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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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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Date Taken: 06/18/2016
Location: Pink Beds Loop Trail in Pisgah National Forest at the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Lens: EFS 18-135
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40 sec.
Aperture: f/5.6
Filters: None
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: Hiking along the beautiful Pink Beds trail.

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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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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 seconds
Aperture: f/22
Filters: Syrp Variable ND
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: We hiked down to the bottom of the Babel Tower trail after work one day and practically had the place to ourselves. There is something to be said for not having any interference or distractions and having all of the time you need to setup your shot. It was a wonderful afternoon although we did end up having to hike out in the dark.

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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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Date Taken: 09/03/2018
Location: Highway 74 near Columbus, NC. Columbus is near Asheville, NC, Milepost 370, and Brevard, NC, the Blue Ridge’s “Land of Waterfalls.”

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Date Taken: 07/22/2017
Location: Log Hollow Falls in Pisgah National Forest

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Lens: EFS 18-135
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3 sec
Aperture: f/22
Filters: Syrp Variable ND
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: Log Hollow Falls is a beautiful waterfall that is easy to get to, which makes it surprising that it isn’t more popular. We visited Log Hollow Falls on a Saturday and were the only people there. It was great for taking pictures as I had all of the time in the world to set up my shots.

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Date Taken: 07/10/2017
Location: Big Bradley Falls (Green River Gamelands)

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Lens: EFS 18-135
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 Seconds
Aperture: F/22
Filters: Syrp Variable ND
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: Big Bradley Falls is not an easy place to get to but we managed to get to the base of the falls one Monday afternoon and had the place to ourselves. It was late in the day which allowed for some really long exposure times. Taking advantage of that I setup the tri-pod and snapped as many pictures of this beauty that I could.

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Learn more about waterfalls along the Blue Ridge Parkway in our Nature Guide.

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Date Taken: 08/03/2017
Location: Otter Falls – Seven Devils, NC

Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Lens: EFS 18-135
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8 Seconds
Aperture: f/16
Filters: None
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: It was late in the afternoon so there wasn’t a lot of light which is perfect for waterfalls. It wasn’t a busy day at the falls so I was able to get down to the creek, setup my tripod, and click off a nice long exposure.

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For more information about waterfalls along the Blue Ridge Parkway, visit our Nature Guide to the Blue Ridge.

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