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Winter Aerial View of Craggy Gardens, Milepost 364.6

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Date Taken: 03/08/2013 Location: Craggy Gardens, Milepost 364.6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina and Mount Mitchell State Park Camera: Nikon D4 Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II Focal Length: 70mm ISO: 320 Shutter: 1/800 Aperture: 4.5 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: This photo was captured leaning out […]

Cowee Mountain Overlook Sunset, Milepost 430.7

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Location: Cowee Mountain Overlook, Milepost 430.7 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina “Cowee Wowee” The sun sets below the clouds on an October evening at the Cowee Mountain Overlook. © 2013 Kristina Plaas, All Rights Reserved Camera: Nikon D5100 Lens: Nikkor DX 18-55mm 3.5 Focal Length: 50mm ISO: 100 […]

Rainbow Over Yellow Face Overlook, Milepost 450

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Date Taken: 08/03/2019 Location: Yellow Face Overlook, Milepost 450 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Sylva, North Carolina. From this overlook southward until the end of the Parkway in Cherokee, North Carolina, the mountains you see are the Great Smokies. Camera: Nikon D750 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR Focal […]

Tunnel at Little Switzerland, Milepost 331

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Date Taken: 10/27/2019 Location: Little Switzerland Tunnel, Milepost 331.1 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina Camera: Canon 5D Mark IV Lens: Sigma 50-500 APO DG OS Focal Length: 93mm ISO: 320 Shutter: 1/250s Aperture: f/5 Filters: none Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I had to drive to Asheville on Sunday October […]

Fall at Mabry Mill, Milepost 176

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Date Taken: 10/15/2019 Location: Mabry Mill, Milepost 176.1 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia Camera: Canon Rebel t5 Lens: 35mm Focal Length: 12 Feet ISO: 3400 Shutter: 1/30 Aperture: 400/4000 Filters: Warm Temperatures Exposure: Automatic How I Got This Shot: Standing off to the left of the path before you hit the bridge. The […]

Blue Ridge Views at Cowee Overlook, Milepost 430

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Date Taken: 10/16/2019 Location: Cowee Overlook, Milepost 430.7 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway Camera: Pentax 645Z Lens: Pentax 80-160 Focal Length: 90mm ISO: 400 Shutter: 0.3 sec. Aperture: F/16 Filters: Circular Polarizer Exposure: Aperture Priority How I Got This Shot: Being one of the best locations on the Blue ridge Parkway […]

Fall Color near Burnett Reservoir, South of the Parkway

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Date Taken: 10/18/2013 Location: South of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Burnett Reservoir Camera: Nikon D4 Lens: 70-200mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 110 ISO: 1000 Shutter: 1/1000 Aperture: 7.1 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Autumn colors foliage low altitude aerial photo taken out of an opened canopy airplane along the Blue Ridge […]

Fall Color at Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418.8

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Date Taken: 10/13/2019 Location: Graveyard Fields is at Milepost 418.8 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Brevard, North Carolina just south of Asheville Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Tamron 24-70 Focal Length: 24 ISO: 64 Shutter: 1/8 Aperture: F8 Filters: Lee .9 Medium Graduated ND and NISI Polarizing Filter Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: […]

Double Rainbow at Yellow Face Overlook, Milepost 450.2

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Date Taken: 08/03/2019 Location: Yellow Face Overlook, Milepost 450.2 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina Camera: Nikon D750 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR Focal Length: 24mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/200 Aperture: f/6.3 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I was driving up the Blue […]

Boone Fork Creek, Milepost 300

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Location: Boone Fork Parking Area MP300 A wet and cold morning along Boone Fork Creek made for beautiful photography weather. Captured 10/13/13 Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 16mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 6 Seconds Aperture: f/16 Filters: Marumi Super DHG Circular Polarizer 77mm Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: This is […]