Location: Craggy Pinnacle Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 364 A lovely sunrise taken from the peak of Craggy Pinnacle, milepost 364 Camera: Nikon D3100 Lens: Nikkor 18-105 Focal Length: 38mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/80 Aperture: f/16 Filters: circular polarizer Exposure: Aperture Priority How I Got This Shot: When I captured this image in July 2011, I had […]
Upper Falls Graveyard Fields
Location: Upper Falls Graveyard Fields Divine Intervention As I was hiking the mile and a half trail leading to the Upper Falls at Graveyard Fields in North Carolina this past weekend, I kept thinking to myself how nice it would be if I could get a shot of the falls with a nice blue sky showing […]
Cove Field Overlook Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 439.0
Location: Cove Field Overlook Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 439.0 Summer and fall colors mingle for a moment! 2013-08-30 Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Focal Length: 30mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/4 – 1/2 – 1s – 2s – 4s Aperture: f/11 Filters: B+W Polarizer Exposure: Manual How I […]
Eagle Fork Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 418.0
Location: Eagle Fork Overlook Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 418.0 Clouds above Eagle Fork Overlook Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Lens: Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4L Focal Length: 17mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/125 Aperture: f/11 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I used a tilt-shift lens shifted up to show more sky. […]
Mount Pisgah Sunset Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 405
Location: Mount Pisgah Sunset Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 405 “Dirty Low Down” Captured Aug 16th 2013 from the Blue Ridge Parkway. As the last few minutes of the day drifted away – I stole a few of it’s remaining sky art! Camera: Canon 60D Lens: Sigma 10-24 F2.8-4 Focal Length: 10mm ISO: 640 Shutter: 1/80 Aperture: […]
Looking Glass Rock Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 417
Location: Looking Glass Rock Overlook Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 417 When Given Lemons…. Make lemonade, of course, or at least try to. The weather prognosticators foretold of wet, gloomy conditions for my weekend down in North Carolina last weekend, and for once they were right on. I spent most of my time in the mountain streams […]
Waterrock Knob, Milepost 455
I drove up to Waterrock Knob Milepost 455 after work on Friday night and encountered this beautiful sunset. I hope you enjoy it. Camera: Canon EOS 60D Lens: EF-S 18-135 mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS Focal Length: 18 mm ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/79 sec Aperture: F/11.00 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I took this […]
Ravens Roost, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 11
“A spectacular scene unfolded before me as the afternoon storms cleared at the horizon and the light pierced through as the sun set at Raven’s Roost.” Camera: Canon EOS 5d Mk ii Lens: Canon EF 17-40 L Aperture: f22 Shutter: 1 sec Exposure Type: Manual Filter(s): Singh Ray 3 stop Reverse ND Graduated Filter Focal Length: 17mm How […]
Linn Cove Viaduct from Rough Ridge Overlook – Milepost 302.8
Location: Linn Cove Viaduct from Rough Ridge Overlook – Milepost 302.8 A lone car winds the last stretch of the viaduct before dawn. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Focal Length: 70mm ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/8 Aperture: f7.1 Filters: None Exposure: Manual How I Got This Shot: I […]
Tennent Mountain Sunset
Location: “Tennent Mountain Sunset – Taken from atop of Tennent Mountain in the Black Balsam area.” Camera: Canon 5D Mark II ISO: 1250 Aperture: f22 Shutter: 1 second Exposure Type: Aperture Priority Filter(s): None Focal Length: 17mm How I Got This Shot: This image was taken quite a while after sunset in the waning light. Using […]
Sunset at Wolf Mountain Overlook
“This image was captured at Wolf Mountain Overlook as the sun was setting for the day. The warm glow of the sun illuminated the sky and mountain ranges.” Camera: Canon 7d ISO: 100 Aperture: f-16 Shutter: 1/30 Exposure Type: Manual Filters: None Focal Length: 17mm How I Got This Shot: This shot was taken as the […]
Buck Spring Gap Overlook, Milepost 407.7
Location: Buck Spring Gap overlook – Milepost 407.7 Here Comes the Sun There’s nothing that lifts one’s spirits like witnessing a sunrise down in the mountains. Such was the case on this mid summer morning down in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina a few years back. I can almost feel the cool mountain […]