could be my favorite. Their relationship is unique… protective, but a […]

Grayson Highlands Pony

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Date Taken: 02/27/2015 Location: Grayson Highlands State Park, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia “He’s of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger…. he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he […]

Purple Mountains at Lost Cove Overlook

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Date Taken: 02/14/2015 Location: Lost Cove Overlook, Milepost 310 On Valentine’s Day the sun has risen over the Blue Ridge Parkway. This morning Lost Cove Overlook takes on the words “purple mountain majesties” by Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote the stunning words of the song “America The Beautiful.”

Black Balsam Knob, White with Snow

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Date Taken: 02/21/2015 Location: Black Balsam Knob. Pisgah National Forest, NC On Saturday I set out to summit Black Balsam Knob (6,214ft) in Pisgah National Forest. This was one of the only pictures I took before I made my final ascent due to a few reasons; the whole mountain had a thick layer of ice […]

Rime Ice & Snow over Spy Rock

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Date Taken: 01/24/2015 Location: Milepost 382 Above Montebello Virginia Spy Rock Rime Ice and Snow Cover Spy Rock as it overlooks the Blue Ridge of Central Virginia. Camera: Canon EOS 5d Mk. II Lens: Canon EF 17-40 L Lens Focal Length: 17mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/10 Aperture: f/20 Filters: Singh Ray Reverse ND Grad 3 […]

Parkway Ice near Cumberland Knob

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Date Taken: 01/24/2015 Location: Blue Ridge Parkway near Fox Hunter’s Paradise & Cumberland Knob Lot of ice to be found this past weekend on the Blue Ridge Parkway. There were lots of limbs and even a few trees down along the way as well.

Hendersonville, NC Sunset

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Date Taken: 01/25/2015 Location: Blue Ridge Parkway near Hendersonville, NC Beautiful Sunset in the Blue Ridge Mountains!!! Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T5 Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Focal Length: 55 mm ISO: 1000 Shutter: 1/80 Aperture: f/5.6 Filters: NONE Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: While I was driving on BRP, I […]

Icy Cascades over Moss

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Date Taken: 01/11/2015 Location: Off of Blue Ridge Parkway near Cherokee, NC Was hiking near BRP in Cherokee, and captured this frozen stream! It was amazingly beautiful! Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T5 Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Focal Length: 28 mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1.0 Aperture: f/25 Filters: none Exposure: Manual How I […]