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Raven’s Roost Overlook, near Lyndhurst Virginia

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Date Taken: 05/31/2014 Location: Raven’s Roost Overlook, near Lyndhurst Virginia Raven’s Roost Overlook at Night Camera: Canon 5d Mark iii Lens: Canon 16-35 2.8L ii Focal Length: 16 ISO: 1600 Shutter: 1.5 Hours Aperture: 2.8 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: The tree is lit with a flash, fired several times manually […]

Waterrock Knob, milepost 451

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Date Taken: 06/04/2014 Location: Waterrock Knob, milepost 451 Brilliant crepuscular rays beam in the distance from the Waterrock Knob Overlook, milepost 451 near Cherokee, NC. Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Nikkor 18-105 Focal Length: 32mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/13s Aperture: f/11 Filters: 3-stop and 2-stop graduated neutral density filters, stacked Exposure: Manual How I Got This […]

Chestnut Cove Overlook Sunrise

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Date Taken: 04/01/2014 Location: Chestnut Cove Overlook “First Light” Captured during the Blue Hour April 1 2014. My first BRP Sunrise for this year and I am glad to be back on the beat! Camera: Canon 5D MKII Lens: 24-104 f4L IS USM Focal Length: 80mm ISO: 200 Shutter: 0.6 Aperture: f/20 Filters: none Exposure: […]

Waterrock Knob Aerial Photo

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Date Taken: 04/16/2013 Location: Waterrock Knob Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Plott Balsam Range in Haywood County in western North Carolina aerial photo taken April 16, 2013 – © 2013 David Oppenheimer – Performance Impressions Photography Archives – http://www.performanceimpressions.com Camera: Nikon D4 Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 28.mm ISO: 640 […]

Sunset At Moses H. Cone Memorial Park

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Date Taken: 02/23/2014 Location: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park MP294 A glorious sunset over Grandfather Mountain as viewed from Moses H. Cone Memorial Park. Camera: Canon 6D Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L Focal Length: 105mm ISO: 100 Shutter: .5 secs Aperture: 22 Filters: Lee Graduated Neutral Density Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: There’s no […]

Lightpainting Milepost 296

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Date Taken: 01/30/2014 Location: Milepost 296 Some trees painted with colored light under a starry sky along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Camera: Canon 6D Lens: Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 14mm ISO: 3200 Shutter: 32 Aperture: 2.8 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I thought these trees would make a great candidate […]

Beacon Heights Winter

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Date Taken: 01/29/2014 Location: Beacon Heights The golden glow of morning light washes over the famous “Beacon” at Beacon Heights. Sub-Zero temperatures of recent weeks kept the snow a drift on top of the rocky outcropping. High winds did their part as well in keeping visitors footprints hidden and creating an interesting texture in the foreground. […]

Aerial View Of Mount Mitchell State Park In Winter

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Date Taken: 03/08/2013 Location: Mount Mitchell State Park Aerial photo of Mount Mitchell State Park and surrounding mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Yancey County in western North Carolina – highest point in the eastern United States taken on March 8, 2013 – © 2013 David Oppenheimer – Performance Impressions Photography Archives – http://www.performanceimpressions.com […]

Stars Over Bass Lake

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Date Taken: 01/19/2014 Location: Bass Lake Moses H. Cone Memorial Park MP294 The Cone Manor cast in an eerie yellow moon on a starry night. Camera: Canon 6D Lens: Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 14mm ISO: 6400 Shutter: 30 seconds Aperture: 2.8 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Use your live view […]

Ice At Looking Glass Falls

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Date Taken: 01/25/2014 Location: Looking Glass Falls “Ice Chaos” Just captured today at Looking Glass Falls ~ wow what a day, the ice is spectacular right now after this past week of single digit nights and highs not barely above freezing!! Get out people and shoot the ice if you can it is amazing!!! Be […]

Wintry View of Soco Falls

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Date Taken: 01/21/2014 Location: Soco Falls, near milepost 456 A wintry view of Soco Falls, located on US 19, a mile or so from the Parkway Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Tokina AT-x Pro 12-24 Focal Length: 24mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1.3 seconds Aperture: f/18 Filters: Circular polarizer Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Soco […]