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Overcast View from Cowee Mountain Overlook

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Location: Cowee Mountain Overlook – Milepost 430.7 Overcast skies that opened up later for sunset. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Lens: Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4L Focal Length: 17mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/30 Aperture: f/11 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: While getting setup in the afternoon for sunset, I just […]

Fields at Moses Cone

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Location: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Flat Top Tower Trail A setting sun sets the grassy fields at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park ablaze while plunging the road into an icy shadow. Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 11mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/6 Aperture: 16 Filters: Marumi Super DHG Circular Polarizer 77mm […]

Boone Fork Creek

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Date Taken: 12/20/2013 Location: Milepost 296 I hiked a section of the Mountain to Sea Trail and came to this beautiful stretch of Boone Fork Creek with rocky cliffs overhanging. Camera: Canon 6D Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L Focal Length: 73mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 3 Secs Aperture: 22 Filters: Marumi Super DHG Circular Polarizer Exposure: Manual […]

Easter Morning Sunrise

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Date Taken: 04/20/2014 Location: Near 191 entrance, Asheville I captured this on Easter morning – It was as quiet as a mouse and I was the only one around for the first hour of light! Camera: Canon 7D Lens: 16 Focal Length: 35mm ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/125 sec Aperture: f/18 Filters: none Exposure: AV How […]

Snowy Soco Falls

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Date Taken: 03/25/2014 Location: Soco Falls, near milepost 456 A snowy Soco Falls, located near milepost 456, adjacent to Cherokee and Maggie Valley, NC. Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24 Focal Length: 14mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/3 second Aperture: f/22 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I awoke this morning […]

Ridges near Bear Trap Gap

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Date Taken: 05/05/2014 Location: Milepost 428 Late afternoon light filters into the mountain ridges near Bear Trap Gap, Milepost 428. Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Nikkor 55-200 Focal Length: 55mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/10 Aperture: f/11 Filters: Tiffen sunrise/sunset filter, HiTech 2-stop graduated ND filter Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: The skies were clear […]

Parkway Color near Asheville

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Date Taken: 10/11/2011 Location: Blue Ridge Parkway just north of Asheville. The fall of 2011 was one of the most beautiful years for color I’ve ever seen. I had to pull off the road and shoot this scene when it unfolded before me. Camera: Nikon D-90 Lens: Nikkor VR 18-105mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal Length: 35mm ISO: […]

Cloud City

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Location: Waterrock Knob Overlook As dawn breaks , the distant landscape reveals not only mountain layers but a cloud “city” rising . Camera: Canon 1Ds Mark ii Lens: 24-105L f/4 Focal Length: 105mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 0.8 sec. Aperture: f/14 Filters: 0.9 Graduated ND Exposure: Aperture Priority How I Got This Shot: As I waited […]

Spring Sunset over the James River

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Date Taken: 04/19/2014 Location: Blue Ridge Parkway, James River, Milepost 63 An incredible sunset reflects in the James River as it cuts through the Blue Ridge on a Spring evening. Camera: Canon EOS 5d mk ii Lens: Canon 17-40 L Lens Focal Length: 17 mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 5.0 sec Aperture: f/14 Filters: Singh Ray […]

Morning Lace

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Date Taken: 04/02/2014 Location: Milepost 399 View of the Biltmore House “Morning Lace” Just captured this very morning April 2 2014, from one of my favorite sunrise locations along the Blue Ridge Parkway just south of the 191 entrance. Read about my thinking on this shot in the “How I got this shot” part! Stop […]