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Looking Glass Falls in Pisgah National Forest

Blue Ridge Parkway Daily — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 22:55:36 +0000

I arrived here early in the morning time before the crowd come in order to have this place to myself and to capture my shots in peace, and I added the big log into the frame as a foreground element in which I believe made it more interesting.

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Soco Falls, Milepost 455.7

Blue Ridge Parkway Daily — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 16:23:49 +0000

Magnificent of the falls a person at the bottom. I was at the of the road taken with a Nikon D750 AFS 24-120 MM F4 ISO 1600 28mmF7.1 1/200sc

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Looking Glass Falls, Milepost 412

Blue Ridge Parkway Daily — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:00:38 +0000

Looking Glass Falls is one of North Carolina’s most popular waterfalls because of its large size and ease of access. A classic waterfall beauty, it features a 60-ft spilling waterfall cascading in a single picturesque drop.

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Grassy Creek Falls near Little Switzerland

Daily Pics — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:00:57 +0000

Location: Grassy Creek Falls near Little Switzerland
Date Taken: October 27, 2017

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Second Falls at Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418.8

Daily Pics — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:30:29 +0000

Date Taken: 10/12/2019
Location: Second Falls at Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418.8

The three waterfalls in the Graveyard Fields are easily accessible from the Blue Ridge Parkway. The main trail descends from a parking area by means of steps that give way to an asphalt path, necessary due to the popularity of the area.

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Grogan Creek Falls near Milepost 412

Daily Pics — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:00:10 +0000

Date Taken: 10/16/2017
Location: Grogan Creek Falls near Milepost 412 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Brevard, North Carolina

Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 16-35 mm
Focal Length: 17
ISO: 64
Shutter: 8 secs
Aperture: f8
Filters: ND6
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: Just under 2 mile hike and well worth it. I saw a photo in Kevin Adams’ book “North Carolina Waterfalls.” I started hiking at sunrise to beat the sun. A low ISO and neutral density filter are required to keep exposure times long in daylight. Being alone at this spot for an hour was amazing.

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Cascades in the Green River Game Lands

Daily Pics — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:00:36 +0000

Date Taken: 07/13/2017
Location: Green River Game Lands

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Lens: EFS 18-135
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8 Seconds
Aperture: F/11
Filters: Syrp Variable ND
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: An unnamed cascade flowing into Cove Creek inside the Green River Game Lands. This is along the trail to Big Bradley Falls just before the creek crossing.

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Mingo Falls in Cherokee, NC

Daily Pics — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:00:14 +0000

Date Taken: 05/29/2017
Location: Mingo Falls, near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Cherokee, NC

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Lens: EFS 18-135
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 second
Aperture: f/22
Filters: Syrp Variable ND
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: We caught this shot in between several storms that were blowing through the area. We ran up the stairs to the Falls and fortunately were the only ones there despite it being a holiday (the rain probably had something to do with it). The rain left everything nice and wet which gave a nice shine to everything.

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English Falls, Milepost 322

Daily Pics — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:00:09 +0000

Date Taken: 07/06/2018
Location: English Falls, Milepost 322 on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Lens: EFS 18-135
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4 seconds
Aperture: f/22
Filters: Syrp ND Filter
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: Getting to English Falls is a bit of a challenge but once we were there we had the place to ourselves (probably because it is so difficult to get it). It is steep and the river is flowing strong down the mountain so I carefully setup the tripod in a safe spot, framed the shot, and they shot a bunch of bracketed exposures. The sun was shining bright on this day so it was difficult to get good lighting. I ultimately took the best exposures and HDR’ed them on Lightroom to produce the picture shown.

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Babel Tower Trail at Linville Gorge, Milepost 316.4

Daily Pics — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:57:38 +0000

Date Taken: 05/26/2017
Location: Linville Gorge at the bottom of the Babel Tower trail

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Lens: EFS 18-135mm
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2 sec
Aperture: f/22
Filters: Syrp Variable ND
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: After hiking down to the bottom of the gorge on the Babel Tower trail, we found this little creek flowing down the gorge into Linville River. It was much of a flow but we set the tripod up and took this long exposure shot.

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