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Wagon Road Gap

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Location: Wagon Road Gap. Milepost 412. The morning sunlight rakes across the valley below the Wagon Road Gap. Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Tamron 70-210 f/2.8 Focal Length: 160mm ISO: 160 Shutter: 1/320 Aperture: f/11 Filters: none Exposure: Aperture How I Got This Shot: As I drive along the Parkway, I like to look for these […]

Rough Ridge Color Milepost 303

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Location: Rough Ridge MP303 A glorious autumn sun rises above the Blue Ridge mountains as viewed from Rough Ridge. Captured 10/21/13 Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 16mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 0.5 second Aperture: f/16 Filters: Sing-Ray Reverse ND Grad Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Get up early! If you […]

Linn Cove Viaduct

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Location: Linn Cove Viaduct Out the window of my Hot Rod FORD truck on a perfect day. Camera: Canon G-12 Lens: Stock Focal Length: Auto ISO: Auto Shutter: Auto Aperture: Auto Filters: None Exposure: Auto How I Got This Shot: I just put the G-12 out the window of my truck and snap away. I […]

Fryingpan Mountain Tunnel

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Location: Fryingpan Mountain Tunnel Flying through Fryingpan Mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 70mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 6 sec. Aperture: f/22 Filters: none Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I’ve always been captivated by the stonework of the tunnels on the Parkway. One recent evening, […]

Looking Glass Overlook

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Location: Saturday (10/12/13) morning sunrise at the Looking Glass Overlook. Shot from the top of my truck. Camera: Nikon D800 Lens: 70-200 Focal Length: 70mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 3″ Aperture: f/22 Filters: 0.9 Soft Grad Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I shot this from the top of my truck parked in the overlook. Getting […]

Black Balsam Knob Area

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Location: Black Balsam Knob area Taken 10/13/13 from Black Balsam Road pull off looking down towards the Parkway with some fall color, clouds and fog. Camera: Canon 5D MarkII Lens: Canon 24-70 f2.8 Focal Length: 54mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/20 Aperture: f11 Filters: 4 stop graduated nuetral density Exposure: manual How I Got This Shot: […]

Rough Ridge Trail

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Location: Rough Ridge Trail, from the Rough Ridge Overlook. View from the Rough Ridge Trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Linn Cove Viaduct. Camera: Canon 5D MKIII Lens: Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 Focal Length: 24mm ISO: 200 Shutter: Varied Aperture: f/16 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Hiked up the Rough […]

Mabry Mill, Milepost 176

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Location: Mabry Mill, Milepost 176 Lovely fall color accentuates popular Mabry Mill, a favorite for Parkway travelers, located near Meadows Of Dan, VA on milepost 176 Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24 Focal Length: 24mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/25 Aperture: f/10 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: This shot was […]

Soco Falls

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Location: Soco Falls Just shot October 15 2013. Soco Falls Autumn Splendor! Peak colors being displayed at Soco Falls right now! Camera: Canon 5D MKII Lens: Ef 24-105 f/4L IS USM Focal Length: 47mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1.6 sec Aperture: f16 Filters: Circular polarizer Exposure: manual How I Got This Shot: Fron the observation deck […]

Autumn Sun at Crabtree Falls

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Location: Crabtree Falls This picture was taken at Crabtree Falls on October 15th, 2013. I was excited to get the sunburst and the silky water at the same time! Camera: Canon 5diii Lens: Canon 24-70L Focal Length: 24 mm ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/6 Aperture: f/22 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: This […]

Graveyard Fields – Milepost 439.0

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Location: Graveyard Fields – Milepost 439.0 Fall Colors on 2013-10-13 Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Lens: EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Focal Length: 102mm ISO: 400 Shutter: 1/25 Aperture: f/5.6 Filters: B+W Polarizer Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: This was just shot from the parking lot in mostly overcast/cloudy light. There […]