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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 of a low altitude aircraft with the canopy opened to get a clear open-air photograph that included Mount Mitchell State Park in background seen over the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina.

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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 Parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina on October 18, 2013 – Copyright 2013 David Oppenheimer – Performance Impressions aerial photography archives

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Date Taken: 10/15/2015
Location: Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418.8

Camera: Nikon D4s
Lens: None
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/2500
Aperture: f/6.3
Filters: none
Exposure: normal
How I Got This Shot: This photo was taken out of the cockpit of a small private airplane.

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Date Taken: 10/18/2014
Location: Burnett Reservoir
Asheville watershed and Burnett Reservoir with autumn colors along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Black Mountain, North Carolina – © 2014 David Oppenheimer – Performance Impressions Photography Archives – http://www.performanceimpressions.com

Camera: NIKON D4
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm
Focal Length: none
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Filters: none
Exposure: manual
How I Got This Shot: This photo was taken out of the open cockpit of a small private airplane.

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Date Taken: 03/08/2014
Location: Linville, NC
Grandfather Golf and Country Club at base of Grandfather Mountain near Linville, North Carolina taken on March 8, 2013 – © 2013 David Oppenheimer – Performance Impressions Photography Archives – http://www.performanceimpressions.com

Camera: Nikon D4
Lens: 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/2000
Aperture: f/7.1
Filters: none
Exposure: manual
How I Got This Shot: This photograph was taken out an open cockpit of a small private aircraft.

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Date Taken: 10/18/2014
Location: Grandfather Mountain State Park
Mile High Swinging Bridge low altitude aerial photo at Grandfather Mountain State Park off the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Linville, North Carolina on October 18, 2013 – © 2013 David Oppenheimer – Performance Impressions Photography Archives – http://www.performanceimpressions.com/

Camera: Nikon D4
Lens: 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/800 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
Filters: none
Exposure: manual
How I Got This Shot: This photograph was taken out of the open cockpit of a small private aircraft overlooking Grandfather Mountain.

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Date Taken: 03/08/2014
Location: Grandfather Mountain State Park
Grandfather Mountain aerial photograph near the Blue Ridge Parkway over Grandfather Mountain State Park near Linville, North Carolina taken on March 8, 2013 – © 2013 David Oppenheimer – Performance Impressions Photography Archives – http://www.performanceimpressions.com

Camera: Nikon D4
Lens: 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Focal Length: 70.0 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: f/5.0
Filters: none
Exposure: manual
How I Got This Shot: This photograph was taken out of the open cockpit of a small private aircraft.

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