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Second Falls At Graveyard Fields

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Location: Second Falls at Graveyard Fields taken Monday 10-7-2013 Camera: Canon Lens: 70-300 IS USM Focal Length: 300 ISO: 100 Shutter: 0.4 Aperture: 18 Filters: Circular Polarizer Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I shot this from the south end of the guard rail overlooking the falls. I framed the color around the water and […]

Bass Lake Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Milepost 294

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Location: Bass Lake Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Milepost 294 Captured 10/6/13 – The morning sun illuminates the rising mist as the golden light snakes through the trees at Bass Lake. Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Focal Length: 16mm ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/6 Aperture: f/16 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This […]

Linn Cove Viaduct

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Location: Linn Cove Viaduct – Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 304 This was taken on October 10, 2013. The colors are really showing nicely around Grandfather Mountain. Camera: Nikon D7100 Lens: 18-105mm Focal Length: 34mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/50 Aperture: f8 Filters: CP Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: This shot was taken on the […]

Fall at Mabry Mill

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Location: Mabry Mill Milepost 176.2 The color is very nice but the leaves are falling. Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Nikon 17-55 2.8 Focal Length: 17 mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/5 sec Aperture: F11 Filters: Lee Circular Polarizer Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Setup on the walkway and took 1 exposure in the JPEG […]

October Afternoon at Graveyard Fields

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Location: Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 418.8 “Tapestry” An early October afternoon at Graveyard Fields. © 2013 Kristina Plaas, All Rights Reserved Camera: Nikon D5100 Lens: Nikkor DX 18-55mm 3.5 Focal Length: 18mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/125 Aperture: 11 Filters: none Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: Streams of late afternoon sunlight turned to fire […]

Rough Ridge Milepost 302

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Location: Rough Ridge The pre-sunrise colors lit up beautifully and mirrored that of the early Autumn colors along the slopes of Grandfather Mountain. This image was taken from Rough Ridge on Thursday 10-3-13. Camera: Canon 5D MKII Lens: Canon 17-40mm Focal Length: 17mm ISO: 200 Shutter: 2.5 seconds Aperture: f/11 Filters: 2 stop plus 3 […]

Bear Family Picnic Near Waterrock Knob

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Location: Rodside, just south of Waterrock Knob A couple of black bears enjoying the quiet of the government shutdown. After years of planning their dream vacation in the mountains of North Carolina, a couple of bears found the national park closed and the visitor centers along the Blue Ridge Parkway closed. Luckily they came across […]

Approaching Fog At Craggy Gardens

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Location: Craggy Gardens Pinnacle Trail Fog & Clouds Roll In at Craggy Gardens – Captured Sept 27 2013. Of course, the scene changed moment by moment, as it usually does when up at Craggy from the very top! This was taken during my Sunset Workshop! Camera: Canon 5D MKII Lens: EF 24-105 f/4L IS USM […]

Autumn Colors at Graveyard Fields

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Location: Near MP 417 just before you reach the Graveyard Fields coming from Asheville Autumn begins 2013 This photo was taken Sunday 9-29-13 just after sunrise looking towards the second waterfall at the Graveyard Fields. Fog was everywhere, as I was standing there the fog rolled out long enough for me to take this shot! […]