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Fiery Sunset over Frozen Lake

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Date Taken: 01/09/2014 Location: Price Lake MP 297 A fiery sunset over a (mostly) frozen Price Lake. Camera: Canon 6D Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L Focal Length: 24mm ISO: 100 Shutter: .03 Aperture: 22 Filters: Lee Graduated Neutral Density Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Nothing really special about this shot technical wise. I used […]

Fire on the Mountain

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Date Taken: 09/04/2013 Location: Milepost 432 Fire On The Mountain – Storm clouds clear as the setting sun illuminates this scene from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Lens: Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4L Focal Length: 17mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/80 Aperture: f/8.0 Filters: None Exposure: Manual […]

Thunder Hill Overlook, Milepost 290.3

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Date Taken: 10/16/2014 Location: Thunder Hill Overlook, Milepost 290.3 The sun had just risen and had settled behind a ribbon of clouds. It began to reflect down on the top of the fog in the mountain valleys. This condition lasted only a few minutes. I took a half dozen shots of it before it was […]

Young Buck Elk at Oconaluftee

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Date Taken: 10/21/2013 Location: Oconaluftee Visitor Center Field Ladies… come and get it! Captured predawn in the field at the end of the BRP at the Oconaluftee Visitors Center. Young Buck Elk. Camera: Canon 5D MKII Lens: EF 70-200 f/4 L IS USM Focal Length: 165mm ISO: 2500 Shutter: 1/80 Aperture: f/4.0 Filters: none Exposure: […]

A Misty Blue Ridge

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Date Taken: 10/26/2013 Location: Linn Cove Viaduct MP 304 This shot was taken one morning during peak fall foliage. I was sitting on top of the rock to get the traditional shot of the Linn Cove Viaduct and while looking around, I was able to get this zoomed in shot of the mountain layers with […]

French Broad Falls

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Date Taken: 10/19/2014 Location: French Broad Falls This is a picture of French Broad Falls (Mill Shoals) in the rear and Shoal Creek Falls in the foreground. This is the confluence of the North fork of the French Broad River and Shoal Creek. It is located about 9 miles south on Highway 215 (south of […]

Just north of the Log Hollow Overlook

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Location: Just north of the Log Hollow Overlook. A Different Take… I was cruising the Blue Ridge Parkway down in North Carolina on an overcast autumn afternoon, when I was struck by this roadside view of Looking Glass Rock. Most shots I see of this giant monolith are taken from one of three overlooks which […]

Beacon Heights View

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Location: Blue Ridge Parkway “Beacon Heights View” Early morning in the fall from the Blue Ridge Parkway, overlooking the Piedmont and Beacon Heights. Camera: Canon EOS 60D Lens: EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Focal Length: 32mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/250 Aperture: f/6.3 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: This was taken at or near […]

Cowee Mountains Overlook

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Date Taken: 08/02/2014 Location: Cowee Mountains Overlook This image was taken just before the sun went down. The light and atmospheric conditions that resulted in this image lasted only about ten minutes. Taken with Nikon d800, f/22 1/13sec. 185mm.

Star Light at Rough Ridge

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Date Taken: 08/27/2014 Location: Rough Ridge “Star Light” If you’ve ever been to Rough Ridge, you have no doubt passed by, touched, hugged and gazed in amazement at this rock formation. It rests at the boardwalk, half way to the top. In fact, the boardwalk is built around it. I’ve often pondered a shot including […]