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Parkway at Dusk, Milepost 423

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Date Taken: 04/22/2016 Location: Near Milepost 423 Camera: Sony A57 Lens: Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 Focal Length: 26mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/5 Aperture: 8.0 Filters: None Exposure: Aperture Priority How I Got This Shot: On our way to a two-night backpacking trip through Middle Prong Wilderness Area, we were stopped in our tracks to this dramatic […]

Cascades at Boone Fork, Milepost 296.7

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Location: Boone Fork, Milepost 296.7 on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Julian Price Memorial Park “Below The Yellow Canopy” Boone Fork is one of the most beautiful mountain streams in Western North Carolina. It really shows it’s beauty in the Fall of the year with a canopy of yellow leaves framing the stream. Camera: Canon […]

Sunrays at Black Mountains Overlook, Milepost 342

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Location: Black Mountains Overlook, Milepost 342 on the Blue Ridge Parkway This tear in the heavens opened up as the fog rolled above making for this beautiful spotlight display along the Black Mountain Overlook. Taken on October 12, 2013. Camera: Canon 60D Lens: 18-200mm Focal Length: 18mm ISO: 320 Shutter: 1/50 Aperture: f/13 Filters: Circular Polarizer Exposure: […]

Sunrays from Cowee Mountains Overlook, Milepost 430.7

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Location: Cowee Mountains Overlook, Milepost 430.7 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina Crepuscular rays form for a brief moment. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Focal Length: 35mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/200 – 1/100 – 1/50 – 1/25 – 1/13 Aperture: f/11 Filters: B+W Polarizer Exposure: […]

Sunset off the Parkway near Cherokee, North Carolina

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Location: Blue Ridge Parkway near Cherokee. North Carolina Sunbeams highlighting the fall color at sunset along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Camera: Nikon D300 Lens: Nikkor 18-200VR Focal Length: 46mm ISO: 400 Shutter: 1/50 sec Aperture: f/16 Filters: Tiffen Circular Polarizer Exposure: Aperture Priority How I Got This Shot: My wife and I drove […]

Looking Glass Falls in Autumn

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Location: Looking Glass Falls This is an autumn image of Looking Glass Falls taken in 2011. I climbed up on the wall at the base of the stairs to include some foreground foliage. Camera: Nikon D-90 Lens: Nikkor VR 18-105mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal Length: 18mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1.5 seconds Aperture: F/16 Filters: 3 stop neutral […]

Sunrays over Meadows of Dan, Virginia

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Location: Blue Ridge Parkway near Meadows of Dan, Virginia I was traveling the Blue Ridge in search of rhododendrons in bloom when I saw this beautiful ridgeline. In the far right upper background you can see a view of the Great Valley. Camera: Canon 5D Mark III Lens: EF f4L 17-40mm Focal Length: 35mm ISO: […]

Farmland near Rocky Knob, Milepost 169

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Location: Between Mabry Mill and Rocky Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway Took this picture at sunset on 10-8-13. Got the view of the mountains and the farmland fields. Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Nikon 17-55 2.8 Focal Length: 17 mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 0.4 sec Aperture: F11 Filters: Lee Graduated ND filter Exposure: Manual How […]

Cowee Mountain Overlook, Milepost 430.7

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Location: Cowee Mountain Overlook – Milepost 430.7 Clearing skies lead the way to to a nice sunset. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Lens: Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4L Focal Length: 17mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/15 Aperture: f/11 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I used a tilt-shift lens shifted up to […]

Pounding Mill Overlook, Milepost 413.2

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Location: Pounding Mill Overlook – Milepost 413.2 I wasn’t very optimistic as I settled into one of my favorite spots on the parkway, the Pounding Mill Overlook last spring. There was no color at all to be seen in the minutes before dawn and sunrise came and went without seeing the sun at all. But […]